Squash is a quintessential summer crop that, if grown well, is SO productive you’ll probably end up pawning it off on family and friends 😂 – learn the basics of squash care in this beginner guide.
00:00 – Intro
00:29 – Seeds
02:00 – Summer Vs. Winter Squash
03:20 – Male Vs. Female Flowers
04:44 – Harvesting
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With just a handful of squash plants, a family of three can eat squash 3 times a week and quickly get sick of it. More varieties cures that! I love pattison panache vert & blanc.
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!
I wish you had a close up of the male and female flowers.
I have a very healthy pumpkin plant that has been putting on flowers for a couple months but I have had no fruit set I went in hand pollinated and it made no difference any ideas why?
When it comes to squash vine borers, another consideration is that Cucurbita moschata cultivars tend to be more resistant than Cucurbita pepo cultivars, since the latter has hollow stems. C. moschata includes butternut, calabaza, tromboncino, and one of my favorites, Tahitian butternut. Last year when my zucchini was being ravaged by borers, my Tahitian butternut was taking over the entire backyard.
For organic pesticides, the go-to is Bacillus thuringiensis (BT) which you can spray on the plants, though I've heard some people inject it directly into the stems. Another good organic pesticide is tobacco, which used to be sold as tobacco dust, but I've had a hard time finding that anywhere nowadays, so I've been growing my own tobacco flowers. Neither will harm the pollinators or earthworms.
I'll take four please 🙂 although the drive to New Mexico to leave them on my doorstep will be a little long…
Squash bugs are the enemy and must die!!!
I had such bad luck with squash this year lol
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.
Hi Kevin! Do you know if squash vine borers are in So Cal? I know they are in most of the US, but I have never seen them here in OC…
my biggest issue is pests eating all my squash plants before they grow up.
jacques was so happy about the zucc that he threw his hat out as a trade for whoever left it for him! what a nice guy.
Also use duct tape to remove squash bug eggs off squash leaves!
Is there anything better than Centercut Squash by row7 seeds? Its amazing but I will consider trying something else to add for next year
Any good cultivars for nordic country?
Hey, why is it called "squash"?
Thanks for the info, Kevin! Really needed it.
I learned last year that those bees that hang out inside squash flowers are actually their own type! They feed on pretty much only squash flowers.
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..
Wonderful crop .. good tips
Would you add the leaves with powdery mildew to your regular compost heap?
My squash plants were almost all hit with mosaic virus this year. I'm devastated. Maybe a neighbor will leave us some zukes this time! 😉