Should I transplant squash??

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Takela Clarksville, MD Jun 13, 2008

My garden was slow going this year. I started yellow squash in peat pots, 3 are in the garden now and limping along. They are only 4 or 5 inches high but they do have flowers. One of the plants I put in a gallon pot on my deck, that plant is about 20 inches tall with baby squash and more blossoms. Should I transplant the big plant or will I disrupt it's progress?

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feldon30 Houston, TX(Zone 9a) Jun 14, 2008

I think you are going to have trouble with plants that old, but who knows for sure. I plant seeds indoors and plant out no less than 1 week later.

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fiddle Dallas, TX(Zone 8a) Jun 14, 2008

I am fairly new at this, so my experience with squash may not be typical. I have done it both ways, transplanting and direct sowing. for what its worth, by far the best results for me was with direct sowing. for direct sowing, start early, a few days after your average last frost. and then start a second crop four or five weeks later.

early season squash seem to do better here in Zone 8a since we have 95+ temps as early as June (today for example). transplanting requires good timing, got to get them into the ground before they outgrow the transplant pot, for sure before they start blooming, but not before the ground warms up a bit. also important for them to get settled before the bugs attack. squash germinate and produce quickly, so there does not seem to be much advantage to starting indoors.

I would let the gallon pot go on its way and watch happens. Still plenty of time to start another pot in your zone. I would use at least a 5 gallon pot, they get really big when they are happy.

Photo: Zephyr squash - one lucky transplant in a raised bed. Not shown: several unlucky transplant soldiers that perished in their pots because I waited too long to do the right thing.



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