How to Grow Squash Basic Tips for Incredible Success
video description
Date: 2022-07-20
Related videos
Comments and reviews: 14
Serena
I was so worried about pollinators. Our area over the years just didn't seem to have many. No bees really and if I saw a butterfly, it was like seeing a unicorn.
That kind of scarcity.
When I put the first raised bed in, I planted what I had. Vinca, Echinacea. I got my mits on marigolds.
About three or so weeks ago, I head out to check on the garden.
The squash plants!
Carpenter bees, bumble bees, all kinds of bees and butterflies, just doing their mojo!
I'm not gonna lie. I cried a bit, I was so happy!
The summer squash? I just cooked up the first two and it was like they were simmered in butter, herbs and the tears of angels! It was THAT good!
reply
I was so worried about pollinators. Our area over the years just didn't seem to have many. No bees really and if I saw a butterfly, it was like seeing a unicorn.
That kind of scarcity.
When I put the first raised bed in, I planted what I had. Vinca, Echinacea. I got my mits on marigolds.
About three or so weeks ago, I head out to check on the garden.
The squash plants!
Carpenter bees, bumble bees, all kinds of bees and butterflies, just doing their mojo!
I'm not gonna lie. I cried a bit, I was so happy!
The summer squash? I just cooked up the first two and it was like they were simmered in butter, herbs and the tears of angels! It was THAT good!
reply
Laurie
My yellow squash really got eaten by squash vine borers in Spring. I pulled them out and am trying them in a new spot - my Birdie's bed! I made a simple PEX pipe hoop frame & because it's quite hot in the FL sun right now, I'm trying a 40% shade cloth over the 6 in 1 bed, hoping to keep the squash moths out while cooling things a bit. The air temp outside the shade cloth in the sun is 114 degrees many days and the bed gets full sun. Under the shade cloth it's about 10 degrees cooler. Just planted so this is an experiment. I have the tall bed so at least now I can more easily see the vines & keep an eye on things than when they were down in ground.
reply
My yellow squash really got eaten by squash vine borers in Spring. I pulled them out and am trying them in a new spot - my Birdie's bed! I made a simple PEX pipe hoop frame & because it's quite hot in the FL sun right now, I'm trying a 40% shade cloth over the 6 in 1 bed, hoping to keep the squash moths out while cooling things a bit. The air temp outside the shade cloth in the sun is 114 degrees many days and the bed gets full sun. Under the shade cloth it's about 10 degrees cooler. Just planted so this is an experiment. I have the tall bed so at least now I can more easily see the vines & keep an eye on things than when they were down in ground.
reply
Brian
Great info. I am in Canada. I have a couple of questions. I am trying grow Butternut in my small backyard in bags. I have been told not to grow my pumpkin there because squashes cross pollinate easily. I have pickling cucumbers growing too. Do summer and winter squashes cross breed too?
BTW when the squash gets big enough the raccons leave it alone, presumably due to the cucurbitacin. Raccoons do dig up seedlings. Starting elsewhere may be a good answer. Squirrels dig up everything.
reply
Great info. I am in Canada. I have a couple of questions. I am trying grow Butternut in my small backyard in bags. I have been told not to grow my pumpkin there because squashes cross pollinate easily. I have pickling cucumbers growing too. Do summer and winter squashes cross breed too?
BTW when the squash gets big enough the raccons leave it alone, presumably due to the cucurbitacin. Raccoons do dig up seedlings. Starting elsewhere may be a good answer. Squirrels dig up everything.
reply
Collieco
I think you need to do the video on treating the pests and diseases of the squash now. I've been taking care of mine for a few weeks and I'm in the Northeast. Luckily I know how to treat and with what but many gardeners do not. I'd also be interested in any homemade remedies to add to my arsenal. I have quite the cookbook now on treatments for different pests and diseases. Some days I feel like the mad scientist mixing up my concoctions but most of them do work and cost a lot less.
reply
I think you need to do the video on treating the pests and diseases of the squash now. I've been taking care of mine for a few weeks and I'm in the Northeast. Luckily I know how to treat and with what but many gardeners do not. I'd also be interested in any homemade remedies to add to my arsenal. I have quite the cookbook now on treatments for different pests and diseases. Some days I feel like the mad scientist mixing up my concoctions but most of them do work and cost a lot less.
reply
Domesti
I ran out to the garden right before going to work this morning with a small watercolor paint brush in hand to pollinate the single female flower with the single male flower on one of my experimental squash plants. Right before I stuffed the brush into the male flower I remembered to check if any squash bee had spent the night in there! Thankfully it was empty, but I've rudely disturbed a bee's morning in the past.
reply
I ran out to the garden right before going to work this morning with a small watercolor paint brush in hand to pollinate the single female flower with the single male flower on one of my experimental squash plants. Right before I stuffed the brush into the male flower I remembered to check if any squash bee had spent the night in there! Thankfully it was empty, but I've rudely disturbed a bee's morning in the past.
reply
Couture
Thanks for sharing! As a balcony gardener with a shorter growing season and enough space for only 2 squash plants, powdery mildew is my greatest enemy. Acceptance and succession sewing are not an option. I cannot wait for the video on how to fight against this dreaded desease. This year I'm growing my first zucchini and I'm determined to have at least a few to harvest
reply
Thanks for sharing! As a balcony gardener with a shorter growing season and enough space for only 2 squash plants, powdery mildew is my greatest enemy. Acceptance and succession sewing are not an option. I cannot wait for the video on how to fight against this dreaded desease. This year I'm growing my first zucchini and I'm determined to have at least a few to harvest
reply
Holly
I appreciated this topic even though squash is an easy crop. My squash so far, though the plants are beautiful and healthy at first, have not been great, lots of leaves and powdery mildew. This is the first time I ve tried growing winter squash and for the most part they are underwhelming. I know it s my fault not nature but it s disappointing. Thank you for the video!
reply
I appreciated this topic even though squash is an easy crop. My squash so far, though the plants are beautiful and healthy at first, have not been great, lots of leaves and powdery mildew. This is the first time I ve tried growing winter squash and for the most part they are underwhelming. I know it s my fault not nature but it s disappointing. Thank you for the video!
reply
Kat
My squash looks healthy. I used the vertical method, removing lower leaves. Unfortunately, after 2 months the plants are producing mainly male flowers and there have only been 2 female fruit that made it to the table. The rest just die before even finishing the bloom. I tried looking up the reasons and I tried resolving all those issues but nothing has helped. I'm ->
reply
My squash looks healthy. I used the vertical method, removing lower leaves. Unfortunately, after 2 months the plants are producing mainly male flowers and there have only been 2 female fruit that made it to the table. The rest just die before even finishing the bloom. I tried looking up the reasons and I tried resolving all those issues but nothing has helped. I'm ->
reply
Azure
It s funny how you say, I don t know why I m making a video about growing squash since it s so easy Well, I know why! Because I need it! I ve lost over half of my squash plants (started with 12+) and my boys and I have picked off literally a minimum of 100) squash bugs plus eggs. Thanks for being inspired to make this video!
reply
It s funny how you say, I don t know why I m making a video about growing squash since it s so easy Well, I know why! Because I need it! I ve lost over half of my squash plants (started with 12+) and my boys and I have picked off literally a minimum of 100) squash bugs plus eggs. Thanks for being inspired to make this video!
reply
Lavender
idk if the problem is in the water, the soil or if i'm doing something wrong but not a single one of my squashes made it to fruition, all of them started turning yellow and then just went crispy along with my tomatoes, cucumbers and watermelons, it was really disheartening: / (edit: forgot to add: beans, corn and peas)
reply
idk if the problem is in the water, the soil or if i'm doing something wrong but not a single one of my squashes made it to fruition, all of them started turning yellow and then just went crispy along with my tomatoes, cucumbers and watermelons, it was really disheartening: / (edit: forgot to add: beans, corn and peas)
reply
Jade
I literally just injected my squash with bt to get rid of squash vine borers. And tomorrow I will be putting foil on the younger plants. Unfortunately, since I'm in MI I don't think I can wait that long. But do you know if planting mint around them will also help to prevent pests?
reply
I literally just injected my squash with bt to get rid of squash vine borers. And tomorrow I will be putting foil on the younger plants. Unfortunately, since I'm in MI I don't think I can wait that long. But do you know if planting mint around them will also help to prevent pests?
reply
lenanayashkova
I am growing courgette in a terracotta pot but courgettes are ripening in a funny shape (wide bubble at the base, narrow at the front. Trying to figure out what the reason is. Watering every day and there seems to be a fair amount of bees in the garden.
reply
I am growing courgette in a terracotta pot but courgettes are ripening in a funny shape (wide bubble at the base, narrow at the front. Trying to figure out what the reason is. Watering every day and there seems to be a fair amount of bees in the garden.
reply
First
I have four squash plants. One is over eight feet on the trellis and NONE have produced a THING! :(
Bees visit them every day!
I get so hopeful, and my husband tells me I shouldn't rip them out of the ground of out anger just yet, but I'm so close to it!
reply
I have four squash plants. One is over eight feet on the trellis and NONE have produced a THING! :(
Bees visit them every day!
I get so hopeful, and my husband tells me I shouldn't rip them out of the ground of out anger just yet, but I'm so close to it!
reply
Robbie
We so love our squash & Grow tons of it all year, due to making free compost tea; thank goodness we here in Southern California do not have those squash bugs, but I am ready for them. I have figured out how to not get powdery mildew now. Nice Video!
reply
We so love our squash & Grow tons of it all year, due to making free compost tea; thank goodness we here in Southern California do not have those squash bugs, but I am ready for them. I have figured out how to not get powdery mildew now. Nice Video!
reply
Add a review, comment
Other channel videos
