My mom and I are growing some summer squash in our garden. All of the squash up untill this point have rotted and then eventually develop this white (yeast like) fuzz on them with black tips. Now we have three very nice and harvestable sized squash on the plant now. Are these healthy looking ones safe to eat?I'm worried my plant has some disease and I know nothing about gardening as this is my first year with a garden. I'm sure as long as they don't show any signs of rotting, odd coloration, mushiness etc they are fine to eat but you never know. Thanks for any help
You have been suffering blossom end rot. They are safe to eat, and enjoy
Go for it! We have a small area in our yard and I always had my head set to do something beautiful with it. I bought some Rubber Mulch from this company called Rubberecycle and went to WalMart for some other knickknacks and my garden looks gorgeous! Was so easy and best of all, I don't have to keep it up!
Yes the squash are safe to eat. Save some of the seeds for next years squash crop. They will have a better chance of survival in your area than boughten seeds, as they have already proven they can grow and produce squash in your garden conditions.
The healthy-looking squash are safe to eat. Probably what was happening was the earlier squash blossoms weren't getting pollinated, so the little squash embryos rotted and fell from the plant. Female blossoms produce the squash, and a female blossom has a tiny squash embryo directly behind the blossom. A male blossom is just on a stem. If there are no male flowers on the plant, or their pollen isn't reaching the females, the little squash embryos cannot develop and mature, and they end up shriveling, rotting and falling from the plant. No big deal, you can pollinate the female blossoms yourself so long as there are some male blossoms also. Go out to the garden in the morning, while the pollen is still fresh. Find a male blossom and rub some of its pollen onto a Q-Tip or small paintbrush. Then transfer the pollen to a female blossom. This will pollinate the female blossom and its little squash will mature and be edible.
