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CaliKim: Pruning Squash: Maximum Harvest & Powdery Mildew Control



Want maximum squash harvests and healthier plants? Join me as I prune my squash for big harvests and powdery mildew control. I’ll share step-by-step tips to help you get the most from your squash plants
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TABLE OF CONTENTS: (click the time stamp to re-watch your favorite part of the video)
00:00 Introduction
01:16 Identify the main stem
01:32 Male and female blossom ID
02:00 Pruning
06:54 Tuck branches into trellis
07: 43 Clip wayward branches
08:08 When to prune
08:20 Water & feed

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16 Comments

  1. Are you pruning your squash plants? Let us know in the comments ⬇. Thanks for gardening with us! -CaliKim & CameraGuy
    ➡30% off CaliKim Seed Collections, CK Smart Pots and garden kits with code “DAD”, https://calikimgardenandhome.com. Ends 6.18.24.
    ➡June “Sizzling’ Summer Salad Station” Grow Your Groceries with CaliKim Connect+ Subscription Box: $20 off 1st box w/code “CONNECTJUNE”: https://bit.ly/CaliKimGrowYourGroceri….
    Includes heat tolerant leafy green seeds, seed starting containers, soil, self-watering stake, and FREE canister of Monterey Lawn and Garden Sluggo Plus ($20 value). Available for limited time only. Visit monterylawngarden.com for pest and disease control products.

  2. Very helpful!!!!
    I wondered about WHERE to prune them….I never thought about the squash borer pest. I killed a slug yesterday in a squash container…cut him in half with the pruners. Nasty things.
    Thank you for the practicality!

  3. Hi im new to your channel, and new to gardening. My squash plant have powdery mildew on the leaves have you got any information on how to get rid of it please ❤

  4. I’m growing my squash vertically clipped to a stake, airflow and pest control is great, unfortunately I’ve lost a couple zucchini to blossom end rot. I’ll have to check out some of your other videos on this topic.

  5. My squash, some in #Smartpots in tomato cages, some in raised beds with vertical trellis, are not old enough and do not have flowers yet, so are not ready to prune. But with what I have learned from you in this video, I’ll be ready!

    BTW, since I have boxes and boxes of Alcohol Prep Pads for human medical uses, I open one and use it to clean my pruners between cuttings. 😊

  6. It’s like you read my mind! Every time I get curious about something in my garden, you make a video about it! This was so helpful! Thanks!

  7. Hi, thanks for this video! Yes, I pruned my squash yesterday in fact. After watching this video, I think I may have done things a little out of order in that I think I pruned one or two leaves above the first blossom. 😳Hopefully that won’t harm the squash?😅

  8. Rookie mistake, this is my first year trying grow bags, and I put zucchini in a 5 gallon bag. Too small. Will get the bigger ones and try the cage next season. Thanks

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