Can I grow squash in a container? I want to plant some Patty Pan squash &
wondered if they'd grow in a container if I tied them up a cane wigwam?

Thanks,
Jayne

I grow patty pan squash and it's a bush plant. So yes, it can be grown in a
container.

Nicole
"Jayne" wrote in message
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Can I grow squash in a container? I want to plant some Patty Pan squash &
wondered if they'd grow in a container if I tied them up a cane wigwam?

Thanks,
Jayne

Jayne said:

Can I grow squash in a container? I want to plant some Patty Pan squash &
wondered if they'd grow in a container if I tied them up a cane wigwam?

Summer squash can be grown in a container (a BIG container).

I believe that most summer squash varieties are bush-type plants, so
they will not need a support.

There seems to be an amazing number of half-wine barrels available this
year. Every time I've gone to a garden center this spring I end up smelling
musty spoiled wine. (Is this just a local phenomenon?) In any case, these
would be big enough to grow a pair of summer squash plants, maybe.
--
Pat in Plymouth MI

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)

Every time I've gone to a garden center this spring I end up smelling
musty spoiled wine

The local garden centers are full of them also but ours smell more like Jack
Daniel's.

On Sat, 10 May 2003 05:58:50 -0500, (Pat
Kiewicz) wrote:

Jayne said:

Can I grow squash in a container? I want to plant some Patty Pan squash &
wondered if they'd grow in a container if I tied them up a cane wigwam?

Summer squash can be grown in a container (a BIG container).

I believe that most summer squash varieties are bush-type plants, so
they will not need a support.

There seems to be an amazing number of half-wine barrels available this
year. Every time I've gone to a garden center this spring I end up smelling
musty spoiled wine. (Is this just a local phenomenon?) In any case, these
would be big enough to grow a pair of summer squash plants, maybe.

They're charging (IIRC) $22.95 for each half-wine-barrel
around here. I'd like to have two on our front porch (for
flowers), but I'm not paying THAT price. Not even anything
close to it.

Pat

I've planted the seeds today & will see how they do - thank you!

Jayne

On Fri, 9 May 2003 14:06:53 +0000 (UTC), "Jayne"
wrote:

Can I grow squash in a container? I want to plant some Patty Pan squash &
wondered if they'd grow in a container if I tied them up a cane wigwam?

This might sound crazy at first, but I've been thinking of putting a 5
gallon pot of squash on the rooftop, cuz I dont have any other place
to put them this year

I have some scrap wood lying around, and was gonna cut the legs so
they slanted with the roof and thus the platform would be flat. Heck,
if a roof is designed to hold several tons of snow, it should handle 2
or 3 five-gallon pots no sweat.

Dan