Grow Zucchini Vertically to Save Space And Boost Harvests

Zucchini and squash taking over your garden? Say goodbye to sprawling chaos and disease. In this video, I’ll show you how to grow them vertically, solving both problems easily and cheaply. No worries if you already have a squash garden; I'll also guide you through converting your current setup.

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:27 - Stake Method
00:47 - Transplanting
01:21 - 6 Week Update
02:57 - 12 Week Update
03:49 - Converting To Vertical Squash

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[cajunman]

My grandfather was doing this 50 years ago. He also did this with his tomatoes and peppers. We was a tall man, 6’ 11” so it was common for him to have 10 foot single stem tomato plants. People asked why he did it that way, he said because he had no pest, no virus trouble and had a big family to feed. He could put more plants down a row.

[teawithcara]

Oh I've been growing vertical zucchini! It works fantastic!

I used a wood pole last year and it wasn't ideal because the stem slipped too much. But, this year I'm using a metal fence pole (one with holes and hooks) and it works great because it has something to help bare the weight of the stem.

They only need maintaining (additional tieing up and lower stalk cutting) once a week. Each plant is about a yard away from each other and currently the top leaves are about 5 feet tall. This method makes it so easy to water and weed! Not to mention looking for boarer eggs.

My own little zucchini palm tree forest. Haha. I planted 24!

[WhytePip]

I think i will try this method. The advantage that I see is that rainwater isnt as likely to pool in the pocket that is created when the hollow leaf stalk is cut off when it gets powdery mildew. You get a bit of breeze there which probably helps keep the plants dry too. I love how soft the soil appears when you almost effortlessly push the stake in the raised bed. Thanks for the ideas.

[jeannamcgregor]

I tried this a few years ago and felt like I was constantly fighting the plant with no reduction in mildew. Growing zukes from the edge of the bed onto the path works better for me. 💚

[grandmothergoose]

Brilliant! Why isn't this common knowledge and the normal way to grow zucchinis and similar? Why did I not know of this until today? I am definitely going to use this method in the future.

[RebornBlueHaze]

I grew my squash and zucchinis vertically this year. They did well for my first time growing at all.

[Havrix_ggs]

I used tomato cages this year to do vertical, i might try this out next year!

[fromeunice]

I love how simple and helpful these videos are. Thanks for the info!

[Mangstas]

I went outside just after watching this a few minutes ago and did this!!!! amazing and so much more room plus my pollinator flowers will get more sunlight

[trahtrebor]

Did this with my crookneck squash. Rascals were at least 7 foot tall. Nine plants in a 7ftx7ft bed. It was great! Easy to maintain and harvest.

[PZ_ColdBeans]

Man didn't realize how much I missed your old school simple videos. Hah I've finally gotten over pruning plants watching you hack away at them 😆

[arthurzackaryabrin]

I'm growing Zucchini for the first time in my life. Due to space issues I wanted to do it vertically in a container and oh my gosh it works wonderfully. I have harvested already like 2 kilos worth of zucchini and my family love them!! I'm amazed at how fast they size up and the size of the flowers (and th eleaves honestly haha) is jaw dropping

[sosgardening]

Great video, especially showing that you can fix plants already sprawling. I found this method a few years back and have been experimenting whether I can also pot them and use tomato cages... you can but I would recommend more than one for the support these monster need!

[abernathyrah]

Learned this trick 4 years ago from next level gardening and have been using it since.

[Angebaby]

Ahh. Perfect timing for this video. I’m a newbie veggie gardener and I planted my zuc’s way to close to my Brussels sprouts and leeks. This will help a ton. I do have pests that are the cauliflower but never touched the squash!! So yay!!
Thank you for your awesome videos!!! ❤

[leewolfe]

I've been doing this for years with squash and zuch....works great.

[kackmalwieder]

I really like the aesthetic look of it and it frees up space underneath for beneficial plants or lettuces

[flatcreek]

I stuck a big tomato cage over my zucchini this Spring when I planted it and it’s doing great and climbing right up it.

[GrayHand-jzie]

Just to clarify, cutting the lower leaves is the trick. It forces the squash to grow upward. I've grown a ton of squash but I didn;t know that trick. I had a Cushaw attack a bush once. I had 15lb squash growing all over this bush. Thanks, I'm going to try that one. It frees up the grow space under the squash by letting in the light. The downside is squash shade weeds so it means more weeding doing it this way.

[MommyShareSpace]

Oh thank you! Planted zucchini for the first time this year. New gardener👋🏾. Got two nice ones, but then was trying all the wrong methods to help them to stay upright and I think I'll have to start over. This was very helpful!