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LTAY1946
Chicken Wrangler
I managed to plant 6 hills of summer squash before the rain chased me inside. 3 hills of Cupcakes and 3 hill of Golden Nugget.
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Pruned, wrapped, and tied my Summer squash.
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Found one squash bug, fed it to Naomi. I swear she "smacked her lips" after eating it!
There are a few 1-2" squash fruits on the vines.
I was pleased with how well the squash plants produced last year, the first time I tried this method.This is my first season with vining yellow summer squash. Once this stormy spell is over I'll plant some of the seed and some in sequential plantings. I had planned on using a cattle panel for them but I like the way you could wrap them on the stakes. I'm going to try and drive some 2x2's in the ground that are 8' long down about a foot and a half into our clay leaving the squash 6 1/2' to grow on. I'm thinking it will not hurt to connect the tops of the stakes down the row and across the row to make a stronger place for them to climb. We get some strong winds here and I need to be prepared. I may can rip some 2x4's into 3 stakes that would make them easier to drive into the ground. Going to try that first.
How tall are they? Can you use a netting?For anyone who has cherry trees... how do you keep the birds from eating the cherries? This is the first year we will get a cherry crop, IF the birds don't get them.
Does the reflective tape work?