{"id":3140,"date":"2013-04-16T03:00:46","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T07:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=3140"},"modified":"2013-04-16T03:00:46","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T07:00:46","slug":"q-and-a-saving-squash-seeds-and-canning-on-a-glass-top-range","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2013\/04\/16\/q-and-a-saving-squash-seeds-and-canning-on-a-glass-top-range\/","title":{"rendered":"Q and A: saving squash seeds and canning on a glass-top range"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Saving squash seeds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Seeds arrived this week. Thanks so much. I have been growing Hopi from Baker Creek. If these are different I will know. I only plant Hopi here at home and other cucubrits at our special needs farm 20 miles away, so I should be able to save some seeds for others next year.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Jim Bruce<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Petersburg, Michigan<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Good for you, Jim! Remember though that you can plant Cucubita mixta, pepo, moschata, and argyrosperma near your Hopi Pale Greys, which are C. maxima. The different species don&#8217;t cross. This fact sure helps us grow different types of squash each year and still save pure seed. &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Canning on a glass-top range<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I have been told not to use a pressure canner or a waterbath granite ware canner on a glass top range. I have been doing this for years with no problems and am wondering why it is considered a no-no.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>David Young<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Poland, Indiana<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The manufacturers of glass-top ranges do not recommend canning on them. I&#8217;m sure this is to keep them from being sued if you do can on it and the top fractures. Many readers report regularly that they can successfully on theirs. But because the manufacturers do not recommend doing it, neither can I &#8212; just in case\u2026 The weight of a filled canner plus the heat involved has cracked some glass tops. Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saving squash seeds Seeds arrived this week. Thanks so much. I have been growing Hopi from Baker Creek. If these are different I will know. I only plant Hopi here at home and other cucubrits at our special needs farm 20 miles away, so I should be able to save some seeds for others next [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}