We have found that squash and zucchini season starts in May and last until around 1 July for our customers. But we don’t have to stop growing it by then. Squash bug season starts the end of May and stays through June here in Texas. Getting a harvest quickly from your spring planting, pulling the plants and re-planting as a sure fire way to make sure you and your family are able to enjoy these summer favorites until late summer early fall.
Keep planting your seeds and rotating your plants in an out to outsmart the popular insect season.
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Would love to know what market(s) you sell from.
I hate squash bugs.
I have already been killing a few squash bugs and found a pair of mating vine borers. First time finding them and able to kill them. Usually, see their damage and loss of plant. Checking all the leaves everyday. I know it is risky planting pumpkins and butternut squash here in North Texas, but hope to stay on top of it and get a harvest. I will plant summer squash in the late summer, that is when I have had the best harvest. By the way, I spray the squash bugs with water mixed with a few drops of Dawn dish soap. I found this to be mostly effective. So spray bottle goes with me every time I go to the garden.
Awesome Jill. I hope you’ll be doing very well at the markets
Can you net your plants to keep the squash bugs off? My zukes are doing well right now and thank you! I will be starting new plants. Never thought about it.
It must be Texas cold season. My daughter has had a sore throat and a terrible cough. She is better but hacking up a storm!
Great idea! So do you up-pot to 3" and then 6" if needed? Those squash vine borers are the worst. Last year I saw the first squash vine borer moth on 5/8/22, but it was hot earlier in the season last year. Prayers for you and Greg. Blessings!
Hi Jill. I am useless at this technical stuff so I am in admiration of you guys that produce this you tube stuff. Good on yer kid.
Prayers for your health & safety in the weather 🙏
So glad to hear that your health is improving! Will be taking your advice and starting some more squash seeds today, having just planted out some home starts the past week. Does that advice also apply to melons and pumpkins? I planted some dove melons and Long Island cheese pumpkins the past week. All had been well developed under indoor lights. I bought a cheese pumpkin one Halloween, and it kept for 10 months, living up to its reputation as a good keeper.
Well hello ladybug!! So sad to hear you guys have had your bout with the respiratory junk. It's a tough one. But glad you are better.
I love it that you are getting one batch of something up and running well and then kicking off the next round.
Felt like the Lord answered a prayer along the same lines for me. I just can't do as much as I would like to do and the variety of things.
So I got my garden soil/rows ready, covered with weed barrier cloth and burned holes. Then I said—I can't do it. It's too much.
And just like that, I feel the Lord gave me the idea of planting only 1 row of beans….then when I've canned a bit from that, start a different variety of bean in the next row and let the other wind down and so on. Do 4 rows this season. I will still be working constantly…but not killing myself with harvest that is just way to big for me.
I'll do the same for peas. Only doing one ea of several varieties of tomatoes and peppers. Anyway, it was such a relief to pare down the enormity of the workload. Spread it out, if you will. You and Greg encourage us a lot with all your methods and discoveries. Thanks for sharing. Jesus bless.
So nice you can start more seeds. This is something I want to do if I can get the time to do it. We are only at 63 degrees here in north Georgetown a very couple of cool spring days. Prayers for you continued healing!!
Good afternoon!
Still keeping you guys in our prayers for a quick recovery. Nothing worse than trying to work and feeling awful. I hate the squash buggers! I like the idea of planting early to get a head start on them! Watching the skies here in Arkansas as well the next few days. Have a blessed day!
I live in Georgia and would like to grow squash for 6 months. My squash have male blooms right now. I am praying I will get a good harvest before vine borers destroy plants. The past two years, I did a second planting of squash and zucchini. I did not get one squash or zucchini from the second planting. The plants bloomed but vine bores destroyed them.
I hadn’t thought of pulling them & starting fresh. I’ve read to rotate them from the original spot to a fresh one to lessen the squash bug pressure. I’m not sure that anything will stop those evil creatures but how far would one have to move them? The potatoes will be out of the way by the time I would do a second planting of squash but their spot is 8 rows, E-W to 2 of the squash plants at the S center end of the potatoes.
Prayers you both hit 💯 recovery soon. ❤
Continued prayers for healing!!!❤❤❤ love ya both❤❤❤
Keeping yawl in our prayers. I'm going to keep starting new seeds every few weeks, great idea. God bless you Greg and Pops.
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🦩🦩🦩🦩 standing in prayer with y'all!!!
Prayers !!
Praying you guys get back to feeling 100% soon 🙏
Lots of oil of oregano and olive leaf❤poor Greg….dandelion tea too!…make a few recipe sheets to hand out for people thinking of freezing or canning at the market🎉🎉