I have been training my zucchini vertically. When you have time, can you update this video with a step by step as to how to get them first trimmed and as they grow during the season. Love your channel!

You are so friendly and casual you give confidence to any of us old dogs attempting your new trick! You obviously have a wealth of knowledge to share, so thank you, Brian/Bryan.

Love the idea that the squash trellis provides shade for other plants.

@grannylynn3113

3 жыл бұрын

I've been using my half-runners for shade! I might try to trellis zucchini, too!

Your garden is BEE-YOU-TIFUL!!!!!! It's so lush, full, colorful, tropical and so much more! It's just gorgeous! Thanks for sharing the tips!

I love how your greens are growing so well, they attack you. Fantastic

I’ve said this before, but your videos are great- one of the best, and most informative gardening youtubers! Great work👌🏻😎

@NextLevelGardening

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Great video! Yes, this year (2022) we are growing 4 varieties of squash (zucchini, yellow, butternut & spaghetti) and of course 4 varieties of cucumbers. We got 6 cattle panels this year to grow vertically (tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, peas, beans, watermelon & melons). Judi

Very Cool! I was thinking I was not going to get to grow any zucchini or crookneck squash because it would take up too much space! I've typically devoted my space to all tomatoes, beans, onions, & a variety of herbs, but the current situation around the world has me branching out. Nothing like going to the store and the only produce available is on it's last leg or wiped out (been the situation here for a month). So now I already have Chard, Beans, Tomatoes, Salad Mix, Arugula, Sun Flowers, Dill, & a variety of Peppers all in the seedling stage and am now going to start the zucchini & crooknecks soon! One of these days I'll have room for corn! Will be buying property hopefully sometime in the next 12 months. Praying!

I followed your advice and grew zucchini and yellow squash vertically in my garden this year! I usually grow 6-8 plants and wanted to free up some room in the garden. I have to say it was a success! I loved how neat and tidy the plants looked as I kept them pruned. The only downside was that the production was less because I had to stay with a single stem and not let the plants branch off and sprawl, but that just meant I didn't have summer squash to give to the neighbors.

I like your garden video’s. I’ve seen a lot of garden videos but what I like about yours is you talk about one subject at a time and they’re simple and direct. I always thought that zucchini couldn’t grow on a vine because I always thought that they rooted as the vine grew along the ground.

@NextLevelGardening

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you I appreciate that! Yeah zucchinis grow great on a stake!

@robmaxwell189

4 жыл бұрын

@@NextLevelGardening I grew zucchini on stakes a couple years ago and had great success. The biggest challenge is staying on top of the tying since they grow so fast. I pruned the old leaves as they grew and harvested tons. It's so much easier to find the fruit before they get too big.

@NextLevelGardening

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. A great way to do it. And that is the challenge. They grow so fast!

This is the video I watched (from a device that I couldn't comment from). Anyway, I took notes and NEVER knew that I could grow squashes this way. But I was looking for use up vertical space and your video popped up. Wonderful information. Thank you.

Wow I know this is about cukes and whatnot but that Datura is stunning and your nasturtiums are wonderful!

Thanks so much. 2nd year home Gardner here! Love cucurbits! I appreciate your special explanations and tips. Thanks!

When I grow spaghetti squash or melons on a cattle panel, I make a little hammock out of old pantyhose to support the weight of the fruit/veg. Just tie it directly onto the panel when the squash or melon starts getting some size on them. I would think that you could use any lightweight fabric.

@Nancy-zk9dj

4 жыл бұрын

Me too, we call them support hose! 😁

@crazysquirrel9425

4 жыл бұрын

'CONTROL' TOP? lol

@karaamundson3964

4 жыл бұрын

I had a client, a wonderful old gardener in her '90s, who did that as well. She also used stretchy green nylon ties...not sure where she got them. They seemed to last a couple years or so. I learned so much from her... I worked for her for 16 years. The Old Ones are the best 💛💛💛

@pricklypear7516

4 жыл бұрын

You know those mesh bags that your oranges, onions, and other produce occasionally comes in? Yeah.

@Alwizcaliteach

3 жыл бұрын

Except that no one wears then anymore...

Appreciate the metric conversions on screen - from Australia!

This is my first time enjoying your KZread channel. Great work! I’m looking forward to more great content from you. Thank you so much for this informative video! I got so much out of it.

@NextLevelGardening

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Glad to have you!

Im looking forward to planting my Summer Squash and Cucumbers, thanks for the tips!

I really like your cattle style panel trellis. Very easy to take down and work the ground for winter and re set for the next year

Great video !! I watched a video last summer where a young madnwas growing his summer squash up some stakes. I thought he was nuts until i watched the video. I was getting ready to plant a few midsummer summer squash and tried the vertical method. I had grown winter squash vertical before but never summer. I plant to grow all of my summer and winter squash on trellises this summer when the temperature gets warm enough, about mid May here in my part of Tn. It works very well !!!!

I love this video, it's the first time I've seen you on here. I thought it was so good... so simple to understand. Thank you for a great video and God bless you real big💕🌿

@NextLevelGardening

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so so much. Glad to have you here!

@jude7321

5 жыл бұрын

Welcome 💚

Great idea! I will be doing this with all of my squash this year. I found your video just in time!

Great idea! Our zucchini basically overgrows our garden each year. We're trying this concept asap.

@alph8654

4 жыл бұрын

I tried it last summer, and it works well. Go for it !!!

Excellent..Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Hope you had a blessed father's day weekend

@NextLevelGardening

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! You too!

I have the cucumbers on the t-pees and they are doing wonderful! Love your directions on vertical planting.

Love the idea of growing Crookneck Yellow and Black Beauty Zucchini vertical. I had seen people turning a tomato cage upside down to do it and growing like a wedge but too top heavy. I like this idea much better. Thanks for the wonderful video!

@NextLevelGardening

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! It really works well.

Great space-saving ideas! And, I like the idea of planting in the shade of the growing vines.

Excellent video for a beginning gardener. Thank you!!

Great video. Definitely the most informative videos out

I planted a cucumber, straight necked yellow summer squash (like the one shown in this video) and radish in one 8" square pot. The plants probably will end up strangling each other, but we'll see! I think I am overwhelming my TINY little 9'x4' balcony. 😲

Extraordinarily helpful video, Brian. Thanks for all the great information. Can't wait to try vertical growing.

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thanks for describing why hill the plants! I've been wondering if i need to do this.

Hey Brian, in the future when you are doing “specialty” videos... like squash, peppers, tomatoes, etc... would you always include what they like to grow with and what not to grow with them as a side note? I know you do it often. But, when going back over things would be great to have that info included. That’s for sharing all your knowledge! Still keeping you and your health in my prayers.

last year I grew spaghetti squash on a cattle panel trellis, only I had my full length cattle panels arched over so that you could walk under them. The vines loved them and I did get a couple of mature spaghetti squash. My short growing season was the problem though. The method really does work though.

@NextLevelGardening

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing that!

@TheRanugad

4 жыл бұрын

I tried growing spaghetti squash from ones I bought at the grocery store on 2 different occasions. The first time I had no success, I was outside Phoenix and had too many critters. The 2nd time I had more success. I trained the vines up a trellis (wood slats) but didn't get any mature fruit before my vines froze one night early September, it was in Alaska. I didn't want to just throw everything in the compost, so I pulled the 6 fruit I did have and brought them inside. I peeled the first one and sliced it up like a cucumber. It was crunchy, juicy and slightly sweet - amazing. I saved one in the crisper to see how long it lasted. It was soft and unappetizing within 24 hours.

Great detailed video! I have 2 zucchini & 2 yellow squash this year. Can’t wait to start harvesting!

Very informative! Straight to the point! Dislike videos with all the chit-chat! Thank you!

So true about planting too many. My first ever garden I planted 8 hills of zucchini!!! You get the picture about what happened lol

@strangebluecookies

4 жыл бұрын

I imagine you were handing them out on the street to anyone who would take them lol.

@lovebytheletters837

2 жыл бұрын

Lol I did this last year with cucumbers 😅

@johngersna3263

2 жыл бұрын

There's no such thing as too many zucchini. 😁👍

@laurielyon1892

2 жыл бұрын

@@johngersna3263 there was for me then. It’s before I know all I could do with them and how to preserve them

@johngersna3263

2 жыл бұрын

🤣😂 But I absolutely love zucchini. I could eat it every day of the year. Zucchini fritters, zucchini bread, fried zucchini, baked zucchini, and any other way that zucchini can be made edible. Granted that a few plants can go a long way but I've loved it since I was a kid and I'm 72 years old now. I honestly believe that Zucchini was one of God's gifts to mankind. And, it won't make us fat. 🤣😂😁👍

Very clever use of the space under your spaghetti squash and watermelons. I have never considered planting in the shade of established plants.

@NextLevelGardening

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! When you don't have an acre you got to be creative

I stake cucumbers. They look good, have nice yellow flowers, and are easier to pick when they are vertical. Also keeps the leaves and fruit out of the mud.

@savvicreationz4367

4 жыл бұрын

S K - What do you use to wrap and tie the plant with and is the stake a regular piece of wood or something else?

Great video... it would be really helpful to see how things progressed into the summer and harvesting..

@NextLevelGardening

4 жыл бұрын

I have those.

Hi! I love watching and learning from your knowledge of growing vegetables!! Question! I planted my squash indoors 1 inch deep and they have come up, but, with extremely long stems! Can I replant with soil covering most of the stem or will it rot? Thanks for your time !!!

They ARE happy in the middle of the compost bin! We had a rouge butternut squash seed sprout in our neglected compost pile. I'm still esting butternut squash from that plant!

I grew some Sugar baby melons on some field fencing. I used panty hose to support the weight, tied off to the fence. Worked great!

I grew spaghetti and butternut last year, as well as a Jenny Lind melon. I did 4 x 8 panels out of remesh zip tied to emt conduit. It worked out very well. I also use remesh and conduit to cage tomatoes. My tomatoes grow past 8 feet, I need to add another section of panels.

You explain incredibly detailed and well. Thanks!

Greetings California Garden TV! Awesome utilization of space there in the garden my friend! I implemented similar techniques in growing my cucumbers here in Tifton, GA. Wishing you continued success in your gardening adventures!

@NextLevelGardening

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. You too!

Thanks. That was very helpful! Looking forward to more of your videos 👍🏼

I was just talking about this not more than 10 minutes ago and then KZread suggests your video. Spooky but exciting!

@MatanuskaHIGH

4 жыл бұрын

Booth Goodies it’s because your devices listen and use keywords to build profiles. Just wait till you think about something and get a suggestion. It’s been happening to me for about a week now. 5 different occasions of me thinking something in my head and an ad or suggested video shows up in my home page

@thebitesbetween

4 жыл бұрын

They are not just listening to you. They will also suggest you videos on things you have only thought of.

@s.leemccauley7302

4 жыл бұрын

I am safe then. I have got to where I don't think that I think. 😜 but I am making sure I don't talk or think out loud. It is spooky the way some things have gone lately. Especially because I don't think much happens coincidentally or luckily.

@ssquiress7247

3 жыл бұрын

@@MatanuskaHIGH Have you had the vacine???

Love your videos and happily subscribed, much love from Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🙂

Great tips, always enjoy your videos!! Thank you

Great shows! Thank you for so much info! Can you plant squashes with peppers?

That’s a really good idea on the zucchini. Any space saved is more room for another 🌱 plant.

@NextLevelGardening

5 жыл бұрын

Yes!!

@s.leemccauley7302

4 жыл бұрын

More food production in less space works for me.

Awesome tips all around

I am a newbie, but trying some tomatoes, cucumbers, and summer squashes. Considering they are all vining plants, I was already planning to try growing them UP ☝, but would "tomato" fertilizer work well for all of them? Love your vids! Keep up the good green work!

Gratitude love this way to plant zucchini and melon ... yes I am in.

Does the open end of your winter squash “A” frame face south and if it does do the lettuce plants get enough shade from the vines? Should the “A” frame normally face south for the vining plants?

I have always struggled with the purpose of planting on hills. Thank you. I dont have to do it anymore!! 😸

I've been using Neptune's Harvest Fish and Seaweed on your recommendation and I've been pleased. Need to order a larger container for next season.

Thank you so much, this was a very helpful video! And very clear explaining too.

I really enjoy this channel. I grow all my melons and squash by suspension/climbing. Great video Brian and awesome information. BTW, are you eating the luffa?

@NextLevelGardening

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! The loofa is more of a fun thing. Although I just now heard of somebody eating it. I saw people peeling it online and using it as a sponge. I always thought loofa came from the ocean so I had to try it

@amyziesmer5189

5 жыл бұрын

Loofah or Luffa depending on where you are from ...taste awesome when they are young ...great in soups, stir fried or fried like okra etc... you should try them. Enjoy! =) Btw...when we don't need to dry ours...and they get ginormous...they are great for feeding to our chickens! =)

Very informative video, thank you. I would have liked to have seen the squash growing up the cane supports.

First time grower here and your videos are very helpful! How tall the stake needs to be for zucchini? And what do you do if the zucchini outgrow the stake? Have you try spiralling the zucchini around a teepee or tomato cage so that they don't get so tall? Thanks a lot!!

@NextLevelGardening

4 жыл бұрын

I haven't tried that but it's a good idea. I would use a four to five foot stake

Can’t wait to see the updates for this I really wanna try to do squash vertically to save space

That brugmansia!!! Beautiful!

Hi Brian, I have taken your advice and are growing my yellow neck squash and zuchinni vertically. The garden is beautiful this year. I have one question though. I didn't cut the stalks of the squash at the bottom and just have one stalk. I zip tied all of the stalks to the stake. Now they are growing vertically, but the squash is at the bottom and is not maturing. The other stalks are blocking the full growth. I think they might be 1 inch tall. My question is can I cut the stalks now in order to get more squash blooms at the top?

Love your channel

@California Garden TV I just transplanted my first zucchini into a furrow (not a raised bed, since I only have one built right now, and it's getting my tomatoes and peppers). I made the furrow 10-12" deep and worked the soil until it was sort and loose (not easy). Then I used a pitchfork to turn lots of my homemade compost into it, since you said they love compost. I also lined each hole with a layer of compost and sprinkled a little rock phosphate in there, since I am pretty sure the soil I turned isn't all that nutrient rich. Anyway, what I would like to know is how long I should wait before trying to train these transplanted starts up posts (I have been growing them in pots, and they alreayd have several sets of decent sized leaves, and one even has some flower buds starting up), and also how high of a post I should use. From where you put your hands in the video to indicate the canopy, it seemed like a zucchini should be about 3 feet high, but I wasn't sure. Thanks for the great videos! This is my first year gardening and I have been watching videos like mad. Yours are some of the best I have come across. P.S. (Can you please do one on how to make good compost? I have a hard time keeping mine hot.)

Hi Brian! Absolutely love this channel, I listen/watch while I’m working in the garden:) I apologize if this is a repeat question but is it too late to stake the summer squash plant if the stalk is about a 18” long and curved? I’m worried I may snap it...I did see that comment where the top broke off and the plant did’t make it/:( Any suggestions? MA, zone 6b...I think🤔 so growing season not terribly long and I’ve overcrowded my raised bed (I’m new to gardening) so trying to utilize your method with my tomatoes and summer squash.

WOW!!! Look at that magnificent angel trumpet! No luck growing that in Maine!

Wonderful wonderful video. I love your videos so much. You at very good at it. Hope you are feeling better!

@NextLevelGardening

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I am..

The first year I grew sweetmeat squash, one had creeped onto a tomato cage and i had 3 large fruit 2 to 3 feet off the ground. the next season, I lined my 10x20 greenhouse frame with 6 inch rewire and trained butternut up and over it. I made hammocks out of netting for the fruit at first. I took a week off and returned to find some had slipped from the hammocks and waited to see what would happen...the whole front half had full size fruit hanging all over the place!! Last year, my biggest sweetmeat at 15 pounds was 5 feet off the ground on my 45 degree lean-to....good grow every one....Peace

@s.leemccauley7302

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I had wondered about these heavier varieties. I appreciate you sharing your info. Be safe.

@Nancy-zk9dj

4 жыл бұрын

I had sweetmeat last year for the first time. They're beautiful! And huge, love 'em!

@Sheryl-nn1wy

4 жыл бұрын

Got our Victory of the Light Gardens going ~ out with the lawns.🌞🌻🌱🥒🍓🌈

Very informative, thank you. 👍🏼

Lol...that last scene was hilarious!!!!! IDK why? You look trapped😂

I always go back and watch your older videos but quick question on trellises for zucchini. How young can the plant be to start tying it to a trellis?

Fantastic video

Great tip! Thank you.

Would like to see the end result "harvest time" of these vertical growing. How do the squash and watermelon hang on these....... very curious. I worry about the weigh.

@ttb1513

4 жыл бұрын

I 2nd the motion! The key reason I tuned in was to find out about how much and methods of support.

Hello, I would like to try to plant squash, bean and corn, the 3 sisters method. Did you try and what method did you prefer and was the most efficient for harvesting Thanks

Was there ever an update to this video which showed what it would look like with these plants on their vertical supports?

Brian: Summer squash can be blanched & dried then frozen. I do this every year. Last year, we had a bad squash & zucchini season. Thank goodness my cousin had extra.

Great video, going to try this. Just subscribed!

@NextLevelGardening

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad to have you here!!

Hi there! It's my first year growing squash and I wish I'd seen your video first. We put in some trellising but didn't know how to get the zucchini to use it - now I know! Question: Can I cut the leaves off of my straightneck squash in the same way you're cutting the zucchini leaves? The plant structures look identical. Also, is it going to shock the plant if I start cutting a bunch of leaves at once now that I know I can? Thank you so much!

Love the canna's which ones are they as would like to add them to my garden

@NextLevelGardening

4 жыл бұрын

I don't remember off hand but I have them labeled in this video kzread.info/dash/bejne/g6if1savj7zOic4.html

Loved your video! Thank you! I was trying to grow my zucchini and summer squash vertically and have a trellis-type ready, but I think I messed up and waited too long to lead the stalks up the netting. I now have large leaves and several blooms / small fruit starting... is it too late for me to direct the plants upward? If you don't think it is too late, do you have a video that shows the next step from this video and show us how to manage the growing plant? Thank you!

@NextLevelGardening

4 жыл бұрын

That video will be out tomorrow!

Thank you for such informative content! Going to try your garlic powder trick. Q- how do you apply that liquid fertilizer? Foliage and root or just at the roots?

@NextLevelGardening

5 жыл бұрын

The fish seaweed mix? That can be applied both ways

I have a 8 ball on a pot and some on my raised bed. The one on the pot keeps producing squash but they keep falling off, the ones of the raised bed are producing beautifully. Any advice? Thx a million

Be interested to see later how you arrange the summer squash on the trellis.

@MuscLA

4 жыл бұрын

See my comment above. Long how-to video without crucial information like this.

@NextLevelGardening

4 жыл бұрын

Well congratulations I think you're the 1st person to leave a rude comment and then come back to make sure I read it. I won't be wasting my time looking for it thank you.

@MuscLA

4 жыл бұрын

@@NextLevelGardening I got an alert, which is the only reason why I came back after you posted this. Don't get all butthurt dude, just get an editor. It was a good video, but like many KZread videos there's a lot of rambling and I kept fast forwarding to the meat Rather than just dismissed this is rude, just take it as a criticism and maybe you should tighten up your videos. Trust me you're not alone in this. I like the video overall, I wouldn't even have bothered to comment.

Would a tomato cage work or should I go with the stake method for a zucchini plant?

very good info,thank you!

Question please: Why am I only getting male flowers, profusely, on my two grey zucchini plants (in Tucson). I've grown zucchini before and never experienced this. Grown from purchased seed, organic--always. Perhaps I'm letting the plants range too far? They're growing both up a stake and out over the edge of a tall raised bed. Can't figure it out. Will be very grateful for a reply

Those Angel Trumpets are so freaking beautiful 😍

@NextLevelGardening

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I am having trouble getting the flowers pollinated here in Houston . Also a lot of wilting in the heat even though I put them in early Is there a variety of squash recommended for my area?

Can you use this technique for cucumber as well?

as always great. Wire setup or string set up like the tomatoes, how high will the squash grow?

When did you publish this video and is there a follow-up so we can see your progression please share it be nice to see the continuing results of climbing vines

will zucchini grow in the same spot I grew cucumbers in last year would the same conditions apply or maybe more grow space its 24 inch deep 1 ft x 4 ft its on top a retaining wall has a fence behind it I can make it climb like the cucumbers last year they did great?

Thanks for the info . Great idea to maximize space .. God Bless

can you train the vines from already branched out to a panel

Can I use the cattle panel set up for zucchini and butternut? One on each side?

I need a little help! We started our first garden with 2, 12*4' beds using sq.ft. planting. We took your advice and took our squash vertical. We installed 6.5' tall cattle panels for the squashes and zucchini. Suddenly, within the last two weeks, my spaghetti squash went from little plants to ~ 7' tall as of today! It's over my cattle panel! What do we do now? Thank you in advance!

Great video. A couple of questions. I’m trying to also grow my zukes upwards. What do you use to tie the “trunk” to the stake? 2. Could I use a triangular tomato cage? Thanks for the idea of growing the melons and squash on opposite sides of the trellis!

@NextLevelGardening

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! I tried a tomato cage but it was difficult to get the leaves in between each space. And some of the leaves got messed up. I'm using elastic bands to tie them. I use that for most of my vegetables. It's super inexpensive and you get a bunch of it. I put a link in the description of the video to what I use.

@katallen4021

4 жыл бұрын

Luz Adriana Unfortunatley, elastic is hard to find, due to COVID mask-making,. If you sew or know a quilter or anyone who sews, ask them to save the selvage pieces for you. These make handy ties for plant support. (Colorful, too!)