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This is the list of squashes, corgettes and marrows i have so far and wondered if they would be ok for growing up supports like beans?
I know some are bush, so ignore them.

Squash      
   Avalon   
   yellow scallop   
   pinch bannana   
   Crown Prince   
   kojac   
   calabration   
   Kabocha   
   patti pan cucurbita pepo   
   Sweet Dumpling   
   Onion   
   Sharks Fin   
Courgette   
   Defender
   Algerian
   Black Beauty
   yellow crookneck
   tondo di piacenza
   Nerodi Milano
   Golden zucchini
   Kojac
Marrow   
   Di Nizza

Have you had any success growing them upwards rather than along the ground?

Neil

Maybe i should of added pumkins as well ???

Pumkin   
   Jack o lanten
   jack be little
   Baby Bear


Neil

 :o

Neil
how much space do you have?
lbb

Quote from: littlebabybird on January 23, 2009, 11:49:01
:o

Neil
how much space do you have?
lbb

Oh, my thoughts exactly...do you have your own field?  ::)  ;D  ;D  ::)

 ;D

It depends on how i grow them, but the beds are 1.5m wide x 4.8m length.
I would like to grow a couple of different types to see what we like.

Neil

we grew jack be little up frames last year  :)

I grew my little pumpkins around the bases of my sweetcorn, it worked really well. I had a great crop from both. Some did *escape* the beds and grew on the path, but that didn't hinder my walk way, much  ;)

I was thinking of doing the same lauren.

How high did they grow manicscousers and will you be doing it again?

Neil

the frames were only 4' high, at the back of the squash border, won't be doing them again, only because I find them a bit fiddly, the fruit are only 6" and it's a bit difficult to get the seeds out  ;D
these are the jack be little, we also had some baby boo growing  :)

I grew Crown Prince on a trellis last year - Butternut too. I netted the fruit before they got too large and tied the nets to the trellis. Worked very well.

Tricia

I like to grow them spead out as it keeps the weeds out and looks suitably "cultivated". But they are magic aren't they.  ;D

My favourite out of all those is Avalon Butternut Squash. We planted in the bed after we had dug up the potatoes and each plant filled the beds and gave us loads of fruit. We dug up the first row of potatoes and planted the squash then as we dug up more the squash crept along and covered the bed. They are invasive and need keeping in order but well worth it we found.

Quote from: Lauren S on January 23, 2009, 13:54:26
I grew my little pumpkins around the bases of my sweetcorn, it worked really well. I had a great crop from both. Some did *escape* the beds and grew on the path, but that didn't hinder my walk way, much  ;)

A couple of years ago I grew butternuts around my sweetcorn and they suffered chronic powdery mildew. We had a really HOT July that year...... is that relevant??

Yes, mildew is worst when air is damp but roots are dry...  :-\

We never tried growing regular courgettes up a support but did do it with the black forest courgettes http://www.thompson-morgan.com/seeds1/product/783/1.html
They got over 3 meters long and we trained them over a tall support so that the courgettes hung down from it. Lots of fun and a conversation piece at the allotments.
This picture was taken at the end of the season after we chopped it down.

ina what a fab photo,id love to see one if you do the same this year
rach

Thats the kind of thing i was looking for :)

I know some people grow over pergulars but was unsure if any of the stuff i have listed will have the same outcome as yours.

Neil