Tips for Growing Squash and Zucchini Thru the Summer

Here are a few videos that should help you in growing your bush squash and zucchini in your garden.  To start there's the problem of male and female blossoms.  Sometimes you only get one sex and you need both to grow fruits.  Here are some reasons that happens and sometimes you just have to wait a month or so.

Very helpful tips there for the home gardener.

But that's not the only problem you may find.  This next video shows how to combat powdery mildew on your leaves and blossom end rot on the fruits.  You need to thin out the lower leaves to give air flow and sunshine and pollinators a chance to work their magic.

As usual Luke from MIgardner on Youtube has the anwers.

In this video Luke has grown for intensity harvest, planting closer than the recommended distance on the packages.  Yes, you can plant 4 plants around the perimeter and then also plant an extra one in the center.  You will get more fruits and they grow well as long as you thin out the lower leaves to give them some air movement and space for pollinators to do their job.

For those of you who want to touch base on how to start those squash and zucchini plants, this video gives you the answers for their start in your garden in early spring.

Whether you start yours from seeds or from transplants, you can use this information.

That goes for bush squash as well as zucchini plants.

Enjoy your gardens.