Want to grow great squash?
They like loose soil rich in organic matter, so this video will show you how to easy amend your soil with compost and other soil amendments and to plant squash and give them the perfect growing medium they need.
It’s easy and only requires a couple hand tools.
I also mention one of my favorite garden power tools – the garden auger. This attachment is used with a power drill and while often labeled for use planting bulbs, I find it great for digging holes to plant my transplants into. It’s also great for mixing soil amendments.
You can find the Yard Butler Roto Auger that I have here, but I would also recommend you check out the Tanaka Planting Auger Bit, which has a larger, 3 inch wide head, and a bigger shaft with a hex end so it won’t slip under the high torque conditions encountered when using a garden auger on compacted soil.
You can learn more in this post about How to plant Squash, Melons, and Pumpkins in Hills.
Let me know your thoughts and questions in the comments.
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I enjoy all of your videos and look forward to each one. When they say you should water at least 1″ per week, how do you know how much that is?? A gallon,- 2? I’m talking about a container plant.
I didn’t say to water 1″ per week, just that you need to keep the soil moist for the seeds to germinate. Squash generally like it moist when they’re flowering and producing fruit too. I recommend using soaker hoses on the soil surface to get the water where it’s needed and not waste it on the leaves where it will evaporate more quickly.
I don’t know any other tricks to measure watering other than I use an empty cat food tin can, the water collects as I water and when it’s half full I stop and later in the week do it again! Hope that helps!
1″ of rain = 1 gal of water/sq ft