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Old 12-08-2016, 09:51 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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Default okay, it is the soil!

T wrote:
songbird wrote:

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have you ever tried pattypan squash?

No, not yet

Have you grown them and how did they come out. Was there more
food created than off a regular zuke?

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/...roducts/2638/2

Squash, summer, scallop (patty pan), cooked, boiled, drained

1 cup Mashed:
Calories 38.4 KCal
Carbs 8.2 grams
fiber 4.6 grams
Glycemic load 3

This is right up my alley!

But, but, but ...
http://gardening.about.com/od/vegeta...Pan-Squash.htm
says
Soil: Patty pan squash does best in a *rich*, well drained
soil and plenty of sun. Patty pan will grow in most
good soils, but prefers a soil pH that is *slightly
acidic*, about 6.1 to 6.5.

I am screwed.


you'll get there eventually. keep scroungin!


songbird