A Great Time For Squash

[Setec Astronomy]

Trouble? Why? I "trellis" mine because otherwise they'd be way over into the neighbors yard; plus I don't like the fruit within reach of most critters or sitting on moist ground and rotting.

I just think my 16" pot and tomato cone aren't up to the task of a huge sprawling squash plant. I think the last (only) time I grew squash the plants got horribly blighted and didn't reach their "potential".

I'm quite fond of their Tomato Cages and Tomato Ladders, of which we're now...um...well-supplied. Pricey? Yeah, but they're built to last and you's only apologize for the price once, am I right?

Their square folding cages are quite good, but I've switched over to Texas Tomato Cages which can go taller and are a bit more roomy. The stacking ladders I didn't like because unlike the cages the "cups" are right-side up and most of the ones I had rusted together in one season...maybe I should have greased them before putting them together. Ladders didn't really work for me in my pots, anyway. I am using 2 of the 1-piece ladders in a garden bed this year, we'll see how that works out.

I could go on but too much thread-jacking already.

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

How To Build A Trellis from local garden blogger creativevegetablegardener:

https://www.creativevegetablegardener.c ... l-trellis/

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