[Dantheman]

Hi guys and girls,

In my polytunnel I've a raised bed which is 3700mm/145.6" x 700/mm27.5" I Need to find out if these will all fit into it  3 x courgette, 3 x pumpkins and 2 x squashes? need to know the spacing please

Thanks Dan

[Snoop]

This year, I put my courgettes in at a metre apart and my squash 75 cm apart in beds 1 m or so wide. Last year I did the lot 75 cm apart. Harvest was very good last year, but just have more room this year for this family of plants. At my spacings for last year, you'd need 6 linear metres of bed for eight plants. So I reckon you might be pushing it in 3.75 m. Plus, the pumpkin might need more room, depends on the variety.

Having said that, lots of people grow plants closer than the recommended spacings, especially in raised beds. The real space saver would be to cut down to two courgette plants...

[NewSteve]

Could you not put that in feet? 

So, about 12' x 2'. Assuming they're bush types, you need an absolute minimum of 2' x 2' for your cucurbits (and most would like to grow much bigger), so you could possibly squeeze six in there.

If any of then are vining types then you can give them something to climb, and you should be able to fit more in.

As Snoop says, do you really need 3 courgettes? They're a glut crop.

[surbie100]

You'll be pushing it with that space to cram it all in. Is there anywhere that the pumpkin and squash can trail out on? It's not really that they need to be grown so far apart for the root system, but more for the huge amount of top growth. I put 6-8 plants in a 240x120cm bed, but that's because the squashes can roam freely onto the path.

(I disagree NewSteve, I love courgettes and will have 7 this year if the slugs pass them by. Yum!)

[mumofstig]

I'd only put 4 in that space.
I think that all the squashes, courgettes and pumpkins need 3ft each.

[Dantheman]

Hi

Thanks for you replys,

The seeds I have used are Squash Hunter, Squash Kabocha and the courette spineless beauty f1, been trying to fined out if the are bush of vine.

Dan