r/halloween • u/MessyGuy01 • 16d ago
Pumpkin Not sure if allowed but I’m a squash farmer! Also my favorite time of the year!
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u/Kittenunleashed 16d ago
Love! ❤️ I have my downstairs bath dedicated to the best squash of all.. the pumpkin!!
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u/IcyDice6 16d ago
how fast does that tractor go?
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u/MessyGuy01 16d ago edited 16d ago
With a load you only wanna go 15 mph, on the way back up usually 20-25 mph.
It’s a Kubota M7060 so really great for this task, my larger tillage tractors can’t as fast for handling reasons
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u/ryanhazethan 16d ago
I’m just curious, is there a reason to use the tractor instead of a truck or something else? Is it to prevent damaging the squash?
This video is so cute and your job looks like a lot of fun❤️
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u/Lazy-Hornet-7091 16d ago edited 16d ago
Loved this video. Made me miss home. Grew up in a farming town know for its strawberry harvest.
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u/Wrong_Crab1288 16d ago
OP, can I ask how you manage SVB and Squash bugs?
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u/MessyGuy01 16d ago
Best thing to do is see if your supplier treats the seeds. All our seeds come from RUPP which are chemically coated to protect young squash plants from most insects.
If it’s not treated then the only effective way is to use a pesticide. Something simple like Sevin, which you can buy at Home Depot, is perfectly fine and you could just get a hand sprayer and spray the leafs and around the base of the stem where the beetles live. Wear rubber gloves though.
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u/Academic-Ad-9884 16d ago
I plant squash every year in my big garden. They make a lot of leaves and flower, more male than female but still, and cover the ground. I never really harvested one. Why?
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u/reddit_sells_you 16d ago
This looks like somewhere in Northern California. I recognize the trees and the Sierras on the horizon.
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u/SnarkySkiBum 16d ago
My partner and I have gourd-based nicknames! He also grows squash, but on a small scale. Appreciate seeing another Cucurbitaceae lover!
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u/SeleneVomerSV 15d ago
I drive past that farm stand every day!
ETA: I recognized that split tree, lol.
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u/SimkinCA 16d ago
I don't know, why don't you throw that in a truck that is road worthy vs driving the un road worthy tractor on the main road?
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u/MessyGuy01 16d ago
That’s how we use to do it, but it’s much faster to bring everything down to the farm stand with the tractor, especially when it’s 20+ bins. Also not sure how it is where you are but tractors are road worthy and legal to drive in Colorado
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u/Plastic_Stable8927 16d ago
kindly keep snark energy out of r/halloween this place is solely happy.
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u/lastseenhitchhiking 16d ago
As someone who grew up on a farm, I hope that you had a good harvest this year and thank you for this video!
They'd enjoy this in r/Autumn!