Any squash that i've grown before has wound its viny way all around the garden, so in a way it needs lots of room, but then you can grow it, say, in with the corn, and it will be happy in there. I've never removed blossoms from squash, only pumpkins, and there usually ends up being several of them per plant.

I'm talking about acorn squash, not butternut, but i imagine they'd grow similarly.

Now, all this talk of squash makes me think i'll plant some again this year! :)

Shauna, I think it was 2 years ago that I grew them. It was an experiment for me too. I can't remember the variety, but it was a package that I had picked up at a store. Probably either McKenzie seeds or Lindenberg's. I believe I ended up with only 3 or 4 that had time to mature, so probably getting an earlier variety would have helped, but I guess it depends on the year. I didn't do anything too fancy with them, just watered as much as I could. I didn't take any blossoms off, and like Marcia said, it's a good idea to grow them in with corn, as I heard that'll deter the raccoons from getting the corn. Maybe I'll have to try this myself ;^)

We had some squash growers come and talk at our garden club meeting last fall, (along with taste testing too, yum!) so there's a few kinds of squash that I'd like to try this year as well. Now I just have to remember where I put those notes that I took down that day as to what varieties I liked.........

Thanks, gals. I think I'll be on the prowl for an early variety. There is only one that I've found at 3 or 4 different seedhouses. But, if they are all selling the same one, I guess that's the one we should be growing.

Shauna

That's weird. It wouldn't let me post the last response until I changed the heading and it posted them both. Glich

Shauna