[sion01]

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.

[mumofstig]

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

[madcat]

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

[Kleftiwallah]

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.

[Yorkie]

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 

[sion01]

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

That could be the reason actually

[pink aubergine]

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!