I Spy: Butternut Squash

20120618-094053.jpg Last year my butternut squash plant produced 1 squash. It was delicious, but 1 is not enough! So I bumped up to 6 plants this year, in the hopes this means more than 6 squash.

I may have to resort to manual pollination, but so far it seems like the bees are doing their job. Below is a picture of 1 of my containers of butternut squash plants. Growing squash in a container is easy. I water regularly and either add compost or liquid kelp/fish meal fertilizer every 3 weeks. Other than that - I just have to remind the squash vines to grow into my backyard instead of the patio.

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Are you growing any squash in containers this year? When my plants are done in the fall, I'll pull the plants, add a ton of compost and plant garlic. So far, both have done well in containers!