5 Deadly MISTAKES You Can't Afford to Make When Growing Squash

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If you want to grow Squash that will produce until frost, you can not afford to make these mistakes!
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Intro - 00:00
How to Heal Squash Plants Attacked by Squash Vine Borers - 00:15
How to Protect Squash from Pests - 01:55
Using Trap Crops to Protect Squash- 03:16
Varieties Resistant to Squash Pests - 03:48
Tuck Eating a Carrot He Harvested - 04:11
Biggest Culprits to Squash Plants- 04:35
New Segment, The Gnome Challenge - 05:06
2nd Mistake, Not Staggering Squash Plantings- 06:32
3rd Mistake - Allowing Bad Pollination to Reduce your Harvests 07:25
How to Hand Pollinate Squash - 07:35
4th Mistake, Causing Squash Plants to Stop Producing - 08:48
5th Mistake, Allowing Disease to Overtake your Plants - 09:48
How to Prune Squash - 09:55
Bonus Mistakes to Avoid - 11:00
Transplanting Squash to Early - 11:00
Getting Leaves Wet When Watering - 11:25
How to Save Space Growing Squash, Growing Squash Vertically - 11:38
Pruning Squash to Increase Late Season Production - 11:56
Outro - 12:28

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@jamesprigioni Год назад

SHARE THIS VIDEO IF YOU ENJOY IT! 😁🐕❤

@AlanBarrettVideos Год назад

@5:24😂 Found it!

@DesertRoseJRTs Год назад

DONE on Twitter!

@donnabrooks1173 Год назад

I just love Tuck, you and your videos. Always so much useful information to consider. I am gardening in grow bags this year out of necessity due to produce costs, no ground preparation (clay soil in NC). Haven't had one in several years but am inspired to grow whatever I can. Thank you Tuck and James for the inspiration. It is very much appreciated. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

@jimmyboy2165 Год назад

James I don't know if you or your fans/followers know this but your male flowers from all those plants in your video today are delicious. I am not joking if you take a little oil get the oil heated up and throw your flowers in and cook them up you can spice them to your liking or just plain. But yes you should try them they really are delicious.

@jimmyboy2165 Год назад

@@AlanBarrettVideos🤣🤣🤣

@ogr8bearded175 Год назад

Since I started sprinkling radish seeds around my squash I haven't had a problem with vine borers anymore. IDK if the svb doesn't like radish, the smell throws them off but it works for me. Try it out. Still get those squash bugs look like stink bugs, but no borers.

@cbak1819 10 месяцев назад

I'll do that next year! Thanks for the tip!!

@geedee2420 10 месяцев назад

Thank you! ... I don't even get Vine Borers but I'm going to try it for to reasons... 1. To prevent a future infestation and 2. Seems like a great use of garden space for the radishes 👍🏽

@MaLiArtworks186 10 месяцев назад

Thanks so much!

@katheringardening7093 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing

@tanyasteers4802 10 месяцев назад

I'm going to do that next year I have never ever had to deal with them well this year they killed my squash I have 2 I'm pulling today and my giant pumpkins totally destroyed

@annettekilpela4723 11 месяцев назад

The best solution for cucumber beetle problems for my butternut squash was shared with me by and elderly gentleman. Plant radishes among your plants. Works perfect! End of problem.

@SusanRogersMakingItWork4Me 4 месяца назад

I'm going to try this! Thanks!!

@brooklyn3534 3 месяца назад

Thank you!!!

@StillDreamingHomestead 11 месяцев назад

I've been gardening for 40 years. I still learned something new almost every time I watch your videos. We're not bothered by the squash Vine bore but I had no idea that you could grow more roots on your squash.

@jglass485 11 месяцев назад

At the beginning you show starting a second root system for a squash plant. QUESTION: when that second rooting system is established enough to nourish the plant do you cut off and remove the original root to eliminate the offending "bug home" or just leave it for later clean up at the end of the plant's life?

@wisdomseekers479 27 дней назад

Tuck is the star of the show. Tried to give my dog a carrot....he looked at me like am mad and walked away

@ProHomeCooks Год назад

great vid James, packed with info. The squash vine bores got me big time last year on my first crop but I did find that squash will grow insanely fast if planted from seed from July. I had new plants in like 2 weeks!

@jamesprigioni Год назад

Thanks Mike! Yeah the vine borers are relentless. You’re right though, plant that second round of squash in July, and in no time they will be kicking out summer squash!

@8thcelisabeth Год назад

At one minute in of the video, you can see the SVB Moth egg, the small copper round single. Squash bugs (diff pest) lay eggs in a cluster, the SVB moth lays singular or in a line. I am an expert unfortunately. I have a ton of info, sourced, as I love my squash. The SVB Moth emerges per Growing Degree Days, James might have a second generation, common in hotter areas or hotter summers up north where I am. The damage he showed was quite advanced. I also do not recommend a trap plant for SVB specifically (might work with other pests) unless the plant is pulled well before the borer can hit the dirt and come back next year. I've been able to harvest quite a bit of squash using multiple strategies, but those darn borers are such a fight! Thrilled you had time for succession planting!

@FloraM44 Год назад

@@8thcelisabethwhen would be the point when they'd hit the dirt to lay eggs for next year? I might plant some for other pests but don't want to exacerbate the svb problem!

@8thcelisabeth Год назад

@@FloraM44 after 2000 Growing Degree Days specifically but generally, once the borer feeds enough to be over 3/4" long and gets fat, it will burrow into the soil, pupate and emerge when it has the correct time to morph into the moth. Here in South Dakota, the timing is generally as follows: Mid June the moth emerges and eggs are laid. Around 2 weeks later the eggs hatch and burrow into the stems. They spend a few weeks eating and getting fat. The first week they are still so small you won't notice damage. They burrow when they are barely visible to the naked eye. Once you see the frass and obvious damage, you can actually try to kill them with BT but I get hit so hard that isn't the best strategy in my garden. Frankly I need to get the plant out of my garden once I see them at about 1/2" long. I take no chances. I pull my plants before they are as damaged as shown in James video. That damage is from healthy fat borers ready to hit the dirt, if they haven't already.

@FloraM44 Год назад

@@8thcelisabeth thank you! That's good to know. I've pulled them out of the stems before and was just curious if that would be fine or if it's a risk some of them have already borrowed. I used to wrap the stems in aluminum foil when transplanting but that doesn't always work. I really wish I could find kaolin clay in Canada but it's not sold here!

@opraha1113 Год назад

Beginner gardener here. This is the most helpful video I’ve seen on growing zucchini. I had a great bumper crop and got about 9-10 fruits and then all of a sudden my female flowers started dying off before opening. I thought it was a watering issue or calcium deficiency but it turns out the pesky SVB got me. Thank you for suggesting burying the vine. I tried it this morning and I’m hoping to see improvement in a few weeks. Thank you so much!! Next year I will do butternut squash for the summer and plant zucchini for the fall.

@Emeraldwitch30 11 месяцев назад

If you can find seed try honeynutt squash. They are like small butternut but super tasty and perfect size. I can eat one by myself for lunch or split one as a side for hubby and myself. Plus that are so sweet that I use them instead of pumpkin in my pies. Super creamy pie

@mrs.rogers7582 Год назад

I've been spraying Peppermint Castile Soap with water in a sprayer, the base of the plant after I water the plant. Also spraying the soap mixture on the earth around the plant. The base of the plant has hardened off to a thick stem. So far no pests!

@8thcelisabeth Год назад

I had not heard that trick, might have to try it and add it to my list of SVB tricks!

@jackiecullari6785 Год назад

I’m trying this !

@deborahlahita5688 10 месяцев назад

I’m trying it too!!! Hope it works!!❤

@karens3670 Год назад

It's nice to hear that young ones are watching the channel as well! Our four-year-old grandson was out in the garden today helping his grandpa by weeding in our raised beds. I asked him if he enjoyed it and he said he did! That was a win for us!! We hope he will grow up with a love for gardening. Our grandchildren have already enjoyed going through the garden and eating the raw asparagus and strawberries!

@wandacroy9094 11 месяцев назад

My biggest gardening 😮mistake was not discovering your RU-vid channel earlier in the growing season. ❤

@Gloria.A Год назад

Tuck is the best boy. Getting his own snack and an amazing looking carrot too. Thanks for the gnome section too. It's fun getting the kids involved is a great practice too.

@user-wd3po8sd7k 9 месяцев назад

Lucky doggo helping himself to healthy snacks!

@XroorX 9 месяцев назад

Surround WP. I will send you some if you cannot get it where you live. Also, plant daikon radish around the curcubin family plants and allow it to bolt. The sulfur compounds drive away borers

@FloraM44 Год назад

Another tip for people who want to just make a lot of zucchini bread.. you can let the zucchini get really big before harvesting so you get more meat per fruit. It takes a while before they actually start overripening. I often pick them the length of my arm and several times the diameter! If the seeds look too mature just scrape them out, but this will really provide more food without necessarily sending the plant into ceasing production

@TheTimtwnsnd Год назад

They (vine borers) lay the eggs directly on the stem and leaves, when the eggs hatch the larvae burrow directly in. Often if you are addressing issues when you see symptoms, youre already too late. Preemptively reroot and bury stems to protect your later harvests

@8thcelisabeth Год назад

Yep. Looks like I found another SVB expert like me, sadly? My SVB's arrive at 850 Growing Degree Days, early for my area. I started rooting the nodes of my c. moschatas and c.maximas this week. Little bastards.

@pricklypear7516 Год назад

James seems to be confusing the ubiquitous squash bug (a shield-shaped grey beetle) with the far more evasive, and MUCH more devastating, squash vine borer (a diurnal moth that resembles a wasp). They are two entirely different creatures, but the squash bug, by virtue of simply being more visible, gets a lot of the blame for the total and almost instantaneous plant collapse done by the SVB.

@NicolaiAAA 11 месяцев назад

I've been keeping them at bay with injections of BT. I can never find the eggs and I've found the borers are a way bigger issue than the squash bugs, so this time I'm doing injections. So far it's working. I've seen the evidence of vine borers starting at the base, but then nothing ever happens beyond that and my zucchinis are doing great. 😀

@Emeraldwitch30 11 месяцев назад

@@NicolaiAAAI spray every week with Bt but recently found that my pharmacy has syringes for like .30cents so I asked for one. She refused to let me pay for it once I told her what it was for lol shooting up my squash with Bt. So I went out and injected bt into all different areas of my zucchini and summer squash as that is my biggest issue. Ive always felt like a crappy gardener as I could never get decent zucchini. Like who can't grow a zuke? Lol I'm growing Cherokee tan squash and lady Godiva naked seed pumpkins so all squash got the poke this week lol. And of course on the Vining ones I do bury the stems here and there so they root down everywhere.

@marilynmitchell2712 10 месяцев назад

@@pricklypear7516thank you for explaining

@ThirdCoastGardening Год назад

The squash vine borer is very hard to prevent here in Houston, but I got quite a few squash before they killed my plants.

@jamesprigioni Год назад

Make sure to plant a second round of squash they don't lay as many eggs later in the season

@ThirdCoastGardening Год назад

@@jamesprigioni ok. You should see the size of the squash I grew.

@azaliasimon1425 Год назад

Tell me about it! I have never been able to get a squash out of my plants! Even my butternut squashes were killed! Aparently there are two or more "generations" of the squash vine borers in our area in the year so even the second round of squash planting are in danger! This is my first year covering my squash plants , we will see what happens haha.

@loverlyredhead Год назад

@@azaliasimon1425I think Texas actually has 3 😢 If you are covering, make sure you aren't doing it somewhere squash has been grown before. They bury into the soil and pupate next to the squash plants they just decimated. That said, I had very good luck covering with tulle this year. I've uncovered them now and managed to save 2 plants from SVB by injecting with BT when I saw signs of them (frass hole on one, wilting leaves on the other).

@8thcelisabeth Год назад

@@azaliasimon1425 I believe you! The SVB moth emerges from the soil generally based on degree days. The hotter or longer the summer, the more generations. South Dakota had a far hotter than normal May and June, and we got the SVB moth emerging at 850 Growing Degree Days instead of 1000! I was ready with the traps and all, but barely. The only squash/pumpkin I've found that has the thickest stems to stop the borer is a Musquee D Provence. Good luck!

@nicholasmoore3164 Год назад

James P, you are the GOAT. Tuck is the King And I'll say it again, your camera person is the real star of the show. Keep it going bro. I love your channel and my garden is doing better than ever because of your videos. ❤❤❤

@reallygraceful Год назад

i have never been able to successfully grow squash because of the vine borer... but i want to start a pumpkin patch this month so i'm going to try again...one last time lol

@8thcelisabeth Год назад

Your best bet will be growing the Cucurbita Moschata cultivars. Not a 100% promise, but the stems are thicker than for other squash, gives you a better chance. Some varieties are Butternut and the best one, Musquee D'Provence. Any help you need, lmk.

@Sarairose Месяц назад

Your channel is fantastic! Good luck with those borers they are terrible here… Preventative methods work if you work them. You got this❤

@kenbellchambers4577 Год назад

The clay spray seems like it would massively interfere with photosynthesis. Do you leave it on for long periods of time? Thanks for the tips on growing squash.

@observer4292 Год назад

Let’s Go!!! Hoping to get some “life-saving” tips from James and Tuck! I fought the squash vine borer all last year and they have continuously won! I’m determined this year to at least do better than last year! 👍 💚💚💚 for Tuck! 🐕

@jamesprigioni Год назад

Let's Gooo!!! We hope some of these ideas help you out!

@8thcelisabeth Год назад

I get better fighting them every year. The first tip I tell everyone is to choose the Cucurbita Moschata cultivar when seed buying. It is the most resistant to SVB's. Butternut is one, I know a ton of other Moschata squash too. The Curcurbita Maxima is the most susceptible, such as the Blue Hubbard, the Red Kuri and many others. Summer Squash, mostly Curcurbita Pepo, get them pretty heavy too. I've been checking for eggs every other night this week and finding a ton. Gotta do what we gotta do to get them squash!

@MaLiArtworks186 Год назад

@SkinnyBoyRandy said to grow them in the fall. I did this last year and didn't have any issues. I forgot this year and lost eight out of eight plants.

@oddessy2g 11 месяцев назад

Make sure to rotate the crop. Also I cover my soil all winter to stop weeds and food for those pest. I also use wood charcoal in my soil from my wood burning stove. That slows them down. Also diatomaceous earth over the soil then cover it up. In the spring uncover and put more down. When plants grow do same thing. Use food grade diatomaceous earth. I never used the clay. But I'm going to try that next year. Been following Jane's for years. The guys is awesome.

@UrbanHomesteadMomma 11 месяцев назад

Knock on wood BUT I’ve had zero issues with SVB or powdery mildew since I started growing my summer squash up stakes. I tie the vine to the stake with twine as it grows. And then I keep any leaves that reach the ground off at the vine. This method has saved me from pests and disease and it takes up much less space in my tiny garden 🌱

@jamiemillians9455 Месяц назад

I'm trying this for the first time

@caroldragon7545 Год назад

If you plant a parthenocarpic squash, you can keep it covered all summer because it doesn't need to be pollinated. I use tulle instead of row cover because it is so lightweight it's easy to move for harvest or to keep it from pressing down on the leaves.

@jamesprigioni Год назад

Good point!

@cindyspiess9963 Год назад

good tip 👍

@caroldragon7545 Год назад

@@cindyspiess9963 THE VARIETY i plant is called Partenon. Even the larger fruits are tender.

@rubytrotter3766 Год назад

I’m going to order the Partenon squash seeds and use them for my second squash planting. Thank u so much for this information

@caroldragon7545 Год назад

@@rubytrotter3766 I am so disappointed. I used the last of my partenon seeds this year and I was going to order more. I got mine from Johnny's selected seeds originally, but they have been discontinued because of germination unreliability. I didn't have any problems with them. Two other parthenocarpic varieties that they carry are Dunja and desert, but I haven't grown those, so I don't know what they are like. I am going to see if other seed comanies have parthenocarpic varieties before I order any seeds.

@MsJuliah1 11 месяцев назад

My dad taught me to put something like a toilet paper roll or a frozen juice can with the bottom cut off to go down into the dirt and ring around the plant. This will have to be done when first planting or while very young. If you try to do this with a mature plant you risk damaging the stems and vines.

@clyczko 11 месяцев назад

Love your enthusiasm - you have a great articulation and personality - talking fast BUT so clearly - I am in my 60’s and you have a great Voice - sound and clarity - and tips! Thank you! Fun things for kids also - so important to offer to young ones so they can learn if they are interested - or just get them interested!

@ImallamaToo Год назад

I'm a new subscriber, and have been binging your videos. You've literally inspired me to get started on my own food forest. Thank you and Tuck for such awesome content. God bless you!

@avamolinaro5559 Год назад

thanks for the info! Sending love from up in north Jersey! I’ve been watching your channel for a while now but never checked out your description, just wanna say that I too am very excited about growing my own food!! Not only for health in the traditional sense but the way it connects you to the earth and to nature! Every time I go into the garden I feel so much gratitude.

@christinemccormick6645 10 месяцев назад

We are getting 5 zucchini's a day, but squash burrowers destroyed 2 plants and there are lots of cucumber Beatles. I will definitely be using netting next year. We did use yellow sticky tape, but they were full pretty quick.

@mikeyyoon Год назад

James, big fan from Jersey! My parents and I love to Garden. We have about 600 sq ft and a greenhouse in North Jersey. We love your positivity and outlook on both gardening and life. Keep up the great work! I would like to see more videos on how you manage obstacles in the garden for ex. Pests, storms, funguses, root rot, diseases, etc. Would also love to see even more variety attempts on your garden and partnerships with seed companies to give us seeds. Thanks for everything James and Tuck! ❤

@vh6938 Год назад

Your videos are so helpful! This year is my first trying to grow veg. I didn't know about trap crops but seems the turnip greens are acting as such in my garden. God bless you for your great videos!

@MichaelRei99 Год назад

I’ve been gardening since I was a young boy. It’s great that you are including kids in your videos. These tips are priceless! So far the weather in New jersey has not been ideal. The garden helps me keep my spirits up! . Tuck is the BOSS!!

@conroyburke4225 11 месяцев назад

This is everything I needed to hear today! Thank you for your brilliant content and your effervescent way of communicating it!

@connecticutwormsgardens 11 месяцев назад

CT zone 5B. I love squash. Grow several types every year. Have 11 varieties growing now. This is the WORST YEAR in my 40+ years of organic gardening for squash pests. Despite numerous preventative measures and daily checking/removal of pests - they are relentless. Vine borers, squash bugs and cucumber beetles in mas numbers. Waltham butternut squash is my favorite winter squash. As you said, they normally aren't appealing to pests. This year, I can't find A SINGLE LEAF that doesn't have a cluster of squash bug eggs on it DAILY. I spend hours scraping them and the next day, they are back. Yesterday, I pulled 74! adult, mating, squash bugs off 3 butternut plants. It's insane. I spent a lot of money buying squash Vine borer traps from gardens alive. Love them. They work better than advertised. In 2 days, so many borers were caught the new ones were simply walking across the stuck ones without getting trapped. It's a BAD year for pests. Very bad. I have had very good success manually removing the borers from inside the stem. Seems to be the best approach for borers but the squash bugs are different. I found at least 1000 young hatchlings on the lower leaves of my crookneck squash yesterday. Question on the surround clay you discussed? Does rain wash it off? We've had severe thunderstorms almost daily with pounding rain. If it needs reapplying after rain, I'll go broke..... Where did you get it? Cost? Nothing is working for me this year. Sad, but I refuse to give up organic growing and refuse to give up my rare heirloom summer squash varieties that I (and the pests🤬) love so much so the war wages on😂 B t w - I just ordered a shirt😊

@dionysos147 2 месяца назад

Not organic but try seven. I was having the problems you were and I was ready to give up because I grown pumpkins. The bugs were just to much and I was spending all day out there picking eggs and they were just right back the next day. Even worse the squash bugs lay eggs on the ground and the baby larva crawl to the plant. I didn’t know that I thought they hatched and went right into plant but no they can move and find spots to go in. Then a gardener told me to try seven. You spray it on every two weeks. But I do it at dusk and always wake up the squash bees that are asleep inside the squash flowers. I have only ever tried the one that hooks to the hose. It’s been 3 years and no plants have died from bugs. You don’t even need to pick the eggs off. Good luck!!

@nz5752 Месяц назад

@@dionysos147 what is seven?

@VeganDoris Год назад

I’m envious of your garden! Everything in my garden is turning yellow and not growing. I dropped off a soil sample with the county cooperative extension and I’m waiting for results now.

@doloresreynolds8145 Год назад

James, I really enjoy watching you and Tuck in the garden, so thank you for your video presentations.💙

@KellieF35 10 месяцев назад

This year I picked some of my basil and rosemary and thyme herbs and layyed them all around the bottom of my squash and zucchini plants and in-between the stems too. And the squash bugs disappeared. It worked for me!!

@llswink Год назад

On good advice from you and other gardeners, I planted Blue Hubbard squash last year and I have to CRACK UP!!! It grew large early, it was planted in March, and produced abundantly with NO pest problems. My acorn produced some, but my crooks didn't perform at all. I'm trying again this year and will try your methods with rooting further along the vine and the Kaolin clay. Thank you, James, I really appreciate all your good advice. Hugs to the Tuck, too. PS: I learned to roast the BH in the oven, process and freeze it for soups, and surprisingly, the smaller sized green squash can be eaten like summer squash.

@myurbangarden7695 Год назад

I grow pumpkins have many of these same issues. It's kinda sad when you have a 10 ft vine with young pumpkins and loose a whole vine.

@marcdavid5841 Год назад

Thank you James. Great info. You just showed me some of the mistakes I made last season. And taught me what I can do this growing season. From Central Valley CA

@Mommy2Gav05 Год назад

Thanks James! My kids will have a blast looking for it! Theyre always wanting to work in our garden and they do lay and watch your videos since my husband and i both watch your videos. Im gratful for your tips and tricks! I never grew some of the things i grow now and every year i add more!

@laurab8547 Год назад

Excellent tips! Thanks James! My squash aren't really thriving anymore and I've been considering planting out another round. I guess I will try that this year.

@Mursi009 Год назад

omg thank you! My squash never make it to harvest and this year may be different thanks to your helpful videos!

@ceecee-thetransplantedgardener Год назад

I love the Gnome Challenge!! So cool. Want to foot-stomp trimming the growing tip on the squash vine. I discovered this by mistake growing tromboncino squash and changed two 10 ft vines to multiple 4-5 foot vines. Much more manageable and I doubled the productivity.

@farrahthomas3120 Год назад

I love watching this guy. He inspires me to start gardening. I know nothing about it. Keep those videos coming .

@jamesprigioni Год назад

Let’s Gooo!! Thanks for the kind words Farrah 🐕😁❤️

@susanm1224 Год назад

First video of yours I have watched and it definitely won’t be the last. I have learned so much from you already. I am a new gardener and need this information. Already had these problems so now I know what to do next time. Thank you very much.

@phoggee Год назад

I don't think anyone told Tuck that's not a bone it's a carrot! OMG the way he's chowing it down with gusto, he's the best!

@billgreene3410 10 месяцев назад

Brother, this is the best video I have seen on how to grow and maintain squash plants. Thanks for taking the time to make it.

@karenjkampskamps5208 11 месяцев назад

Thank you, I learn so much from watching your videos. I tell every gardener I know about you

@tinabloomfield7228 Год назад

I never knew you could take the tip off the zucchini plant to force more growth.....I feel an experiment coming on in my garden 😅 The only thing....that I can do is bottom water, because my garden is massive and I plant everything together for the most part, but i also only water in the morning so hopeful my leaves have time to dry thoroughly 😊

@jodif8124 Год назад

Love all the squash! Also, the gnome challenge is adorable 🥰

@TracyLaCourse 2 дня назад

Just having issues and questioning about my zucchini, so thank you very very much. You helped me immensely.

@kapstersmusic Год назад

I don't have squash vine borers or cucumber beetles here in Western Wa., but the powdery mildew is so bad late in the summer that I have to transplant all my squash in one batch as early as possible after greenhouse germination. The summer squash bear long enough to almost get tired of them, and the winter squash ripen before it's too cold and wet and they can rot on the ground. Every location has different challenges to overcome to bring in the fat harvest. But it's very satisfying when you overcome the pests and weather!

@SirSkippy87 Год назад

I had this issue about 4 years ago with the vine borers, on varieties that aren’t resistant to vine borers I put an aluminum foil collar around the base that goes into the ground half an inch to an inch and up the plant 6-8 inches and I’ve had no issues since. Butternut squash is highly resistant to vine borers and other things, very easy to grow. Always hand pollinate, it’s worth the little time it takes, I check for open flowers in the morning if I didn’t already tie up the flowers the evening before that I know we’re going to open the next day!

@jackpleb2360 Год назад

I've had waltham butternut and squash bugs absolutely wrecked them!! Now, we use diatomaceous earth to sprinkle, insect netting, and dawn dish soap to kill the squash bugs. Also use tape to quickly and easily pull squash bug eggs from the leaves. Works like a charm.

@Sparkysings2 Год назад

I live the idea of the Gnome Challenge. What a great and fun thing to do. I had a huge infestation on squash bugs last year. Didn’t even bother planting this year. Thanks so much for the tips

@yukonsmomma3562 Год назад

Thanks James. I always appreciate your advice. Looking for the gnome sounds like a fun idea.

@alexburdsall3580 Год назад

You’re garden is awesome! Can’t wait to make my own food Forest

@jamesprigioni Год назад

Thanks Alex! Make sure you send us some pics when you do 😁🐕❤️

@beahappy1today Год назад

This is great information! Thank you James. I look forward to your videos!!

@jamesprigioni Год назад

Let’s Gooo! Me and Tuck are glad to hear that 😁🐕❤️

@nyssabryant7324 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing! I lost so many little squash to poor pollination and I didn't know why. Always improvong in this great experiment of gardening

@joanies6778 11 месяцев назад

The SVB lays its eggs under and all along the stems, and squash bugs lay clusters of eggs under the leaves. They hit my pumpkins first, then go to my butternut squash and zuchinni. Not enough time to plant a second round of pumpkins or butternut, but I did replant squash later. I used lures this year that caught 2 doz males and I caught 2 doz adults with my jar while they hang out on milkweed. If they get into the stems, you can slit the stem, crush the larvae, and treat it with BT or Spinosad. I bury the stem along the vines as much as possible... works great.

@maximevalentinantoinesabou8156 Год назад

Hey, something that also works well is spraying white vinegar diluated in some water (with a ratio of 1 to 5 max or a bit less). It is very effective against bugs. Just be careful not to spray it on a hit sunny day because it might burn the plant. Doing it at the end of the day is usually the best :)

@sherriianiro747 11 месяцев назад

Funny! That was the only thing that saved my squash from powdery mildew! Smart!

@maximevalentinantoinesabou8156 11 месяцев назад

@@sherriianiro747 white vinegar solves all problems haha

@lizalcantara6304 10 месяцев назад

Where do you spray it on? The leaves or the vine?

@maximevalentinantoinesabou8156 10 месяцев назад

@@lizalcantara6304 leaves and the vine. At least that's what I did :)

@lizalcantara6304 10 месяцев назад

@@maximevalentinantoinesabou8156 thank you!

@sinatrez9932 Год назад

I don’t even have a house much less a garden yet I’m always watching these videos

@Southern195 2 месяца назад

Take notes because you may find yourself in a house and can grow some fresh veggies. 😁

@sondrad1839 Год назад

Awesome! Thank you so much, James and Tuck. Every year I have issues with squash vine borers. I will give your suggestions a go.

@8thcelisabeth Год назад

Same, I've gotten a lot better fighting the SVB though. Depending on the population numbers, it can be an easy or hard fight. I think mine is pretty hard! My traps fill up with the male SVB's and I catch video of the females on my plants all the time. I hate em!

@Jaycee604 Год назад

Great information! Your channel is excellent and very educational. Your food forest looks incredible.

@alyssaperry2994 Год назад

I appreciate you! My zucchinis were turning yellow and dropping. I even hand pollinated them but my flowers aren't opening as much as yours. Am I missing something? Love the gnome idea!

@kriswest5729 Год назад

absolutely love ur channel learning so much!!!!

@jamesprigioni Год назад

Let’s Gooo!!!

@54cal54 Год назад

Thank you for some great information, i didn't know that about butternut squash. My 2 & 5 year olds just love watching Tuck, now they can look for a gnome. Awesome.

@rosemaryangiolino3835 Год назад

I am a new Long Island gardener and I watch all your videos I really appreciate all you teach me just want to say thank you and keep the learning videos coming 👍😊

@53peace Год назад

I live in UK in zone 8b/9 and keep moaning about the cold and how it stops me from doing more. I just realised your zone is 7! You produce so much in your garden it’s unbelievable. Your channel is inspiring and I’ve been following you and Tuck since last year. Great stuff James and Thank you for your hard work and sharing vital information. Please do some winter protection and projects later this year if possible. ❤🙏💐

@BronzeTheSling Год назад

I'm in zone 8b but it's waaay hotter here than anywhere in the UK. Are you using a different system? When I hear 8b in the US it's always a very hot region with almost no snow.

@53peace Год назад

@@BronzeTheSling I’m not sure but if I google the map indicates 8b/9. I live in East Anglia which is pretty hot in summer but the problem is it can suddenly get frosty and ruin the plants. Very unpredictable weather. Short growing season, warm only until end of September and a bit of October.

@marilynmitchell2712 10 месяцев назад

65 degrees is summer

@bhalliwell2191 Год назад

Running so far behind this year that a "second sowing" of summer squashes will be the first sowing of summer squashes. Might still try a few winter squash varieties. Many thanks for this video! And, a suggestion, if I may: I plant white icicle radishes in my squash and cucumber hills to help deter the squash vine borers, and for the years I've done this it seems to work just fine.

@cindyspiess9963 Год назад

My garden is so late also, cold spring , racoon digging up everything , today ( first day of summer ) 62 ° at 4:30 pm 🫣 and has been very dry for a while , but now cold rain 🤷‍♀️ idk , my enthusiasm is waning.

@8thcelisabeth Год назад

Cucurbita Moschata cultivars of squash are the most resistant to squash vine borers. Butternut is a Moschata. Hope this helps! I have a ton of info on SVBs, unfortunately. SVB's and Hail are the two things I fear most in my garden.

@bhalliwell2191 Год назад

@@cindyspiess9963 Oh, do I hear this! Cold, wet, late spring, then warm but too, too rainy and the soil too wet to work it. Started *some* seeds indoors, but still had space constraints so a lot has been sequential, rather than simultaneous in the doing. But I tend to forget about time and about days to maturation, which is why about four years ago I was cheerfully and optimistically sowing cabbage seeds---early ones---around September-something for a second harvest, and a friend in a much different gardening area with a much shorter growing season said, "Well, maybe you can enjoy the leaves," because there wouldn't be time for those cabbages to head up. But regarding a lot of things to do with gardening, I can be a very hard-headed realist, e.g., some things simply can't be grown here, and that's all there is to that, so I focus on what we *can* grow. We've had to resort to physical barriers to keep the raccoons, skunks, possums and the *deer* out of the food garden.

@bhalliwell2191 Год назад

@@8thcelisabeth Thank you for this! Himself will be delighted to know this about C. Moschata and Butternut, especially as it's his personal favorite winter squash and does very well for him. As it's also an excellent keeper, I am foreseeing a lot of Butternut squash in my future. Himself will be quite joyful! We've been fortunate---touch wood!---in that hail has been rare in my immediate area, at least since I started gardening vegetables. It seems unfair you've had to deal with both SVBs *and* hail, but we gardeners seem to be nothing if not optimistic, unless it's that we are sturdily persistent. Seriously and sincerely, have you tried the white icicle radishes among your squashes? Let them grow, and grow, and grow, and go to flower and make seeds if they do, and don't bother about whether they offer good eating quality (the radishes, I mean.) Leave them in ground until all the squashes have been harvested. The very worst that can happen is that you'll have no success with this (can be the timing), and you'll have lost some radish seeds in addition to some squash. In fourteen years, I've had only one squash borer get into a squash vine, and we plant a boatload of summer and winter squashes. Good success to you!

@8thcelisabeth Год назад

@@bhalliwell2191 Well thank you! I let radish to reseed willy nilly as I use it as cover crop and for soil tillage. But I haven't specifically planted it among my squash, might be another cool experiment to try! Does the white radish have unique properties? I took some video of the weather we got last year, it's on my page. We received HUGE hail, a haboob (!!!) and green skies. It was wild last year. We are supposed to get severe weather this Saturday. We need the rain (drought 4 years now) but not the damage that may come with it!

@dianafigueroa6764 Год назад

Thanks for the video. The cucumber Beatles seemed to come early this year and really decided my squash tasted really good and enjoyed feeding on the leaves.

@Buttacupz32 11 месяцев назад

Thank you! I was about to give up on squash. Dealing with the vine borer has been so discouraging. I will keep trying with your ideas. All hope is not lost. Thanks again 🙏

@theteenagegardener Год назад

Hi there, James! You should try growing ‘Dunja’ Zucchini. It is a really great variety; it’s resistant to Powdery mildew and a few other damaging diseases, it produces like crazy, and its fruits are very tasty. I have 4 of them planted in my garden and I have been so impressed by them!

@carmen3091 Год назад

Your attitude, little Tuck, and the info I get from this channel make me so happy. You have a great channel, James!

@jamesprigioni Год назад

Let’s Gooo Carmen! Thanks for the kind words 🐕😁❤️

@mitsumaki_forestlife Год назад

What a beautiful garden 😌👏🧡🌷💐 Your video has healed me. Thank you!❤️💐🥹💛💚

@selenanieto8152 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for such great videos! That tip on burying the squash find further up is a great one!

@Remember_when 11 месяцев назад

I wasn't getting any asparagus one year and couldn't figure out what was happening. They would start to pop up out of the ground then disappear. Then, one day, I turn around and see my pup eating the new sprout popping out. Disappearance figured out.

@ingridbond3432 Год назад

james, you're wonderfully helpful, thank you so much. one thing to add for you to confirm or deny RE: summer squash pests. someone (who has a garden)said that the first year of growing squash, there were no pests. the second year he planted in the same bed and dealt with a pest infestation that took out his crop. the third year he relocated the squash patch to a different area on the property -- no bugs. from then on out he rotated the squash patch to avoid infestations and it worked. what do you think about that?

@jamesprigioni Год назад

I don’t think it’s just from rotating, but it is a good idea to not plant in the same location year after year. It could have been a number of things, like timing, or just a year where the pests weren’t bad

@8thcelisabeth Год назад

Depends on the numbers of the pest population and the distance between the beds this year and last year. SVB's overwinter in the soil and emerge after about 850 Growing Degree Days the next summer. Generally a SVB moth will find it's way to any squash plant nearby. I got SVB's the very first year I grew squash, which is rare. Some just have quite refined receptors to find those blossoms. I also have traps that catch the male SVB moth, which tells me they have arrived so I can start egg hunting. I am an unfortunate expert, I have them badly. I'd be happy to help in any way I can. I've got tons of info.

@ingridbond3432 Год назад

@@8thcelisabeth sounds like netting is the way to go

@8thcelisabeth Год назад

@@ingridbond3432 That is definitely a strategy that works for many. Good luck Ingrid!

@jeanneblackwell5123 9 месяцев назад

Fantastic tips!!!!! I am a life long gardener and you are always offering up things I have not heard about anywhere. Am loving it James. You are a wealth of very useful information and am so grateful. I am in California and all your tips can be used here. Zone 9. You and Tuck are a dream team. Thank you!!!

@pamelawalker8052 Год назад

You have always the best tips. Easy to understand and fun to watch, little Tuck is such a sweet little guy.

@c.schuurman2092 Год назад

These 'Mistakes you can't afford to make' videos are so helpful, James. What do you think about an updated video about wood chip mulch gardening, in order to introduce a whole new set of gardeners to what you've learned about this great method?

@jamesprigioni Год назад

I like that idea 💡

@bassmastadee8246 Год назад

Thank you as always JP and Tuck! Can you use these 5 lb bags of Kaolin clay I see on Amazon or do you have to use the Surround WP? Also, do you have a link for the best place to get the Surround if we shouldn't use those 5lb Amazon bags?

@FloridaGirl- Год назад

Good question

@aliciaokiegal Год назад

Perfect timing! I am not planting my zucchini for another week in hopes of avoiding those gross bugs. I love your and Tuck's videos!

@bethsands7665 Год назад

Awesome information ! You keep on getting better ! I love that you kept your energetic intro with the awesome high-energy, positive song . Great new idea with the garden Gnome.... fun. Nice well-rounded information. Tuck is always fun to see.

@susanwurtz4344 Год назад

How do we keep robins out of my garden they unroot all my plants do u have any advice for me I’m very devastated have to cover my plants every day

@jamesprigioni Год назад

I would use an insect netting to cover the young seedling. When the plants get a bit bigger they should stop. I had this issue early this year cause a Robin had a nest nearby and was ripping out my young seedlings

@Steve1026. Год назад

Jp, it is I, the viewer, comin at YOU live from..........the living room sofa❤

@jamesprigioni Год назад

Haha! Let's Gooo Steve!

@Bigfoottehchipmunk Год назад

Thank you for these tips and encouragement. I may plant more squash yet! My few squash seedlings that survived are planted at the foot of a very large, kind of bent up pair of old, wire, round cages that are stuck together, sitting in a corner near the compost heap. It happened by accident one year, and now that is where I grow at least some type of squash. They like the privacy, I guess. haha

@melindaroth5796 Год назад

JAMES, ARE THE APHIDS DIFFERENT FROM THE VINE BORER? THANKS 😊

@jamesprigioni Год назад

Yup, the vine borer adults look kinda like wasps and the larvae are big nasty white worms 🤢

@catiepower3550 Год назад

Best part of growing different varieties of squash is figuring out what you’ll use them in.

@jamesprigioni Год назад

Haha, so true!!

@8thcelisabeth Год назад

What is your favorite? I am partial to fried zucchini. Not healthy I know lol...

@catiepower3550 Год назад

@@8thcelisabeth this is my first year successfully growing zucchini. I’m enjoying Patty pan squash. I can’t help myself with growing pumpkins. I have pie pumpkins and baby boo and Jack be little pumpkins. For fall I have sweet dumpling squash and burges buttercup squash. I love the colors and the shapes.

@8thcelisabeth Год назад

@@catiepower3550 your fall display photos are going to be so lovely!

@catiepower3550 Год назад

@@8thcelisabeth I have my vining squash going up a cattle panel trellis. The blooms stay at the top and the fruit stays under the canopy. I use old stockings as hammocks for heavy varieties. Works perfectly

@mlynnw7831 9 месяцев назад

Thank you! I've covered my stems like you recommended and have saved every single squash plant, winter and summer for 2 years now. On average, my squash plants get 10-15 vine borer holes each, but even that many vine borers don't take out my plants now.

@janettespiers4242 11 месяцев назад

Thank you so much I never had a problem until this year and this is so helpful bless you!

@alexburdsall3580 Год назад

9:55!

@jamesprigioni Год назад

That was quick! Congrats on being the first winner of the Gnome Challenge! Send me an email at thegardeningshowjp@gmail.com with the details on which shirt you want, a Food Forest shirt, or Gardening is Life shirt and I will send you a link to the free T-shirt! 😁🐕❤️

@scottscriticalmass Год назад

Quickly becoming my favorite gardening channel... Thanks James!

@paulineottaviano3462 Год назад

Thanks for sharing. I have had vine borers in my garden two years ago and they got into some of my plants. I’ll try this.

@dannramirez9 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for your valuable information!!

@elainelear4982 Год назад

Planted my squash very late. Hope ot works out. Love the gnome challenge.

@karenwoodford4776 11 месяцев назад

GREAT info on squash!!! I have not been successful avoiding the squash vine borer ever, so I’m excited to plant more now!

@pescatariangardener Год назад

This was right on time. I knew I needed to take some leaves off but I didn't know hiw. Now I do thank you.

@puppetlady1 11 месяцев назад

This video was soooo helpful. Thank you and Tuck too.

@WillGriffin55 Год назад

thanks for the tips! I have always struggled with summer squash, but I have a nice grow this season and don't want to loose them. am going to tryJuly planting too!