Think pumpkin and squash

Next on my high calorie must grow foods is squash and pumpkin.
Pumpkin and Summer squash have a lot of water in then so they only have about 30 calories per cup. However, there is around 745 calories in a cup of dried pumpkin seeds! You can also increase the calories per pound by drying the pumpkin for longer storage. Pumpkin and winter squash also store well if you grow the right varieties and properly cure them. Unfortunately, in my area we have issues with insects and disease.

Growing pumpkin and winter squash

Organic pumpkin production
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/113419/organic-pumpkin-productionpdf

All About Growing Pumpkins, mother earth news
http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/growing-pumpkins-zm0z13jjzkin.aspx#axzz3C4cqxWhk

Growing Squash...an Invitation to Garden Bounty, nice overview.
http://www.grow-it-organically.com/growing-squash.html

All About Growing Winter Squash, mother earth news
http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/growing-winter-squash-zmaz10jjzraw.aspx#axzz3C4cqxWhk

Cornell University growing winter squash resources
http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/homegardening/scene11f1.html

Specialty Crop Profile: Pumpkins
http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/438/438-100/438-100_pdf.pdf

Pumpkins in the Garden, USU
http://extension.usu.edu/files/factsheets/pumpkinpr.pdf

Organic Pumpkin and Winter Squash Marketing and Production
https://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/summaries/summary.php?pub=30

2011 Organic No-Till Pumpkin Demonstration
http://www.kerrcenter.com/publications/Pumpkin-Organic-No-Til-Demo-Report-2012.pdf

Home Gardening Series Winter Squash, UofA
http://www.uaex.edu/publications/PDF/FSA-6078.pdf

Summer and Winter Squash in the Garden
http://extension.usu.edu/files/publications/factsheet/hg_2004-09.pdf

Squash Growing Problems: Troubleshooting
http://www.harvesttotable.com/2009/05/squash_squash_growing_success/

Growing Squash under row covers

Row Covers: The No-Spray Way to Protect Plants
http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/row-covers-zmaz08fmzmcc.aspx#ixzz3CIL50Kti

Floating Row Cover
https://extension.umd.edu/sites/default/files/_images/programs/hgic/Publications/not_updated/GE004FloatingRowCoverrevised.sm_.pdf

Row Covers and Pollination
http://organic.kysu.edu/RowCovers.pdf

Hand Pollinating Squash
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/newsletters/hortupdate/2013/mar/hand-pollinating-squash.html

Squash and Pumpkin insects

You can eat squash bug and vine borer!

Crop Profile for Pumpkins in Kentucky, insects, disease, and weeds
http://www.ipmcenters.org/cropprofiles/docs/KYpumpkin.pdf

Biology and Management of Squash Vine Borer in Organic Farming Systems

http://www.extension.org/pages/65684/biology-and-management-of-squash-vine-borer-in-organic-farming-systems#.VAT54_ldVu0

Managing Cucumber Beetles in Organic Farming Systems

http://www.extension.org/pages/64274/managing-cucumber-beetles-in-organic-farming-systems#.VAT6HvldVu0

Managing Squash Bugs in Organic Farming Systems

https://www.extension.org/pages/63329/managing-squash-bugs-in-organic-farming-systems#.VAT6QPldVu0

Stink Bug Management Using Trap Crops in Organic Farming

http://www.extension.org/pages/61596/stink-bug-management-using-trap-crops-in-organic-farming#.VAT6evldVu0

Squash bug with tips on trap crops to use.
https://extension.usu.edu/files/publications/factsheet/ENT-120-08.pdf

Diseases of Squash and Pumpkins

Cucumber, Squash, Melon & Other Cucurbit Diseases
http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/pests/plant_pests/veg_fruit/hgic2206.html

Squash Vine Borer, Protect Squash Plants #1 : GardenFork.TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55lExw2vsac

squash bug and stink bug trap at end of video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWqzInYL85k

BEST Stink Bug Trap EVER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwUuHhWYvDA

Edible Squash Bugs - Mictis Caja, snack food in Thailand
http://www.thailandunique.com/edible-squash-bugs

Growing vertical pumpkin and squash

Growing Kakai Pumpkins Winter Squash Vertically up a Trellis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3o-TwOrsdo

Growing Winter Squash with Vertical Gardening
http://www.everyday-vegetable-garden.com/growing-winter-squash.html

Growing Winter Squash Vertically on a Nylon String Trellis along the Backyark Fence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12-0PlY4AQw

How to grow a vertical upright squash plant and other vines in a small garden space
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of3qE1R6wnw

Companies with active research and/or variety evaluation programs in pumpkins

Rupp Seed Company Wauseon, Ohio (800) 700-1199; http://www.ruppseeds.com

Seedway, Inc. Elizabethtown, Pa. (800) 952-7333; http://www.seedway.com

Johnny’s Selected Seeds Albion, Maine (207) 437-9294; http://www.johnnyseeds.com

Abbott & Cobb, Inc. Feasterville, Pa. (800) 345-7333; http://www.acseed.com

Harris Moran Seed Co., Inc. Modesto, Calif. (209) 579-7333; http://www.harrismoran.com

Oil Seed Pumpkins

Oil Pumpkins: Niche for Organic Producers
https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/ncnu07/pdfs/bavec185-189.pdf

Kakai is a variety of the Austrian type that yields the valuable green pumpkin seed oil
http://www.johnnyseeds.com/p-5701-kakai.aspx

Williams Naked Seeded Pumpkin
http://www.victoryseeds.com/pumpkin_williams-naked.html

 Storing Pumpkins and Squash

Curing Pumpkins and Winter Squash
http://www.growveg.com/growblogpost.aspx?id=263

Harvesting and Storing of Pumpkins, Winter Squash and Gourds
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/gardenerscorner/issue_01/fall_04_04.cfm

Storing Pumpkin and Winter Squash at Home
http://extension.oregonstate.edu/lane/sites/default/files/documents/ec1632.pdf

Using Pumpkins as animal feed

What is the feeding value of pumpkin for pigs?
http://www.extension.org/pages/54727/what-is-the-feeding-value-of-pumpkin-for-pigs#.VAT6vvldVu0

Posts Tagged ‘feeding pumpkins to pigs’
https://onecowrevolution.wordpress.com/tag/feeding-pumpkins-to-pigs/

Swine Feeds 1951
http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1957/17819/ExtensionBulletin712.pdf;jsessionid=5A3CCDC140B3168130924A4165060DDC?sequence=1

Ducks and Geese Eating Pumpkin,( I feed pumpkins and winter squash to all my poultry in the fall and winter!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-62xf1AkqyQ

Can Rabbits Eat Pumpkin, do not feed pumpkin and squash to rabbits it has too many carbohydrates
https://www.naturalrabbitfood.com/can-rabbits-eat-pumpkin/

Pumpkins and winter squash are a "must" crop for goats.
http://www.dairygoatjournal.com/88-3/planting_a_goat_garden/

Angus Cows eating pumpkins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeKTEZylaqA