Gardening - Squash
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I don't know why they classify squash as either a summer variety or a
winter variety. Seems to me that it would be more accurate to classify
them as either the vining type, or the bush type.
Bushing type includes the most common type, the zucchini, crooked
neck, and straight neck. You can grow the green zucchini or the
yellow zucchini. I prefer the yellow, which is actually a straight neck
squash. You really have to give zucchini its space. These things bush
out quite large.
The vining type of squash includes the Butternut squash, Acorn
squash, Spaghetti squash, Buttercup, Hubbard, and Cushaw to name
a few of the more common varieties. We are going to try something
new growing some of these out in a patch of trees that should keep
them shaded. Visit the discussion board to see how it works out this
summer. Hope the animals leave them alone!
Squash, of either type, are fairly easy and simple to grow. We plant all
of ours in hills instead of in rows. We seed these directly into the
garden, we have never started these indoors first or have we bought
plants. A lot of sun and water is needed. The more water, the more
squash you will get. But yields have never been a problem. We put
some 6-24-24 under each hill and cover the fertilizer with about an
inch of dirt. Then we put in about five seeds in the hill and cover than
with another inch of dirt and tamp it down. Water until they come up.
They grow really fast, especially the zucchini. The other squashes,
which ripen in the fall, don't seem to get ahead of you. The zucchini
can and will. You need to check your zucchini daily to make sure the
fruits don't get too big on you. Miss a few days and you will have long
yellow baseball bats waiting to be picked and fed to the cows. I guess
this is why they call them winter and summer squash. Zucchini is
picked all summer long.
Have never really had much of a problem here with pests or diseases
getting into our squash. There are some mildews, that occur in hot
wet weather, and some borers that you should keep an eye out for.
We do not much our vines or bushes from these plants. If something
is in them, we would rather not put them back into the garden. That
is true to all of our old plants from the garden. One pest that you
always need to keep an eye out for is the cut worm. It will cut your
plants off right below the surface. You will wonder why your plant is
wilting, investigate and you may find this pest is your culprit.
You can also eat the blossoms off of your squash plants. If you want
to reduce the yield, you can pick female and male blossoms, otherwise
just pick off the thinner male blooms. They are quite tasty.
winter variety. Seems to me that it would be more accurate to classify
them as either the vining type, or the bush type.
Bushing type includes the most common type, the zucchini, crooked
neck, and straight neck. You can grow the green zucchini or the
yellow zucchini. I prefer the yellow, which is actually a straight neck
squash. You really have to give zucchini its space. These things bush
out quite large.
The vining type of squash includes the Butternut squash, Acorn
squash, Spaghetti squash, Buttercup, Hubbard, and Cushaw to name
a few of the more common varieties. We are going to try something
new growing some of these out in a patch of trees that should keep
them shaded. Visit the discussion board to see how it works out this
summer. Hope the animals leave them alone!
Squash, of either type, are fairly easy and simple to grow. We plant all
of ours in hills instead of in rows. We seed these directly into the
garden, we have never started these indoors first or have we bought
plants. A lot of sun and water is needed. The more water, the more
squash you will get. But yields have never been a problem. We put
some 6-24-24 under each hill and cover the fertilizer with about an
inch of dirt. Then we put in about five seeds in the hill and cover than
with another inch of dirt and tamp it down. Water until they come up.
They grow really fast, especially the zucchini. The other squashes,
which ripen in the fall, don't seem to get ahead of you. The zucchini
can and will. You need to check your zucchini daily to make sure the
fruits don't get too big on you. Miss a few days and you will have long
yellow baseball bats waiting to be picked and fed to the cows. I guess
this is why they call them winter and summer squash. Zucchini is
picked all summer long.
Have never really had much of a problem here with pests or diseases
getting into our squash. There are some mildews, that occur in hot
wet weather, and some borers that you should keep an eye out for.
We do not much our vines or bushes from these plants. If something
is in them, we would rather not put them back into the garden. That
is true to all of our old plants from the garden. One pest that you
always need to keep an eye out for is the cut worm. It will cut your
plants off right below the surface. You will wonder why your plant is
wilting, investigate and you may find this pest is your culprit.
You can also eat the blossoms off of your squash plants. If you want
to reduce the yield, you can pick female and male blossoms, otherwise
just pick off the thinner male blooms. They are quite tasty.
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