What did you do in the garden today?

[hennible]

They do do much better direct seeded, I usually do a bit of both. With cucumber transplants if your growing them on a lattice they do quite well close together. I don't separate the cucs I get from the nursery, they are 4 per 3x4" ( maybe it smaller :/)pot very close to each other, they do fine...

 

[Stuffedcritter]

I am a novice gardener. I have always started my garden from seeds. This year, I was unable to start my seeds when I usually do, so have bought some plants. My question is....The crookneck squash I bought today had 3 or 4 plants per little pot, should I cull them down to 1 plant each? And the cucumber had 4 plants in the pot, no seperation, should I try and seperate each little plant, or just plant them together like they are now? All roots are intertwined in the cucumber, so just take a sharpe knife to them to seperate them, if that is wht I should do?

Try cutting the last 3-4 inches off the bottom of the pot and planting them half pot deep less root shock wouldn't get root bound. Wait couple weeks after planting thin to best two plants.

 

[Arielle]

I am a novice gardener. I have always started my garden from seeds. This year, I was unable to start my seeds when I usually do, so have bought some plants. My question is....The crookneck squash I bought today had 3 or 4 plants per little pot, should I cull them down to 1 plant each? And the cucumber had 4 plants in the pot, no seperation, should I try and seperate each little plant, or just plant them together like they are now? All roots are intertwined in the cucumber, so just take a sharpe knife to them to seperate them, if that is wht I should do?

My understanding from reading Crockets Victory Garden is that these done like their roots disturbed. I would nip off the ones that dont look great a couple weeks after pl anting leaving one per pot. Hopefully you have more than one pot of each.

 

[3goodeggs]

Down here, they suggest you make a mound for cucumber and squash and plant three seeds per mound. I direct them to head in different directions and all is well.

 

[RichnSteph]

Today I marked off an area for an additional 24' by 4' grow bed to add to the AP system for our winter melons and additional things. The soil here is so bad that our traditionally planted melons are struggling. We also started seeds indoors. Butter lettuce, kale, Swiss chard, peas, cauliflower, broccoli and collard greens. Hoping to have them in the current AP beds by the end of May.

 

[justplainbatty]

Down here, they suggest you make a mound for cucumber and squash and plant three seeds per mound. I direct them to head in different directions and all is well.

That's what we do for squash here too, same for zucchini but I plant my cucumber along a cattle panel and train it.

 

[hennible]

I have to grow the squash up, just not enough space, melons too, anything that vines. Makes the greenhouse look pretty neat.

 

[RichnSteph]

I have to grow the squash up, just not enough space, melons too, anything that vines. Makes the greenhouse look pretty neat.

I might sound stupid here.... do melon and squash plants "vine"? I mean will they attach to something like a fence and crawl up it? What about zucchini? I know cucumbers will but only because that's the way that grandmother did them on a huge trellis.

 

[darina]

Yes, most will vine, and might attempt to take over your garden! If I remember right, pumpkin and winter squash are viney, but the summer squash (crookneck, zucchini, patty pan, etc) are a bush type.

 

[A-K-A]

Zuccinis and crooknecks vine also. Cukes will vine but will climb some also. I like to plant these all in hills at the end of rows or between rows. I have some spots tilled just for melons to give them ample room. It might not be the right way but it works for me.