Now a lot of people think that there are just some things that you can't grow in

containers but if that were true then there would be things that you can't grow

in a raised bed because a raised bed is just a large container and you can pretty much grow anything in a raised bed.

That's why in today's episode of the Epic Gardening Podcast we're talking about how to grow squash in containers,

which is again typically one of those plants that many

gardeners will decide to grow in ground, or they'll just grow it in a massive, massive raised

bed and let it sprawl out. So the thing about squash is, number one, it's a heavy

feeder, number two, they're very water hungry, number three, they have quite a bit of sprawl. So we have to counter and solve these problems if we're

going to grow them in a container successfully. So the first thing to do is always going to be variety selection. You really want to choose one

that is a bush squash or a patio style squash. There's one called Bush baby that you can look at.

Really anything with the name Bush or Patio or compact or anything like that in there

is a really good idea. The reason why is because the foliage growth is more compact, but also the

fruit themselves can be a little bit more compact and easier to manage. So again, variety

selection is exceptionally exceptionally important.

If you're growing it in a container, you need to choose the right containers.

So you're still going to need a really big container.

Sometimes people will use, like go to Home Depot go to lows and grab one of those wine barrels that's cut in half

or if you have a better connection maybe you have a winery around you you can grab some of those

those will work really well I would say have a winery around you, you can grab some of those.

Those will work really well.

I would say anything less than about 30 gallons or so,

would be 25 gallons, I wouldn't recommend.

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