I planted Bushmaster Butternut Squash in a raised bed. It is 8X4 feet. It has 2/3 peat moss and topsoil blend and 1/3 old horse manure. The plants are just coming up. How many can I keep in that space and will any further fertilizer be necessary?
I plant all my squash in "hills" with 2 or 3 plants per hill. In a 4 by 8 space, I think you could get away with two hills. Expect the bed to be totally full/overflowing with foliage before its all over though....
Thanks, it's always hard for me to pull the extras out. Maybe I can take the extras to the swamp. That's where my extra flowers go. I just drop my old or extra plants at the edge of the wet part . Some things do better down their on their own than they do in a prepared bed.