If you've stepped outside on a warm afternoon to see your squash plants wilting, you may immediately grab the watering can to give them a good soak. However, this may not help. Firstly, the afternoon ...

Q: Every year (including this year), my squash and cucumber plants germinate and produce healthy green foliage. But soon after flowering, the entire plants turn yellow, wilt and die with the ...

There is a lot of choice when it comes to growing squash. That includes picking from the many varieties, with different shapes, sizes, and colors, deciding whether to grow in the ground or containers, ...

STEMMING THE PROBLEM: Squash vine borers kill squash plants by burrowing into their stems. A few preventive measures can save gardens from a squashless growing season. Photo by Chloe Lieberman Your ...

Q: Can I still plant summer squash this late in July and get some harvest? I lost all of my squash plants to insects and disease earlier this season. Answer: Yes, there is still time to grow summer ...

July and August in the vegetable garden typically bring bountiful harvests of colorful vegetables. These are also the months when insect pests can really make their presence known, with plant and ...

When most of us think about crops, we think of our favorite grains and produce such as corn, tomatoes, and squash. However, after these “cash crops” are harvested, many farmers are encouraged to avoid ...

I just came in from the garden checking out my zucchini plants and found a couple of squash bugs. I think I have quoted the old saying "know thy enemy," and although it is an old wartime quote, it is ...

Plant winter squash when the weather is above 65 degrees Fahrenheit. In Southern climates, this could be in March, in Northern climates, this may not happen until May or even June. Winter squash takes ...