According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, squash, (genus Cucurbita), is a genus of flowering plants in the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), many of which are widely cultivated as vegetables and for ...

As you spend hours in the coming weeks carving pumpkins and preparing pumpkin pies, you may start to wonder: What exactly is a pumpkin? Is it a vegetable? But it has seeds, so is pumpkin a fruit? And ...

Although squash plants can have rather vigorous vines, they require the same amount of space in the garden whether grown for eating or for seed production. As winter squash reach full maturity, their ...

What is a pumpkin—a vegetable? But it has seeds, so is pumpkin a fruit? And is a pumpkin different than a squash or a gourd? As you spend hours carving pumpkins and preparing pumpkin pies, these ...

Thanks to seeds discovered in an ancient pot, students at Winnipeg’s Canadian Mennonite University have helped to revive an extinct variety of squash, reports APTN National News. The seeds, which ...

Despite their names, summer and winter squashes can be planted around the same time. Here's the best window for planting them ...

The length of the day relative to night is a strong determining factor for the induction of flowering in many plant species. Short day (SD) plants require a short day length (or more precisely, a long ...

Recently I attended "Old Stories and New Discoveries," a conference put on by the Aucilla Research Institute about the archaeological findings in North Florida. One presentation in particular piqued ...

The length of the day relative to night, or photoperiod, is a strong determining factor for the induction of flowering in many plant species. Short day (SD) plants require a short day length (or more ...

If produce is in your 2017 growing plans, research associate T’ai Roulston of the University of Virginia’s Department of Envinronmental Sciences said the squash bee is a particularly able growing ...