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Straightneck squash planted March 21, 2021

Today, I planted 20 containers of straight neck summer squash.

I used last year's perlite in each of the Bato buckets, only pulling out the roots to last year's crops.

In some of the buckets I needed to top off the perlite with new perlite.

The seeds were from Willhite, tested October 2018. I sowed five seeds in each bucket.

April 4, 2021 update: reseeded after poor germination so far.


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