The Best way to Plant out Squashes - Provide water, warmth and no weeds!

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Welcome to the start of summer, another really busy time in the gardening season, today I am showing you a really neat, clever and simple way you can transplant your Cucurbits into your raised beds and have zero weeds, great way of catching water and finally absorbing the heat from the sun which will help make these plants explode with new vigorous growth! Thanks for watching and please subscribe so you can stay up to date with what to do in the garden, tips, advice and how to's including delicious recipes. You can subscribe here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=HuwsNursery Also find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HuwsGardenNursery See us on Blogger http://organichomegrown.blogspot.co.uk/

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and, I thank you.

Huw, will the plastic help stop squash vine bore?

I like how you say "compost" :)

Instead of putting compost into the empty bed, add 5cm layer of fully fermented kitchen wastes, manure & garden scraps. Mix it into the soil. Cover the top with straw or hay or newspapers to prevent drying out & to keep insects away. Leave for a month before planting the hardened squashes & cucumbers. Water with diluted mixture organic vinegar & organic yogurt once a week. 1:10000.

Great Job.

I'd be too worried about slugs as well. Don't you need to put pellets down?

The stick method seems to help speed up the process and prevent damage to the young seedlings. Thanks for the idea and great tip.

Thats Great Huw Like the stick idea to find the plants.

Great tips, Huw! Does the plastic stay on the bed all growing season?

Your dad helps when needed. That's a total bonus.

Very informative, and thanks, Huw!
I`m growing squash for the first time this year, and hope I get some crops from them. :)

All the best,
Halvor.

Is that plastic recyclable? :/

good idea but how do you get rid of slugs that make their homes underneath? every time i have used any sort of covering i get slugs, even if a plastic bag gets blown on the plot they gravitate to it

You're so clever! Thank you very much for teaching us your methods.

Great instructional video, Huw!

Does the idea to put the plastic also works for other plants such as tomatoes, chili, melon, etc? i found my new plants has been cut/eat when they still little by something. I have no idea what to do :(

Great great. But wouldn't it be better to put the plastics nicely, then cut the cross and plant the seedlings!? Is there a reason why you planted then put the plastic?