Keeping up on the harvest is just one way to be sure your garden keeps producing through first frost. Plantsbthat produce continuously, like squash, tomatoes, and cucumbers, rely on different plant hormones to tell them what to do next. Those hormones can change from "reproduction" to "dormancy" pretty quickly if overly mature fruit is left on the plant.
Plenty more info on this on a recent episode of the Just Grow Something podcast!
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