When and Why to Plant Squash and Pumpkins In Mounds

___________________________________________________________________________________________
We do more than, JUST, YouTube!
Check more MIgardener below:

Start growing! Visit our online store for $2 heirloom seeds, custom blend fertilizers, and gardening tools.

We ship worldwide!

send garden snail mail to:
MIgardener
1426 Oakland Ave.
St. Clair, MI 48079

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Love what we do? Here is how you can support this channel to create more content, at no additional cost to you!

*We get a small commission at NO cost to you.

Thank you all so much for watching and Grow BIG!

[jackzampella]

Love the short to the point 10 - 15 min videos. They address A specific problem or technique. 👍

[Julia_USMidwest]

This length of video on one topic of interest is great--does not need to be longer.

[JohnWood-tkge]

I planted my giant pumpkin in hills, but trying something different. I dug a hole about three weeks before I planted, filled with chicken manure right from the coup then built a mound with very old well composted horse manure. Then took the soil from the hole and topped the mound of with it and planted the pumpkins. I am hoping as the pumpkins grow they will keep hitting a newer food source and grow accordingly. I hope by the time they hit the chicken manure they should be ready to take in the nutrients and the organisms in the soil will have aged it enough not to be too much for the plants.

[cbass]

Oh boy..I’m a bucket and planter, raised bed Gardner. My squash is in a large planters. No mounds. Idk about mounds. I hope they’ll be Ok. So far their doing well, growing everyday! I come home from work and their bigger! It makes me smile happy!

[Afterburner]

I remember an old Hungarian couple in Paradise, California who grew squash in rings. The created these 2 - 3 foot rings of soil and spaced the seeds out equally around the circle - They had some amazingly big squash plants. I may try this myself since I'm doing a garden expansion and will just test it for fun.They did have the center scooped out to allow water to fill up the ring and then it would drain off. I usually do my squash in raised beds and do well with that, but I've always remembered that old European method.

[Markephillips]

I appreciate the fact that you talked about the difference between growing in raised beds and in ground, because my squash bed is specifically at ground level. I have awesome soil below, but to give my squash a little extra I get some composted manure and pile that to make the mounds. That way they’re getting tons of nutrients and then the roots can still get down to the soil below and get the moisture and nutrients in there. My squash is THRIVING right now with that method!

[marilynhall]

Luke, as always, love your content. After decades, you have inspired me to go back to gardening again. But don't worry about the videos being short. I love it when people can get to the point.

[joesqudy]

I love these extra tid-bits of gardening information. It just proves that success is in the details of the “how and why” of things. Thanks Luke. ❌⭕️🙏🏽♥️

[stevebaker]

Thanks, Luke, VA got slammed w/ rain May 30th 2023. I'm inground with purple globe turnip sprouts popping up all over. I did not think of root rot until you mentioned it. This is a drainage test for my soil.
I hope my turnips are thirsty.
Thanks again for the history lesson.

[mkessler]

Never worry about videos being short. They work incredibly well for my short attention span!😂

[tmcclain]

Perfect timing for this video Luke! My grandma taught me to hill my vines in her garden, I no longer can get on my knees have resorted to off the ground raised beds and didn’t mound my soil and was unsure about it, now I am so relieved that I didn’t do my planting “wrong”😊
Very much looking forward to a wonderful garden this summer ❤

[boodeekilla]

Thanks for inspiring me to start my own garden, I picked up a 16 pack of asparagus from you and planted them this morning hopefully in the next few years i can get a bunch, thanks a lot you changed my mind

[italianwiseguy]

I'm going to try th hilling method for my squash, pumpkins and watermelon as half my garden is raised beds and the other is in ground. Thanks Luke for the info!

[AlsanPine]

this is a lesson well learned that applies to more than just gardening. make sure you always know the why of everything you do. 🙂

[jesusLopez-omjk]

Thanks for the video, it’s been difficult to find a video of anyone even briefly diving into this topic.

[paulsims]

Thanks for addressing this topic in a practical way.

[maxiemills]

Thank you for explaining. Truly instructive video, no hype!

[kele]

When I was a kid, long long ago, we had a very large vegetable garden. We used hill rows and channels. Very successful garden. It was how my Dad was raised. I miss him terribly. Rest in Everlasting Peace, Daddy. I miss you so much. 🇺🇸🪖💜

[leighannf.]

I just created my hill row for my squash! LOL However, I did it because I'm growing them in a somewhat rocky/clay soil and so I very lightly loosened that up and use the hill to grow them in better soil/compost. This is super interesting info, like all of your content...I appreciate how you cover methodology and myths in growing so that gardening is as easy as possible!

[kristinanoall]

Lol, wish I’d known this two weeks ago, when I made little mounds in my raised beds to plant squash and cucumbers. 🤦🏼‍♀️ Oh, well, now I know for next year!