This video is the ultimate guide to growing cucumbers, squash and melons from seed! In this complete guide, I show you how to grow cucumbers, grow squash and grow melons from seed starting to transplant, including my secrets for near 100% seed germination. If you’ve struggled growing cucumbers, growing squash and growing melons, this is the video you’ve been waiting for!
The Cucurbit Family (Cucurbitaceae), or Gourd Family, includes cucumbers, melons like watermelon, cantaloupe and honeydew, and squashes like zucchini, butternut squash, spaghetti squash, pumpkins and countless other species. These warm weather vegetables grow differently than most annual vegetables, and these key differences can be challenging if you don’t know what to expect. This growing guide will tell you when to plant your cucurbit seeds and when to transplant them out into your garden, along with lots of other tips and tricks along the way.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Why People Fail Growing Cucurbits
2:59 When To Plant Seed: Full Schedule
4:20 How To Plant Cucurbit Seeds
7:54 Seed Germination Tips And Results
11:02 Up-potting Transplants
14:42 Adventures With Dale
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If you enjoyed this video, please "Like" and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 😊TIMESTAMPS for convenience:
0:00 Why People Fail Growing Cucurbits
2:59 When To Plant Seed: Full Schedule
4:20 How To Plant Cucurbit Seeds
7:54 Seed Germination Tips And Results
11:02 Up-potting Transplants
14:42 Adventures With Dale
Interesting. I always planted my cucurbits when it was in the low 40s out, and they always do great
That's always been my problem in the past, starting seedlings too early and having to up pot 3 times, especially tomatoes. This year I've only started peppers and eggplant so far. Waiting another week or two to start tomatoes, then cucumbers, melons, zucchini and basil probably in mid April here in Zone 5B. I'm also going to wait to start annuals like zinnias and cosmos till the first week of May. I just don't have the space or time, nor do I want to spend money on a lot of potting soil since it's gone up in price so much. I used to think $12 was a lot for a large bag of potting mix and now it's up to $20 in my area.
I live in North Carolina as well. So I’ll follow because it turns out we both decided to plant 10 days ago lol. I’ll keep track of watch you do. Is my first time planting. I was scared that I may have rushed planting when it was too cold out. Now I know what to do. Thank you!!
Thank you for your video. Could you do a follow up when you transplant and how to take care of them? Pest control etc.?
Can I sub twice?😮
Grillo's Pickles! Someone has good taste lol 😉 ❤
Really love your videos! Got too excited last year and did exactly what you described!! Put my curcubits out too early! They did poorly. Thank you again and love Adventures with Dale! 🌻🐾
Thanks for another great video! I've learned about parthenocarpic cucumbers from your vlogs and am planning to plant some this year! I am wondering if it is okay to plant parthenocarpic cukes and regular cucumbers with male and female flowers near each other. I have read that it is not advisable to plant parthenocarpic zucchini near regular zucchini because it can change the taste if bees cross pollinate them. I have a very small garden space and am hoping to plant parthenocarpic cukes near my space masters, which I loved last year. Thanks so much in advance, and for your fantastic channel!
When you say last first date…what probability? All the statistics I look up give me percentages of frost on certain dates. What do you feel is safe?
Thank you❗️😊👍
I wish I'd had this video to guide me doing my curcurbits this year. Will definitely come back in September when I'm doing my spring planting (Australia).
It's so hard for me to wait! 😄
I was tearing my hair out as to why my cucumbers kept dying last season…
Turns out my dog was sneaking off and peeing on to them 🤣
Thanks again for great info and refresher. Did you purchase the 4inch pots (for up potting) as a set with the trays? I find it hard to get the right fit in any tray.
What are Curcurbits????
My question has nothing to do with the theme of this video, but you have been so helpful before and I need some of your knowledge. I just moved to another property and there is an apple tree with a lot of holes. I looked online, people talk about a warm but I don't see anything on the tree. What's your opinion/advise? Thank you. Idk how to upload a pic here!! Thank you for your help.
In some of your videos, there was mention of a planner calendar. What is the program that was mentioned??
How do you water the sidling? Do you use any fertilizer or root growth stimulator?
Hi love your videos. I live in California 9b and have a list frost date mid March but here we can't plant for at least a month after that. It's still in the 40s at night and soil temp doesn't rise into the 60s until the middle of April. I think it's important to remind people that soil temperature is important in deciding when to transplant. Here at 2700 feet elevation it can be 90 outside during the day and still be in the 50s at night. I've killed a lot of peppers from planting based on time after frost date 😂
Thank you
I started my cucumbers the same time as my peppers/tomatoes, but jokes on you because I started the latter 4 weeks too late lol
Thank you!!! I watched your video and thought I’d better bring in my baby cukes! It’s going into the 30’s tonight and last night was 40’s. So unfortunately, they are showing some stress (thank you for explaining that so I could recognize it!).
Wish I’d gotten around to watching your video when it came out so I could have avoided this!
Will they bounce back? Or should I start more?
Glad I watched this today!
I was about to go seed happy on my squash and cucumbers 😬
Thanks for the detailed explanation!
Love your site… I thought I’d like using peat pots but I found that most if not all started getting moldy. How do you keep the mold from your peat pods?
I can’t believe with the size of the garden you have that you germinate using light from a window on your printer…
Why not just start them in the 3” square pots in a 1020 tray? That’s how I start all my plants. Depending on species ie tomatoes I will separate once they sprout into their own 3” pot and let them go till time to go outside and things like squash I prefer to plant 3-4 plants per 3” pot and call that one location. Too bad you can’t share photos on YouTube…
Wonderful, timely video! I will be starting my seeds today or tomorrow. I was wondering though, how do you fit so many curcubits in your garden? Do you trellis all, including those with bigger fruits?
Thank you for this great information. I see that you potted up both seedlings from the pods. How will you separate them later without harming the roots?
i am new with gardening and with your videos . so pls excuse me if you answered already in another video my question . What fertilizer are you using for the seedlings ? when you transplant them from pellets to bigger containers ?
and if that fertilizer is the same for cucumbers and similar family to the tomatoes peppers and family .
thanks so much for the wonderfull videos .
horrible way of germination,too leggy,the second you see green poping stick the seedling under indoor led bright light 3/4 inch above seedling 20 hours a day for a week then 16 hours a day,fertilize seedling once a week
This video explains everything thank you