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

Farmerdill wrote:
Crooknecks, in fact most modern summer squash, set the fruit just above ground level at the base of the plant. There is not much to the main stem but the plants have huge leaves that will fill a three foot circle. I have over 500 plants( crooknecks and several types of zucchini) rarely have much trouble getting rid of them.

Stinkbugs are a pain, but don't do an awful lot of damage to squash. Our nemesis is the Squash Vine Borer which you are fortunate not to have. Stinkbugs (squash bugs) are sheild shaped bugs that vary in their life span from white to green to brown. Aptly named if you squash one , they stink.