Beginner Gardening: Crooked Neck Squash - zone 9 - whats wrong?, 0 by blackThumbz

blackThumbz wrote:
Hello,
Help - I am definitely a beginner.
We just moved into a house that has raised garden beds in the backyard. Of course we spent our first few weekends, filling them with fresh dirt and planting, planting, planting. Zone - shmone - we want to see something GROW! :)

We recently purchased and planted two different groups of yellow crooked necked squash plants.

One group is stunted in growth, the leaves are yellowing - but they are flowering like nuts.

The second group is very green, growing like nuts, but no flowers. And as green as can be.

I have attached a photo - Why are they so different? What should I do if anything? Any and all advise would be helpful - thanks for reading!

Oh - and one more thing - when I see those brown leaves - should I remove them? By instincts tell me that I should - but I am not sure.