Growing squash can be a fun and very rewarding crop. It is abundant, delicious, and depending on the variety, it can last an extremely long time indoors once harvested. In today’s episode, we will break down everything you need to know about squash!
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41 Comments
Very informative. Would love to see a video that addresses the concerns around growing the different types of squash close to each other. Some information says they cross pollinate and you end up with a mystery squash. Others say it's fine.
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Zucchini and acorn are favorites!butternut
I wish I had room to grow them all.
Thank you thank you Luke for these information
I love winter squash so much more! Pumpkin is so good!
The dumpling squash is my favorite winter squash 😊
Pie pumpkins are great too.
Love red Kurt, butternut, and acorn for winter. Great for soups, baking etc. I dehydrate summer squash and zucchini. Just cooked 15 lb squash. Made squash soup, yeast squash bread etc
Very interesting. What about spaghetti squash. I guess is summer squash. I enjoy this video. Thank you.
What are your thoughts on potting soil for house plants. I need to repot mine. Thank you for everything ya do at MIGardener
You and your videos are so awesome, don't let no one tell you differently. I loved this video because I am trying new seeds, (got them from ya'll) this year and I am hoping for good results….from my end. I have the best germination and trust in your seeds, just have to get my growing them down better for my zone 7b. Love yall!!!
I never seem to get the hang of when to plant my winter squash. I've gotten it wrong year after year. Upstate NY, Zone 5b.
Great teaching. I enjoyed it very much. Thank you. ❤
Interesting. We here in Pennsylvania have a “pie” pumpkin that looks like a butternut squash with a really long neck. I never see seeds for these
❤ Really interesting!
I love eating squash when It comes out of my garden I used to be able to grow It but the squash bugs and the Vine bours take over every season I have tried just about everything I can think of to control them and I really don,t want to use any chemicals If I don,t have to so I just choose to buy It In the grocery store I hope one day things well get better and I can start growing It again
I am growing 10 varieties of winter squash this year, among them are the Long Island cheese, Jarrahdale, Buttercup and Butternut. I can't wait to bake them all to find my favorites and grow only those in the future. Thanks for the video.
Enjoyed this. Thank you
Luke. Great videos. Thanks for keeping me on track for what to plant for the spring. I need the reminders. You've made a difference for sure in the gardening world, expanding it further with every video you put out.
Now I ask, with your collective knowledge, what you could teach us about fertility of soil? How to get the most nutrition out of your food pound for pound? I always say you get out what you put in. Just curious how it works down to a science.
Just ordered more seeds at MIGardener.
Thanks, keep up the good work.
I found we only like 3–Buttercup, Waltham and acorn. We tried Delicata and sweet meat and someone gave us a mash potato—Yuck on all 3 counts.
Thanks for the overview.
Excellent video loaded with information!
You are literally just posting videos to all the questions in my head! 🎉
Omg this is so useful! Thank you so much! I m hoping to see this type of informational video explaining different types of beans. I get confused with those.
Luke, thanks so much for this video! You packed alot of info in it. Now, off to plan where to plant my summer and winter squashes.😊
Question: which of the other squashes have a similar hairiness to them that zucchini does?
I remember growing them as a kid & for the skin irritation factor/problem, I've avoided the entirety of squashes ever since but don't think they're all that bad.
WHITE SCALLOP STORES VERY WELL–ALL WINTER. I BWASN'T TEMPTED TO EAT IT THOUGH. IN THE SPRING WHEN I CUT IT OPRN, THE SEEDS WERE ALREADY SPROUTED. INTERESTING.
Absolutely loved this explainer. I feel like squashes are underrated and Hope to see more underserved vegetables. Tomatoes and peppers always get the love they deserve but I want to see more of the unsung heroes of the garden
This was very informative! I always wondered why Zucchini are classified differently than Squash. Thank you for breaking it down so simply.
Technically you can let a zucchini grow to maturity and store it for a good while in cold weather. The skin thickens substantially with time. It is, of course, far from ideal for eating, but I know someone who would take every big old zucchini from gardeners she knew and eat them through fall and winter in soups and stews. Tromboncino/rampicante is a prolific vining squash that also walks this line and can be eaten as a delicious and tender summer squash or grown to its huge full mature size and stored. I’d highly recommend this variety.
Thanks 🙏
Spaghetti squash? Did I just miss it? Thanks for a great video!
I'm getting obsessed with squashes this year so this is a timely video for me. I just have a balcony garden but a homesteading friend is letting me use one of her raised beds this year so I'm getting excited about having more space for bigger crops. Recommended squash varieties for a container balcony garden?
Thank you for the video. I really appreciate you explaining that. I haven’t had a chance to learn much about summer and winter squash and pumpkin. God bless you and your family. Duane.
Are all of the bush-style squash subject to the evil squash vine borer? I hate them! I would love a summer squash variety that is resistant (or repulsive) to the squash vine borer.
Awesome Informational video!!
I made the mistake last year, and planted the same "family" of squash too close to each other.
Most of my raised bed didn't produce much squash at all, only a few tiny butternut.
Sweet Dumpling & Straight Necks didn't germinate. I was so crushed.
But I'll try again.
Perhaps a follow-up on growing these squash would be good?
I am starting them from seedlings in my grow room this year instead of direct seeding. I hope this will give me more success.
As always Luke, you hit it out of the ball field again!
Thank you & God's blessing to you, Sindi & your kiddos!!
This was a really cool video, passing to my wife & sister. I plan to plant Zucchini, we like the Green 🙂 Maybe we will try something else, after the video is watched…
I think some of them should be called a squmpkin really if they don't know how to classify it.
I am never able to get the plant times right on winter squash. Interested in canning these too.
Great video. I learned a lot. I’m curious where a chayote falls. I’d assume a zucchini style, but the flavors are so different. Any help would be appreciated. Would it grow ok this far north? I’ve only seen it in Central America and Mexico. I’m in CO.
What I really want to know is how to save my acorn squash from vine borers. After years of trying I've never harvested a decent acorn squash.
Some guy on facebook that i do not follow made a ad that somehow made its way to me talking about how wrong you are with seed information then in the comments only allowed the ones bashing you. Just thought you should know but he seems jealous of you