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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: sion01 on April 27, 2011, 17:21

Title: help with squashes
Post by: sion01 on April 27, 2011, 17:21

i really want to grow squashes as i love eating them but I had a bit of a problem 3 years ago and i am a bit nervouse of trying them again.I got one plant from a friend and planted it in the garden and it grew and grew and grew (get the picture) but with no flowers and hence no squashes .What did I do wrong.

Title: Re: help with squashes
Post by: mumofstig on April 27, 2011, 17:26

You could have had too much nitrogen in the soil, which encourages green growth rather than fruit and flowers :unsure:

Title: Re: help with squashes
Post by: madcat on April 27, 2011, 18:12

Or more shade than sun (voice of bitter experience!) .....  They love the sun more than a '60 starlet !!!   ;)

Title: Re: help with squashes
Post by: Kleftiwallah on April 27, 2011, 18:53

If space is at a premium, try growing your courgettes up a stout stick or a tripod of canes !  ::) I had great success with this method.  Tying the courgettes in every 6 inches or so.   Cheers,   Tony.

Title: Re: help with squashes
Post by: Yorkie on April 27, 2011, 19:15

Quote from: Kleftiwallah on April 27, 2011, 18:53

If space is at a premium, try growing your courgettes up a stout stick or a tripod of canes !  ::) I had great success with this method.  Tying the courgettes in every 6 inches or so.   Cheers,   Tony.

The question was about squashes, not courgettes - same family, I know, but you'd need a very very very long stick for squashes  ???

Title: Re: help with squashes
Post by: sion01 on May 03, 2011, 18:51

Quote from: madcat on April 27, 2011, 18:12

Or more shade than sun (voice of bitter experience!) .....  They love the sun more than a '60 starlet !!!   ;)

That could be the reason actually

Title: Re: help with squashes
Post by: pink aubergine on May 04, 2011, 19:26

Try helping with the pollination at first, put a fine haired paint brush into one of the male flowers (got a thin stalk behind the flower), swish around; and then place the brush into a female flower (got a bulbous bit behind flower). Do this on all flowers for a few days; once one flower has pollinated they seem to work out how to do it on their own!