Marianne's Response
Squash woes
With the season winding down I find myself with a pretty nice squash crop but an issue I can’t solve. A couple of the vines were just plain puny and when I pulled them I found roots no more than a couple of inches long. They all got an equal amount of sun, the soil was the same and they got the same fertilizer. What am I overlooking?
Posted by Ronsung on October 16, 2017
Marianne's Response
Your soil may be infested with nematodes that eat roots or voles, moles or just poor fertility. If you see knobby bumps on the squash roots suspect nematodes. You should try rotating your crops to starve out the nematodes. If you send a photo of the roots I may be better at making a diagnosis. A cold winter could solve your problem and tilling the soil a bit to expose it to the winter weather can also help in some cases. Keep growing, Marianne Binetti
