Watch This BEFORE You Plant Squash

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So your squash blooms but no fruit? Having trouble with caterpillar or fungus issues? Growing squash in Florida can be done! It just takes a little bit of knowledge which Elise Pickett of The Urban Harvest will be sharing with you today. This Florida vegetable gardening for beginners tutorial will share several tips with you including why you should be growing calabaza, chayote, and Seminole pumpkin in your Florida garden.
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@timehasbegun5828 3 года назад

I am from South Florida. I am so loving your videos. They are making a difference in my garden. Thank you so much 😇 blessings to you always 😇

@TheUrbanHarvest 3 года назад

Hoorah! Thats wonderful : )

@victoriajohnson5304 3 года назад

YOU ARE AMAZING!🌻

@TheUrbanHarvest 3 года назад

Why thank you ☺ Happy to be able to help others get growing!

@sunshinejenny5536 3 года назад

Great tips! Very specific. I like that you are easy to listen to and learn from.

@TheUrbanHarvest 3 года назад

I appreciate that! Happy gardening!

@jb4496 3 года назад

Very nice video. As always so much information. Thank you

@TheUrbanHarvest 3 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@wardrobelion 2 года назад

I love your shirt. Great message😎. Your info is always appreciated. Thank you.

@TheUrbanHarvest 2 года назад

Thank you! So glad to hear it.

@84tilburg 2 года назад

Love it 🥰

@TheUrbanHarvest 2 года назад

So glad!

@Littleking1985 2 года назад

Really good information. thank you 😊

@TheUrbanHarvest 2 года назад

Glad it was helpful!

@erisapollo7850 2 года назад

It was funny i just happen to come across this video and got mind blown i had just got done looking at my squash plaint asking myself about the blossoms haha and bam you answered 😁😁 ive had some other questions and i see the videos i need for them so thank you in advance 😁

@TheUrbanHarvest 2 года назад

perfect, so glad it was timely!

@BrFishWPB 3 года назад

I Trellised Butternut Squash this past spring and ended up with 8 edible squashes. The blossoms mostly rotted and I later found the roots were infested with RKNs. I have that bed loaded with crab meal and marigolds now

@TheUrbanHarvest 3 года назад

Those darn things are inevitable in Florida gardening. Make sure to use crop rotation as well, that can help too.

@purpleorchd6 3 года назад

Loved this video , thanks a ton ! I am a new gardener , and I tried growing zucchini in spring and it was a failure. this time around I am using a cover and hand pollinating. Don’t know how successful I will be with going against and trying to beat the nature lol Looking forward to growing all the greens I bought from your website , fingers crossed !

@TheUrbanHarvest 3 года назад

Knowing when to plant can help a ton with success rate. If you have signed up for my newsletter, go to www.theurbanharvest.com and it will send you a what to plant when cheat sheet. You can do it!

@gerrylavelle8433 2 года назад

Thanx for clarifying the pollination process for sqaush (and i assume also cukes). I thought the plants were charging up with pollen through the male flowers before producing female flowers. Now I've learned that the plant is conditioning pollinators to visit it so as to spread the pollen around to the female flowers when they bloom -- brilliant.

@TheUrbanHarvest 2 года назад

Natures intricacies are amazing!

@lollydandeneau3784 2 года назад

This is a fantastic video, so far I grew one single, lonely seminole pumpkin here in Central Florida last summer, but this year the vines are doing better and your tips are a huge help! Most of the videos don't go into details, so thank you so much :)

@TheUrbanHarvest 2 года назад

Glad it was helping! Good luck growing them this year!

@lollydandeneau3784 2 года назад

@@TheUrbanHarvest Thank you! I meant to say YOUR videos are very detailed in contrast to many other videos I have watched, and for us Floridians it truly does get confusing so I am glad I found your channel and am sharing with others.

@KensN2History 9 месяцев назад

I stay in North Carolina ten miles from the border with South Carolina i planted two types of water melon seedless and seed. My seedless did decent but the seed didn't have time for the fruit to mature also some kind of huge plant grew that turned out to be squash apparently but it never fruited at all. Either the seeds were mixed in with the watermelon or a bird brought them in and as i weeded my plants every morning i must have thought the squash was a melon so i let it grow but anyway i was later tolled that squash cant grow along with water melon. Basically the squash plant got huge and what i thought was going to be fruit just turned out to be some strange large growth full of what looked like seeds. This was my first attempt over the next few years ive stuck with just the seedless and have had plenty of healthy fruits. I still have problems being able to tell when my fruits are ripe. I believe my melons are called sugar babies they are dark green almost blueish solid colors and have a large yellow spot on the bottom when ripe but so far half have been ripe and half needed more time but looked felt and had the dead little stem so im glad its just a hobby. I get better each year and try to save the fruit from the best plants to grow each year

@vernh9091 Год назад

Thank you I’m struggling with squash

@TheUrbanHarvest Год назад

Good luck growing!

@laurenpaolini7073 3 года назад

I recently found your channel, and have already started binge watching your videos. Lots of great info! Question: I have the same little green caterpillars that you showed on your squash plant. I've been trying to identify exactly what kind it is with no luck. Do you know? The closest I can get are armyworms or cabbage worms, but those don't seem quite right. I also noticed a lot of bright orange eggs on the leaves and in the chewed up blossoms. Someone thought it was the poop from the caterpillar, but I'm doubting that. Thanks!

@TheUrbanHarvest 3 года назад

Glad the videos have been helpful! Bright orange eggs could be leaf footed bugs but hard to say without seeing. They could also be aphids which are sometimes confused with eggs. The difference between the army worms and cabbage worms are slight, the stripes and the way they crawl. But really treatment would be the same regardless of the species.

@fishingpinky3165 8 месяцев назад

I give up on squash EXCEPT Seminoles. They are the only ones here in 9B the produce and have no issues. Got 40 pumpkins this year from 2 plants and NO fertilizing, watering (except early plant) or pest.

@spearageddon3279 8 месяцев назад

When did you start yours? I'm in 9b also and started mine in June but just now see 2 females, with lots of males. I thought I'd have fruit by now (120 days?). In sunny spot.

@fishingpinky3165 8 месяцев назад

@@spearageddon3279 in May. Total neglect and in sandy soil.

@sunshinejenny5536 3 года назад

Very informative. I am glad you are in FL but which zone in FL? I am in NW Central FL. What about butternut squash?

@TheUrbanHarvest 3 года назад

Im 9b/10 border in pinellas county. Butternut grows here but does best over the cooler months or very early spring.

@bethnshermy 3 года назад

Thanks for the info! What are the round, turquoise garden beds?

@TheUrbanHarvest 3 года назад

They were upcycled from a construction project. They are pvc for water pipes.

@kimberlyd317 3 года назад

Any comparisons as to what these three varieties taste like? I love the idea of a zucchini replacement but what are those like when they fully ripen? Excited to have found your channel! I met you many years ago at Sunken Gardens.

@TheUrbanHarvest 3 года назад

It really tastes just like any other summer squash when picked young. I pretty much just harvest them young so I get more production but they are sweet like a butternut when more mature.

@kimberlyd317 3 года назад

The Urban Harvest - Homegrown Education All three taste like Summer squash? Do you have a favorite taste wise?😊

@TheUrbanHarvest 3 года назад

@@kimberlyd317 I was referring to tatume, sorry. Chayote is bit different, kind of slight cucumber but mostly bland which will pick up any seasoning you cook it with. The seminole pumpkin taste's just like any other sweet winter squash (acorn, butternut, etc.)

@fancythat5136 Год назад

I started Seminole pumpkin seeds in 3 large 10 gallon pots, in July. They are vining out beautifully but only 1 pumpkin so far and it’s almost the end of August. No flowers, what should I be feeding to get them to flower, thanks. I’m in Western NC and we’ve had hot humid weather all summer...

@evelynm.8967 3 года назад

I tried to grow this Zucchini that’s labeled as a container variety but I grew it in my raised bed and it never produced. Same story with some cucumbers I was growing, tons of flowers and now the vine is dying back.

@TheUrbanHarvest 3 года назад

You may have ended up with squash vine borers if the plant was doing great then all the sudden the whole plant died. There's no signs of fungal issues right? That would be my other thought.

@gregdodd8894 Год назад

your smart and fine

@WildFloridian 3 года назад

My understanding is that Seminole pumpkins are not native to Florida. Which if they came with the Seminole tribe, then that would be in the 1800s... thanks for sharing!

@TheUrbanHarvest 3 года назад

Its an interesting concept to discuss, especially with food crops. What qualifies a plant that has been cultivated successfully in an area to be considered a native or heirloom for that area? Technically all seed has traveled from one area to the next by one means or another. Taking a Darwinian perspective, how did the Galapagos get its plants? We label many of them as native or endemic but those islands were rocks under the sea in the not so distant past.

@JENipherLyn 2 года назад

Do you only recommend growing bigger squashe? I'm trying to grow black beauty on my screened in porch, but pollinators won't get to them until I move them outside.

@TheUrbanHarvest 2 года назад

Hand pollinating squash is super easy. You just peel of the petals of a male flower and dust the pollen into the female bloom. That way no chance of pests when you move it outside.

@jelensuriel2349 3 года назад

Does it matter when you plant these since Florida is a tropical weather State?

@TheUrbanHarvest 3 года назад

yes there are still ideal planting windows. if you havent signed up for my free monthly newsletter it gives you a what to plant when cheat sheet based on where you live in the state. www.theurbanharvest.com

@okeechobeejoe2868 2 года назад

I live in Okeechobee, I've planted Summer squash once and crooked neck next. Both times my plant are healthy, and no bugs, but their leaves get no bigger than your hand. And it's like the plant just stops growing when it's gets to the 12 to 14 inch height. I get lot of male blooms, but nothing more. Any suggestions ?

@TheUrbanHarvest 2 года назад

could be nutrient deficiency. that being said male blooms always come first though followed by females several weeks later depending on the variety. and the one in this video is seminole pumpkin which will get considerably bigger leaves than a bush type squash like your trying to grow.

@okeechobeejoe2868 2 года назад

@@TheUrbanHarvest Thank you

@CyrusTheGreatKing 2 года назад

If we do just 1 time hand pollination, does it work?

@TheUrbanHarvest 2 года назад

It can increase chances but not guaranteed. The more pollen that gets in there the better.

@rebel187left 3 года назад

I'm having issues with ants coming and closing the blossomed flowers they seem to crimp the flower closed. Then nothing can get to the pollen to pollinate. The ants come from neighbor yards. I dont want to use insecticide. Any tips on how to stop ants traveling into my beds?

@TheUrbanHarvest 3 года назад

They are part of our environment and aren't likely causing the blooms to close. Squash blossoms are only open for a day, really only in the morning. Try noting the time of day and see if you can find them open in the morning.

@sail279 3 года назад

Do you recommend any seed companies for these varieties? Also, when do you suggest planting these varieties? Thanks.

@TheUrbanHarvest 3 года назад

I have seminole pumpkin available or you can purchase from ECHO. The chayote you can get from ethnic groceries. I did also see them at a Sprouts which I found surprising. The tatume Im hoping to get in stock soon but you can also find on Baker Creek.

@missjones8123 3 года назад

Do you collect rainwater?

@TheUrbanHarvest 3 года назад

I do yes, rain water and ac water.

@wendywerner3242 3 года назад

I missed "How to start vegetables from seed." How can I get that info?

@TheUrbanHarvest 3 года назад

I can offer you the recording if you'd like. Email me at elise.pickett@theurbanharvest.com and we can work it out.

@wendywerner3242 3 года назад

@@TheUrbanHarvest Thank you! Can I pay through your website? I want to make sure I pay you for your time. Also I'd like to book some time to get advice on my raised beds and bugs that attacked last time😜

@TheUrbanHarvest 3 года назад

@@wendywerner3242 We can do a paypal invoice : )