i’m a 16 year old going into junior year of highschool and was inspired by my grandpa who was born in italy and moved to the us and made a living gardening and farming your videos are so inspiring and they make me so happy i just picked 7 butternut squash 1 spaghetti squash 1 watermelon 1 pumpkin 4 cucumbers and tons of tomatoes today thank you for inspiring me and keeping me happy stay safe
Project Diaries i am so happy that you liked and replied to my comment it literally means so much to me i kinda rushed writing the paragraph and i have so much more to talk about and would love to talk more about it and maybe send some pictures do you have a p.o. box i could send a letter to?
I grew butternut and spaghetti squashes vertically last year and was successful. We are in southern U.S. with alot of pests and it made it easier to spot and treat those peaky critters! Love your content!
Hi Lee. Discovered your channel this evening. I'm 60 and set to retire in a couple years. One of the things I really want to do is set up an all-year garden. I have watched many of your videos tonight and really am enjoying the content. I feel I'm learning much in the way you present the content and the knowledge you have for each. Plus your zest for life. And helping us understand what we need to do to be a successful grower so we may enjoy the fruits of our labor. Thanks, Lee.
Glad we found this video. We are growing 3 squash plants now and the space they take up is tremendous! They are growing into our bell peppers. We are going to do them vertical next year.
Thank you! I’m not versed in gardening terms, but I’ve got spaghetti squash, cantaloupe & sweet peppers growing from grocery store bought vegetables! I’m about to try this for the first time. Your vids are thorough… and I need that 😂
Really like this video. You have answered all my questions. My cucumber plants were just producing male flowers and nearly gave up on them. Thanks for such an educative video.
This is my 1st year growing anything really and i know nothing. well i didnt until i started watching your content. sensible no nonesense how to stuff. love the awkward birds and bees moment. keep making vids . thanks
Loved the pounding rain, the trellis, and all the helpful tips! I’ve just learned about Mittleider gardening method too that teaches about the macro and micro nutrients ratios plus how to tell when the plant is low in any of them. Truly fascinating! Grateful for this lovely video! 🥰
Awesome just plain awesome and inspiring. Thank you for your video mate ! About the pollinating bit, last year year I used a Q-Tip and also the male direct way, like you suggested . I spent time in Wiltshire when I was in the RAF, much younger then . I'm an 80 yr. old now and always loved the garden, inspired by Britain's love for its gardens.
So Happy to see another video from you. Looks chilly there :). I love squash, but I didnt plant any this year. The year I did plant it, I had a terrible problem with squash bugs and didnt get many fruits.
Im growing both butternut squash and watermelon on cattle panels this year. My butternut squash is flourishing like crazy, but still no fully ripened fruit yet. (Although i have like 10 growing right now.) Good luck in your gardens!
Thank you for the detailed tutorial. I've played a few bottle gourd this year for the first time. I'm hoping to build something like this. Have you looked into 3G cutting - it's a form of pruning that encourages more female flowers
Brilliant video! I enjoyed this immensely. Seeing how you used PVC piping to make the trellis was definitely an "a-ha! Now I get it!" moment for me hehe. This will help me to plan next year's balcony garden, incorporating more utility into my limited space. Squash flowers are also a lovely delicacy to eat, if one has many to harvest from without compromising fruit production ;-) I'm sorry Lee. I came into some hard times and had to stop my patreon contributions. I will contribute again, when I'm able to. Seeing your smiling eyes and hearing your wonderful, helpful ideas are precious to me. Thank you ♡
SO glad you found it helpful. My mum is now addicted to squash flowers. It's a real game changer. No worries at all. I lost so many people during quarantine. I completely understand so please don't feel bad. I wish you all the luck with your adventures and thank you for being a Patron :)
Good to have you back mate. I just started my squash seeds (spring in South Africa) and I hope to avoid pumpkin fly this year. Thank you for sharing your info!
rabbits ate all my honeydew plants :( but they left my watermelon alone so I have a few on the vine I'm waiting on. Just harvested the last of my summer squash and left the largest one on the vine to collect seeds from later. Lots of things growing on, been gardening for 3 summers now and this year is when things are coming to fruition. You're one of the channels I started with when I tried my hand at growing things. Looks like the time you put in is starting to pay off as well!
I love you so much! This channel is hilarious,nice and genius 🤩 I want to try everything you do and have been a fan for atleast a year! Carry on making awesome content! ☺️😍💞💖
One of the best videos I've seen for growing squash vertically. I've been doing this for a couple of years though my yield has been less than stellar. I'm wondering if I'm trying to grow too much in too little space. How close together can I grow winter variety squash on a cattle panel trellis? I've been growing 6 plants per cattle panel, three on each side. The panels are 4 feet wide and the arch they form is 9 feet tall.
Very happy to see a new video!! Thank you. This is something I will absolutely try next growing season. I do that for beans but trying other vining plants should be fun.
Pumpkins love climbing. When i was 14 or so we had a pumpkin plant go under the chain link fence, up the neighbor's apple tree, and over the fence back into our yard. Both houses showed it off to anyone who came to visit and we gave it to them before Halloween.
I seeded 4 butternuts thinking I'd have room, 3 died during transplanting but the one I have left is SO big it's at least 12x12 feet now! Definely trying a trellis next year lol I can't even mow my lawn
I really want to try this next year! I've grown squash two years now but this year didn't get many because I'm pregnant and keeping up with the weeding was so hard!
Ahhhh! In addition, most of country person in Korean eats pumkin leaf by steaming with rice and some of seasoning. it's delicious and good for health! I recommend you☺️☺️
I literally screamed when he started talking about pollinating the female flowers with the male flowers lmaoooo him laughing made it so much funnier 😂😂😂😂
Thank you for this video! I've been trying to look for vids on vertical growing for pumpkins and squash- couldn't find many informative ones from start to finish! Now i Know what to do :D
Thanks for sharing! Your plants look great! Also thank you for always putting up the relative icards, very helpful. When I was a kid, I gardened with my grampa. Some Of the best memories I have! I haven't been able to garden because of back pain from disc generation, so I enjoy watching you garden and your enthusiasm for it instead! Please do keep it up and your videos too. They are some of the best garden tips out there. 👏You do inspire fellow wanna bes! I got some basil waiting to be potted up. 😎 From Wisconsin, USA Stay safe 💗
That's exactly what I fear is happening to my spine :( I feel your pain. So glad you keep your memories with your grandpa. This is the same reason I started this channel. Thank you :)
You are quite wonderful and I very much appreciate your videos. Thanks for the inspiration, friend! It’s springtime here in Pennsylvania and I’m so excited to get my hands in the dirt ❤️
Thanks Lee for this new video. I started a butternut squash from seed at the start of lockdown. I wasn’t aware of the different genders of flowers, fascinating. How many fruit would you allow to develop to maturity? I’ve found that some seem to rot and fall off when they are tiny but I’ve got 3 that look like they might reach full size. How do you know when to pick them?
Lee, can we please have a video on what seeds you’re harvesting? I’m really interested if it’s possible with tomatoes. I’ve watched your runner beans video and plan to adapt that to my French beans 😋
Hahahahaha on how uncomfortable you were to describe self pollination. That was hysterical!! If u just described it the same as you did the trellis no one would think anything of it. It was Your hesitancy that made it so funny.
Love your delivery, I hope you had a wonderful crop last year...oh and this year. I'm English by birth but now live in S Australia and our growing conditions are the polar opposite to UK (it's been very windy and cold for the last two days) but hey a trellis is a trellis : ) Thanks for a very informative video and I hope this awful storm in UK hasn't affect you too much - looks to be the east coast of Scotland and up near Newcastle I think but I reckon you're down south and is that seagulls I hear in the background?
Thank you so much for this video and the other about growing squashes from seed. My pumpkins didn't produce many female flowers this year, just lots of males, and the fruit that did start forming, got eaten by something, so nothing for us. We also had a lot of trouble from wind damage on other plants. I really want to try the vertical method next year, as I'm very limited on space. Where did you get your pipes from please? (I'm in the UK).
I have some questions i grow pumpkin for a long time now like almost 3 months but my tree is so short and has no flower so i am not sure why it happened. Do you have any recommendations of what can i do to fix this problem? Thank you so much 🥰
hi, thanks for sharing this great idea. Question. How are you keeping your trellis upright, i cant see supports so need to know your secret, keep doing what you do, you make life so much easier in the garden thanks again . also an after thought are you going to support the produce once it starts to grow of is that further on, if so sorry should have waited but I'm keen to know more now lol
Nice to see your smiling face! Great video. I have 5 butternut squash plants (2 different varieties) and every plant has produced loads of female flowers but not one single male flower has bloomed. The male buds get to a certain size and then go yellow and die before maturing and blooming. Luckily I've been able to pollinate some of my female flowers with male flowers from my courgettes, so I will get a crop. But do you know why the male flowers on my butternuts might not be developing properly? I have searched the internet high and low and have been unable to find an answer. I am keen to avoid the same problem next year!
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i’m a 16 year old going into junior year of highschool and was inspired by my grandpa who was born in italy and moved to the us and made a living gardening and farming your videos are so inspiring and they make me so happy i just picked 7 butternut squash 1 spaghetti squash 1 watermelon 1 pumpkin 4 cucumbers and tons of tomatoes today thank you for inspiring me and keeping me happy stay safe
AMAZING! The best of luck with those :)
Project Diaries i am so happy that you liked and replied to my comment it literally means so much to me i kinda rushed writing the paragraph and i have so much more to talk about and would love to talk more about it and maybe send some pictures do you have a p.o. box i could send a letter to?
You can send gardening photos to the Facebook page in the description page.
@@Puddlesports there's a great gardening group on FB. We try to help each other out and upload pictures. Just search for project diaries on FB 👍
@@Puddlesports nice to know young person like you interested in gardening
I’m very happy to see you uploading videos again. When I get stressed I come to your channel and watch a few videos to calm down. Thank you.
I do the same!
This is the only gardening video I've giggled at (with). "This is awkward" 🤣
I grew butternut and spaghetti squashes vertically last year and was successful. We are in southern U.S. with alot of pests and it made it easier to spot and treat those peaky critters! Love your content!
Hi Lee. Discovered your channel this evening. I'm 60 and set to retire in a couple years. One of the things I really want to do is set up an all-year garden. I have watched many of your videos tonight and really am enjoying the content. I feel I'm learning much in the way you present the content and the knowledge you have for each. Plus your zest for life. And helping us understand what we need to do to be a successful grower so we may enjoy the fruits of our labor. Thanks, Lee.
Thanks Lee. Loved your video. I was laughing at yr giggling 😂🤣.
Hi, I am here! U don’t upload very often so I was truly happy to see the video
Glad we found this video. We are growing 3 squash plants now and the space they take up is tremendous! They are growing into our bell peppers. We are going to do them vertical next year.
Missed you Lee.....great to hear the giggling! Hope you & your Grandad are keeping well 💕
Thank you! I’m not versed in gardening terms, but I’ve got spaghetti squash, cantaloupe & sweet peppers growing from grocery store bought vegetables! I’m about to try this for the first time. Your vids are thorough… and I need that 😂
Really like this video. You have answered all my questions. My cucumber plants were just producing male flowers and nearly gave up on them. Thanks for such an educative video.
This is my 1st year growing anything really and i know nothing. well i didnt until i started watching your content. sensible no nonesense how to stuff. love the awkward birds and bees moment. keep making vids . thanks
Loved the pounding rain, the trellis, and all the helpful tips! I’ve just learned about Mittleider gardening method too that teaches about the macro and micro nutrients ratios plus how to tell when the plant is low in any of them. Truly fascinating! Grateful for this lovely video! 🥰
My goal next year to provide more vertical options in my garden 😍
Awesome just plain awesome and inspiring. Thank you for your video mate ! About the pollinating bit, last year year I used a Q-Tip and also the male direct way, like you suggested . I spent time in Wiltshire when I was in the RAF, much younger then . I'm an 80 yr. old now and always loved the garden, inspired by Britain's love for its gardens.
So Happy to see another video from you. Looks chilly there :). I love squash, but I didnt plant any this year. The year I did plant it, I had a terrible problem with squash bugs and didnt get many fruits.
This is one of the most informative and best visual vids that I have seen, I’m glad I’ve found you x
Im growing both butternut squash and watermelon on cattle panels this year. My butternut squash is flourishing like crazy, but still no fully ripened fruit yet. (Although i have like 10 growing right now.)
Good luck in your gardens!
This video is really helpful. Thank you. I wished I’d seen it before I planted out my cucumbers. Lesson learned for next year
Thank you for the detailed tutorial. I've played a few bottle gourd this year for the first time. I'm hoping to build something like this. Have you looked into 3G cutting - it's a form of pruning that encourages more female flowers
Thank you for sharing so lovely to see you looking well too! Brilliant vid and tutorial too.. take care and keep safe 🥰😷
Brilliant video! I enjoyed this immensely. Seeing how you used PVC piping to make the trellis was definitely an "a-ha! Now I get it!" moment for me hehe. This will help me to plan next year's balcony garden, incorporating more utility into my limited space. Squash flowers are also a lovely delicacy to eat, if one has many to harvest from without compromising fruit production ;-)
I'm sorry Lee. I came into some hard times and had to stop my patreon contributions. I will contribute again, when I'm able to. Seeing your smiling eyes and hearing your wonderful, helpful ideas are precious to me. Thank you ♡
SO glad you found it helpful. My mum is now addicted to squash flowers. It's a real game changer. No worries at all. I lost so many people during quarantine. I completely understand so please don't feel bad. I wish you all the luck with your adventures and thank you for being a Patron :)
Good to see you back mate.
Glad you look healthy.
Super Awesome video. Keeping it simple and basically answered all the questions I've pondered around in my head !!
Good to have you back mate. I just started my squash seeds (spring in South Africa) and I hope to avoid pumpkin fly this year. Thank you for sharing your info!
rabbits ate all my honeydew plants :( but they left my watermelon alone so I have a few on the vine I'm waiting on. Just harvested the last of my summer squash and left the largest one on the vine to collect seeds from later. Lots of things growing on, been gardening for 3 summers now and this year is when things are coming to fruition. You're one of the channels I started with when I tried my hand at growing things. Looks like the time you put in is starting to pay off as well!
Sounds like you're being awesomely. Great job! :)
Brilliant thanks Lee - I could have done with it a few months ago but will certainly use it next year :)
Great video Lee, and very interesting to see how it's done...stay safe and happy gardening
I love you so much! This channel is hilarious,nice and genius 🤩 I want to try everything you do and have been a fan for atleast a year! Carry on making awesome content! ☺️😍💞💖
One of the best videos I've seen for growing squash vertically. I've been doing this for a couple of years though my yield has been less than stellar. I'm wondering if I'm trying to grow too much in too little space. How close together can I grow winter variety squash on a cattle panel trellis? I've been growing 6 plants per cattle panel, three on each side. The panels are 4 feet wide and the arch they form is 9 feet tall.
Nice to see you again... hope that you're fairing better now.
Love the video! First time butternut grower! I’ve been reading a lot about it and this also helped a lot!
Very happy to see a new video!! Thank you. This is something I will absolutely try next growing season. I do that for beans but trying other vining plants should be fun.
Pumpkins love climbing. When i was 14 or so we had a pumpkin plant go under the chain link fence, up the neighbor's apple tree, and over the fence back into our yard. Both houses showed it off to anyone who came to visit and we gave it to them before Halloween.
Squash is my garden goal. Thanks so much! So excited to get growing!
I seeded 4 butternuts thinking I'd have room, 3 died during transplanting but the one I have left is SO big it's at least 12x12 feet now! Definely trying a trellis next year lol I can't even mow my lawn
Perfect ! The detail you give is so important xx thanks
I really want to try this next year! I've grown squash two years now but this year didn't get many because I'm pregnant and keeping up with the weeding was so hard!
ROTFL!!! @the birds and the bees. Great detailed video. helpful!
The video is on time. I am planting cucumber now and I am going to grow it vertically. I only have small space to do gardening
First one is push the "LIKE" and then "watching your VEDIO"😊 I was waiting harder than before !! haha
Ahhhh! In addition, most of country person in Korean eats pumkin leaf by steaming with rice and some of seasoning. it's delicious and good for health! I recommend you☺️☺️
I didn't know that! Nice info. Thanks :)
Lovely to see you back again
Long time, no see Lee. Great to your smiling face again. Hope you are well.
Love the giggling! take care xx
I literally screamed when he started talking about pollinating the female flowers with the male flowers lmaoooo him laughing made it so much funnier 😂😂😂😂
Thank you for this video! I've been trying to look for vids on vertical growing for pumpkins and squash- couldn't find many informative ones from start to finish! Now i Know what to do :D
You had me laughing at the end haha. Your laugh is so lovely 😍 🤣🙈 xxx
Thank you! I'm planning my crops for the upcoming season, as well as building trellises.
Amazing Information about home gardening. Thanks for sharing.
Good to see you again, mate. :)
You too!
Great video! Short and packed with all the info I needed! I laughed and subscribed!
Awesome video as ever 🙂
Thanks for sharing! Your plants look great! Also thank you for always putting up the relative icards, very helpful. When I was a kid, I gardened with my grampa. Some Of the best memories I have! I haven't been able to garden because of back pain from disc generation, so I enjoy watching you garden and your enthusiasm for it instead! Please do keep it up and your videos too. They are some of the best garden tips out there. 👏You do inspire fellow wanna bes! I got some basil waiting to be potted up. 😎 From Wisconsin, USA
Stay safe 💗
That's exactly what I fear is happening to my spine :( I feel your pain. So glad you keep your memories with your grandpa. This is the same reason I started this channel. Thank you :)
So excited to see your new upload!
just discovered your channel - really useful content, beautifully and naturally presented and & I also enjoyed your cheeky giggling!
Very enjoyable and informative video! Thank you!
Thx filling up my small garden Extremely helpful tips 👍
What a lovely bloke and succinct video!
You are quite wonderful and I very much appreciate your videos. Thanks for the inspiration, friend! It’s springtime here in Pennsylvania and I’m so excited to get my hands in the dirt ❤️
I love your channel! Informative and fun 😁
Thanks Lee for the tips on growing cucumbers. xx
Great video. Learnt a lot from that and going to give it a go.
I always wipe pruning blades with alcohol to prevent spreading diseases between plants.
Hello from Malta🇲🇹, good to see you
Great to see a new video up . I found it very helpful. 😊
Glad it was helpful!
Great video! Im putting my trellis up for my cukes and melons, this is my new next udea!! And I have everything i need just taking up space! Texas 8a.
Thanks Lee for this new video. I started a butternut squash from seed at the start of lockdown. I wasn’t aware of the different genders of flowers, fascinating.
How many fruit would you allow to develop to maturity? I’ve found that some seem to rot and fall off when they are tiny but I’ve got 3 that look like they might reach full size.
How do you know when to pick them?
That's a pollinator problem. You need flowers/pollinators.
yay! hello mate, good to see you back at the garden
Thank you so much ,hoping to try this ,you are very good teacher ,hope to see more videos .
I love your channel!!! This was a great video.. the birds and the bees portion was hilarious...
I love it!! “If it’s free it’s for me!!”
Haha I can hear him blushing about pollinating the female flowers! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I’m going to try this next year thanks from Los Angeles 😎
Very helpful and informative video! I'm going to try this with my Kabocha squash
I like the way you have made this trellis I think ill try this method
Lee, can we please have a video on what seeds you’re harvesting? I’m really interested if it’s possible with tomatoes. I’ve watched your runner beans video and plan to adapt that to my French beans 😋
I've done a whole playlist on harvesting different seeds 😊 ruclips.net/p/PLMMgu3LztsyRjHL5gi-AUH311uW2nC2-b
Project Diaries how did I miss this. 🤦🏻♀️ Thank you!
Really helpful,thanks for all the great videos!!
Hahahahaha on how uncomfortable you were to describe self pollination. That was hysterical!! If u just described it the same as you did the trellis no one would think anything of it. It was Your hesitancy that made it so funny.
thanks for the good information and the good laugh!
Thanks for the expert advice
Lol cute giggle when talking about pollinating
Great video, Very helpful! thanks!
We use eggshells for slug control. Crush them and just spread them around the plants and the perimeter. Cheers
I've done a video on eggshells and why it doesn't work for slugs. It's good for adding calcium to the soil though.
Love your delivery, I hope you had a wonderful crop last year...oh and this year.
I'm English by birth but now live in S Australia and our growing conditions are the polar opposite to UK (it's been very windy and cold for the last two days) but hey a trellis is a trellis : )
Thanks for a very informative video and I hope this awful storm in UK hasn't affect you too much - looks to be the east coast of Scotland and up near Newcastle I think but I reckon you're down south and is that seagulls I hear in the background?
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and ideas with us and always with a smile. You've motivated me to keep gardening after a really difficult year
Thank you so much for this video and the other about growing squashes from seed. My pumpkins didn't produce many female flowers this year, just lots of males, and the fruit that did start forming, got eaten by something, so nothing for us. We also had a lot of trouble from wind damage on other plants. I really want to try the vertical method next year, as I'm very limited on space. Where did you get your pipes from please? (I'm in the UK).
I am actually doing this for the first year ever!
hahaha that cracked me up! thank you for the unexpected laugh :D and really good info!
great video keep them coming
Can you do a "How to grow pansies from seed?" They do great in the cold weather!
It'll have to be next year now but I will do it for you as I love those flowers :)
Great tips! Thank you
Great video. Thank you very much
Brilliant!
I have some questions i grow pumpkin for a long time now like almost 3 months but my tree is so short and has no flower so i am not sure why it happened. Do you have any recommendations of what can i do to fix this problem?
Thank you so much 🥰
Love your giggling l get the picture made me laugh out loud great video..I've just started my yellow melons one week old so long way to go still..
This year I will be trying this with watermelon and butternut squash. What do you do to support the fruit when it is growing big?
hi, thanks for sharing this great idea. Question. How are you keeping your trellis upright, i cant see supports so need to know your secret, keep doing what you do, you make life so much easier in the garden thanks again . also an after thought are you going to support the produce once it starts to grow of is that further on, if so sorry should have waited but I'm keen to know more now lol
welcome lee big fan from Africa Ethiopia
LOL! Love this video.
Nice to see your smiling face! Great video. I have 5 butternut squash plants (2 different varieties) and every plant has produced loads of female flowers but not one single male flower has bloomed. The male buds get to a certain size and then go yellow and die before maturing and blooming. Luckily I've been able to pollinate some of my female flowers with male flowers from my courgettes, so I will get a crop. But do you know why the male flowers on my butternuts might not be developing properly? I have searched the internet high and low and have been unable to find an answer. I am keen to avoid the same problem next year!
That's very strange. It's usually the other way around. I'm really not sure, I've never had this problem but I wish you luck.
@@ProjectDiaries Thanks, yes it's really very odd!
Brilliant, only thing that was missing was the badly dubbed jazz music in the background whilst talking about sexing the squash. Thanks again