Germination of squash plants always seems to be a bit random so I always sow far more than I need. Then when I get more plants than I want I can’t really bear to throw them into the compost. This year I thought I’d make a new no-dig bed around a walnut tree and put the spare squashes into the bed:
It was a sorry failure, sadly. The plants just never really took off. I don’t know if there was too much shade from the tree or if it was something else, but they didn’t produce any fruit.
I’m not giving up on the “bed round a tree” idea though. It makes mowing easier, especially if I put a woodchip border around the bed. Perhaps I just need to change the type of plant.