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I got an email from a reader. My reader was pleading, ‘HELP!’ Squash bug or Anasa tritis had invaded her garden. She had planted pumpkins, acorn, spaghetti, and butternut squash. There was no hint of ...

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Why, when and how to prune squash plants. It is not a prerequisite that you need to prune squash plants, they will grow ...

You need to be able to distinguish between the boys and the girls. They are easy to tell apart. The male blooms are connected to the main stem of the plant by a simple, short green stem. Female blooms ...

Understandably, many people use the terms zucchini and summer squash interchangeably. But these two words are not indicative of the same produce.

A huge win-win for any gardener. "For example, legumes like peas and beans fix nitrogen in the soil, which is beneficial for squash plants," Coronado says. "Aromatic herbs and flowers can repel pests.

While it is often treated as a vegetable, squash is actually a type of fruit, as it comes from a flower and contains seeds. You can enjoy these seeds, as well as the flesh and, in many cases ...

Male squash blossoms emerge before the female blossoms (the flower with a swelling of fruit at its base). Harvesting only a few male squash blossoms and leaving a few on the plant is best ...