★ Tips on Growing Vertically (Training Squash, Cucumbers, Melons etc)

[@Puddlesports]

i’m a 16 year old going into junior year of highschool and was inspired by my grandpa who was born in italy and moved to the us and made a living gardening and farming your videos are so inspiring and they make me so happy i just picked 7 butternut squash 1 spaghetti squash 1 watermelon 1 pumpkin 4 cucumbers and tons of tomatoes today thank you for inspiring me and keeping me happy stay safe

[@ProjectDiaries]

AMAZING! The best of luck with those :)

[@Puddlesports]

Project Diaries i am so happy that you liked and replied to my comment it literally means so much to me i kinda rushed writing the paragraph and i have so much more to talk about and would love to talk more about it and maybe send some pictures do you have a p.o. box i could send a letter to?

[@juliahelland6488]

You can send gardening photos to the Facebook page in the description page.

[@DebRoo11]

@@Puddlesports there's a great gardening group on FB. We try to help each other out and upload pictures. Just search for project diaries on FB 👍

[@Sejnik]

@@Puddlesports nice to know young person like you interested in gardening

[@Piluttatingeling]

This is the only gardening video I've giggled at (with). "This is awkward" 🤣

[@terrariumelio974]

I’m very happy to see you uploading videos again. When I get stressed I come to your channel and watch a few videos to calm down. Thank you.

[@kathy9124]

I do the same!

[@bensoncerys]

Thanks Lee. Loved your video. I was laughing at yr giggling 😂🤣.

[@fireflyfarmletontheeno777]

I grew butternut and spaghetti squashes vertically last year and was successful. We are in southern U.S. with alot of pests and it made it easier to spot and treat those peaky critters! Love your content!

[@timkeagy4094]

Hi Lee. Discovered your channel this evening. I'm 60 and set to retire in a couple years. One of the things I really want to do is set up an all-year garden. I have watched many of your videos tonight and really am enjoying the content. I feel I'm learning much in the way you present the content and the knowledge you have for each. Plus your zest for life. And helping us understand what we need to do to be a successful grower so we may enjoy the fruits of our labor. Thanks, Lee.

[@kyawthuta9058]

Hi, I am here! U don’t upload very often so I was truly happy to see the video

[@faustinaadams5170]

Really like this video. You have answered all my questions. My cucumber plants were just producing male flowers and nearly gave up on them. Thanks for such an educative video.

[@annijonesavandraadventures]

This is one of the most informative and best visual vids that I have seen, I’m glad I’ve found you x

[@Shelzbells]

So Happy to see another video from you. Looks chilly there :). I love squash, but I didnt plant any this year. The year I did plant it, I had a terrible problem with squash bugs and didnt get many fruits.

[@Heavy-C]

Glad we found this video. We are growing 3 squash plants now and the space they take up is tremendous! They are growing into our bell peppers. We are going to do them vertical next year.

[@wendyrual7179]

Missed you Lee.....great to hear the giggling! Hope you & your Grandad are keeping well 💕

[@fionahenderson3352]

Perfect ! The detail you give is so important xx thanks

[@susanbingham-davis2852]

This video is really helpful. Thank you. I wished I’d seen it before I planted out my cucumbers. Lesson learned for next year

[@VellaCharles]

Awesome just plain awesome and inspiring. Thank you for your video mate ! About the pollinating bit, last year year I used a Q-Tip and also the male direct way, like you suggested . I spent time in Wiltshire when I was in the RAF, much younger then . I'm an 80 yr. old now and always loved the garden, inspired by Britain's love for its gardens.

[@Farida-A.R.]

Amazing Information about home gardening. Thanks for sharing.

[@paulhurle6196]

This is my 1st year growing anything really and i know nothing. well i didnt until i started watching your content. sensible no nonesense how to stuff. love the awkward birds and bees moment. keep making vids . thanks

[@Gracenglory5]

Loved the pounding rain, the trellis, and all the helpful tips! I’ve just learned about Mittleider gardening method too that teaches about the macro and micro nutrients ratios plus how to tell when the plant is low in any of them. Truly fascinating! Grateful for this lovely video! 🥰

[@Mhizilicious]

ROTFL!!! @the birds and the bees. Great detailed video. helpful!

[@thureinhtun2707]

Good to see you back mate. Glad you look healthy.

[@kennethstensrud669]

Nice to see you again... hope that you're fairing better now.

[@loudoret353]

just discovered your channel - really useful content, beautifully and naturally presented and & I also enjoyed your cheeky giggling!

[@donnasparks5931]

Love the giggling! take care xx

[@barbaraponder6083]

Brilliant thanks Lee - I could have done with it a few months ago but will certainly use it next year :)

[@wonderingchild1]

Thank you! I’m not versed in gardening terms, but I’ve got spaghetti squash, cantaloupe & sweet peppers growing from grocery store bought vegetables! I’m about to try this for the first time. Your vids are thorough… and I need that 😂

[@lukaslambs5780]

Love the video! First time butternut grower! I’ve been reading a lot about it and this also helped a lot!

[@CarruthersDruthers]

Brilliant video! I enjoyed this immensely. Seeing how you used PVC piping to make the trellis was definitely an "a-ha! Now I get it!" moment for me hehe. This will help me to plan next year's balcony garden, incorporating more utility into my limited space. Squash flowers are also a lovely delicacy to eat, if one has many to harvest from without compromising fruit production ;-) I'm sorry Lee. I came into some hard times and had to stop my patreon contributions. I will contribute again, when I'm able to. Seeing your smiling eyes and hearing your wonderful, helpful ideas are precious to me. Thank you ♡

[@ProjectDiaries]

SO glad you found it helpful. My mum is now addicted to squash flowers. It's a real game changer. No worries at all. I lost so many people during quarantine. I completely understand so please don't feel bad. I wish you all the luck with your adventures and thank you for being a Patron :)

[@adelaidaroldan3706]

Super Awesome video. Keeping it simple and basically answered all the questions I've pondered around in my head !!

[@ehnnepeacie2698]

Very helpful and informative video! I'm going to try this with my Kabocha squash

[@mjohnson-hills2668]

What a lovely bloke and succinct video!

[@janelloyd4332]

Great video Lee, and very interesting to see how it's done...stay safe and happy gardening

[@danieltirb7477]

Thank you so much ,hoping to try this ,you are very good teacher ,hope to see more videos .

[@leawilliams8476]

Very enjoyable and informative video! Thank you!

[@rebaknowles4209]

Thank you! I'm planning my crops for the upcoming season, as well as building trellises.

[@maggieshreve8107]

My goal next year to provide more vertical options in my garden 😍

[@roncook5637]

Thanks for the expert advice

[@BrightestBlessings7899]

We use eggshells for slug control. Crush them and just spread them around the plants and the perimeter. Cheers

[@ProjectDiaries]

I've done a video on eggshells and why it doesn't work for slugs. It's good for adding calcium to the soil though.

[@moniquep2760]

Squash is my garden goal. Thanks so much! So excited to get growing!

[@DebRoo11]

I seeded 4 butternuts thinking I'd have room, 3 died during transplanting but the one I have left is SO big it's at least 12x12 feet now! Definely trying a trellis next year lol I can't even mow my lawn

[@AK1776-]

I love your channel! Informative and fun 😁

[@Floydsdad101]

Awesome video as ever 🙂

[@lindamccarthy5550]

thanks for the good information and the good laugh!

[@janicejurgensen2122]

Great video! Short and packed with all the info I needed! I laughed and subscribed!

[@tessasilberbauer6219]

Good to have you back mate. I just started my squash seeds (spring in South Africa) and I hope to avoid pumpkin fly this year. Thank you for sharing your info!

[@AAHomeGardening]

Lovely to see you back again

[@tinaoliver6399]

Thanks Lee for the tips on growing cucumbers. xx

[@linakoh4206]

Thank you for sharing so lovely to see you looking well too! Brilliant vid and tutorial too.. take care and keep safe 🥰😷

[@lf7870]

Thx filling up my small garden Extremely helpful tips 👍

[@gardencookeat22]

Great video! Im putting my trellis up for my cukes and melons, this is my new next udea!! And I have everything i need just taking up space! Texas 8a.

[@grantmccollum4499]

Very happy to see a new video!! Thank you. This is something I will absolutely try next growing season. I do that for beans but trying other vining plants should be fun.

[@zengrow3098]

rabbits ate all my honeydew plants :( but they left my watermelon alone so I have a few on the vine I'm waiting on. Just harvested the last of my summer squash and left the largest one on the vine to collect seeds from later. Lots of things growing on, been gardening for 3 summers now and this year is when things are coming to fruition. You're one of the channels I started with when I tried my hand at growing things. Looks like the time you put in is starting to pay off as well!

[@ProjectDiaries]

Sounds like you're being awesomely. Great job! :)

[@makola1970]

Thank you for the detailed tutorial. I've played a few bottle gourd this year for the first time. I'm hoping to build something like this. Have you looked into 3G cutting - it's a form of pruning that encourages more female flowers

[@purrmaculture]

Thank you for this video! I've been trying to look for vids on vertical growing for pumpkins and squash- couldn't find many informative ones from start to finish! Now i Know what to do :D

[@katiekoo5139]

Great video, Very helpful! thanks!

[@justinx3132]

Good to see you again, mate. :)

[@ProjectDiaries]

You too!

[@owenfriggieri7036]

Hello from Malta🇲🇹, good to see you

[@rebeccawilliams2410]

You had me laughing at the end haha. Your laugh is so lovely 😍 🤣🙈 xxx

[@christinasornbutnark1208]

I’m going to try this next year thanks from Los Angeles 😎

[@claimun81]

So excited to see your new upload!

[@Skybluetoo]

Great video. Learnt a lot from that and going to give it a go.

[@louiseahmedtropicalplantgr5000]

I like the way you have made this trellis I think ill try this method

[@janicejurgensen2122]

I love it!! “If it’s free it’s for me!!”

[@Wolf-E-Romeo]

Im growing both butternut squash and watermelon on cattle panels this year. My butternut squash is flourishing like crazy, but still no fully ripened fruit yet. (Although i have like 10 growing right now.) Good luck in your gardens!

[@chantalkiburg7544]

Great video. Thank you very much

[@laimawolf6826]

I love you so much! This channel is hilarious,nice and genius 🤩 I want to try everything you do and have been a fan for atleast a year! Carry on making awesome content! ☺️😍💞💖

[@honggong22_v]

First one is push the "LIKE" and then "watching your VEDIO"😊 I was waiting harder than before !! haha

[@honggong22_v]

Ahhhh! In addition, most of country person in Korean eats pumkin leaf by steaming with rice and some of seasoning. it's delicious and good for health! I recommend you☺️☺️

[@ProjectDiaries]

I didn't know that! Nice info. Thanks :)

[@charmainlareau6452]

Lol cute giggle when talking about pollinating

[@glendalawson8314]

Long time, no see Lee. Great to your smiling face again. Hope you are well.

[@juliagracerush37]

I literally screamed when he started talking about pollinating the female flowers with the male flowers lmaoooo him laughing made it so much funnier 😂😂😂😂

[@luluartistika4722]

The video is on time. I am planting cucumber now and I am going to grow it vertically. I only have small space to do gardening

[@heatherberry7498]

Haha I can hear him blushing about pollinating the female flowers! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Berr3631]

Love your giggling l get the picture made me laugh out loud great video..I've just started my yellow melons one week old so long way to go still..

[@slelinson]

One of the best videos I've seen for growing squash vertically. I've been doing this for a couple of years though my yield has been less than stellar. I'm wondering if I'm trying to grow too much in too little space. How close together can I grow winter variety squash on a cattle panel trellis? I've been growing 6 plants per cattle panel, three on each side. The panels are 4 feet wide and the arch they form is 9 feet tall.

[@crystalcrook2472]

You are quite wonderful and I very much appreciate your videos. Thanks for the inspiration, friend! It’s springtime here in Pennsylvania and I’m so excited to get my hands in the dirt ❤️

[@Indigenous_Patriot_1175]

I love your channel!!! This was a great video.. the birds and the bees portion was hilarious...

[@marthaball8029]

Brilliant!

[@nekoneko3838]

I really want to try this next year! I've grown squash two years now but this year didn't get many because I'm pregnant and keeping up with the weeding was so hard!

[@destinycoach5]

Hahahahaha on how uncomfortable you were to describe self pollination. That was hysterical!! If u just described it the same as you did the trellis no one would think anything of it. It was Your hesitancy that made it so funny.

[@alyncook7315]

Pumpkins love climbing. When i was 14 or so we had a pumpkin plant go under the chain link fence, up the neighbor's apple tree, and over the fence back into our yard. Both houses showed it off to anyone who came to visit and we gave it to them before Halloween.

[@carolbrand6566]

Great to see a new video up . I found it very helpful. 😊

[@ProjectDiaries]

Glad it was helpful!

[@freddieivory625]

Great tips! Thank you

[@irisf7639]

welcome lee big fan from Africa Ethiopia

[@breanne2117]

Thank you for this. ❤️

[@zengrow3098]

yay! hello mate, good to see you back at the garden

[@madmanjim795]

Lee I really enjoy your enthusiasm! But I was expecting to see some squash!!

[@ProjectDiaries]

You'll have to wait for the harvest video to see those...

[@gerritjnrbester7487]

Really helpful,thanks for all the great videos!!

[@juliahelland6488]

Thanks for sharing! Your plants look great! Also thank you for always putting up the relative icards, very helpful. When I was a kid, I gardened with my grampa. Some Of the best memories I have! I haven't been able to garden because of back pain from disc generation, so I enjoy watching you garden and your enthusiasm for it instead! Please do keep it up and your videos too. They are some of the best garden tips out there. 👏You do inspire fellow wanna bes! I got some basil waiting to be potted up. 😎 From Wisconsin, USA Stay safe 💗

[@ProjectDiaries]

That's exactly what I fear is happening to my spine :( I feel your pain. So glad you keep your memories with your grandpa. This is the same reason I started this channel. Thank you :)

[@joanies6778]

I always wipe pruning blades with alcohol to prevent spreading diseases between plants.

[@olleybond7407]

great video keep them coming

[@ian_F.]

Nice idea!

[@carrie5032]

hahaha that cracked me up! thank you for the unexpected laugh :D and really good info!

[@K.Falls1]

Tie up with yarn or I use masking tape it works amazing.

[@angelau1194]

Love your delivery, I hope you had a wonderful crop last year...oh and this year. I'm English by birth but now live in S Australia and our growing conditions are the polar opposite to UK (it's been very windy and cold for the last two days) but hey a trellis is a trellis : ) Thanks for a very informative video and I hope this awful storm in UK hasn't affect you too much - looks to be the east coast of Scotland and up near Newcastle I think but I reckon you're down south and is that seagulls I hear in the background?

[@rhg3212]

Lee, can we please have a video on what seeds you’re harvesting? I’m really interested if it’s possible with tomatoes. I’ve watched your runner beans video and plan to adapt that to my French beans 😋

[@ProjectDiaries]

I've done a whole playlist on harvesting different seeds 😊 kzbin.info/aero/PLMMgu3LztsyRjHL5gi-AUH311uW2nC2-b

[@rhg3212]

Project Diaries how did I miss this. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Thank you!

[@calgal8308]

LOL! Love this video.

[@meganmegan6770]

This is a really helpful video! Are there any follow up videos on the squash?

[@ericabuchanan7260]

I drove poles yesterday!

[@AJ_The_One]

Very useful, I’m going to try this.... minus the awkward parts 🤣

[@MariaRodriguez-lk5tq]

Hello, is there an updated video on the progress of the squash? Thank you.

[@saracyber1]

Thankssss!!! Very good information! Mine was failed :( I grew them on lowland where my home is located

[@ProjectDiaries]

Sorry to hear that

[@saracyber1]

@@ProjectDiaries hehe, drop flowers, Huge damage from a strong wind.. But i had new germinated seeds this morning.. I will try again Anyway, keep up the good work!!

[@theresa5059]

When did you start filming this video? It must have taken you weeks! 👍 Your giggling was adorable by the way! 😄

[@ProjectDiaries]

My average videos usually take between 3 to 5 months to film. haha! Thanks :)

[@theresa5059]

@@ProjectDiaries Thanks. You're very patient! 🥰🤗😘