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Gardening

mopinko

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10. agreed.

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Reply #7)

Sun Jun 21, 2020, 11:35 PM

Jun 2020

i just recently learned about pruning and trellising for squashes.
long story short, any leaves below fruit at not doing anything and you should cut them at the stems. this keeps the mildew out.

a good pruning should get it to get down to business, and take back the greenhouse. hack it back to size, trellis it up.
if those leaves aint working, i would feed them to my chickens.

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A question for home gardeners [View all] PJMcK Jun 2020 OP

Sounds like too much nitrogen (N)..lay off the fertilizer and give it some time. walkingman Jun 2020 #1

Good point PJMcK Jun 2020 #3

Summer Squash need lots of sun. Also, are they getting too much NRaleighLiberal Jun 2020 #2

The greenhouse gets lots of sunlight PJMcK Jun 2020 #4

the other big concern once flowers arise is the need for bees NRaleighLiberal Jun 2020 #6

Excellent point PJMcK Jun 2020 #8

I had the same problem with tomatoes last year. Mr.Bill Jun 2020 #9

Epsom salt will help alittlelark Jun 2020 #5

Mg is just a micronutrient, good to color up the leaves, NRaleighLiberal Jun 2020 #7

agreed. mopinko Jun 2020 #10