09-10-2003, 10:32 PM
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The Wonders of Tromboncino Zucchini....
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(IC_Gardener) wrote:
Phaedrine Stonebridge wrote in
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But the Tromboncinos!... Good grief! Talk about vigorous!
I planted Tromboncinos last year, since I love vertical gardening and
wanted some summer squash. They did very well, but I was not
impressed at all with their flavor. They had a very, well, green
taste to me, not much like a summer squash at all. But they did take
over my entire 16' W X 8' H trellis, and even reached 4' feet through
open space to reach into a small crab apple tree behind the garden.
The vines completely covered the top of the tree. (I let them grow
out of curiousity.) The mature fruits looked quite odd; 3' long
baseball bats hanging from the top of the apple tree after the leaves
had fallen! It was well into december before they dropped off.
I now get my summer squash from the farmers market, and put the
trellis space into mini pumpkins for the kids.
IC Gardener
Iowa City, Iowa
Zone 5A
.. :: laughs uproariously ::
A very funny post indeed. How I wish I might have seen that crab apple.
 Yes, they are quite vigorous. I quite like their taste. To each
his own I guess. I made bread & butter pickles out of them recently and
they are really good. And what is so nice is no seeds! I used the long
skinny seedless parts for the sliced pickles and the bulbous ends for
shredding and freezing, after I had removed the seeds.
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