Toxic Squash Syndrome

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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What is toxic squash syndrome? Listen to Meg talk about how to determine whether or not a squash is toxic, and what to do with it. She also talks about squash vine borer, and how to do surgery on squash when the borer larva is present. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/44tvPp2 Book Collection Page: https://growepic.co/45onfth EG Homesteading Book: https://growepic.co/45OtMNF Connect With Meagan Lloyd: Meg Lloyd currently grows, preserves, and cooks her own food in a small backyard garden in North Carolina. She started gardening three years ago, and it has given her a new appreciation for food. She has learned so much about how to prepare the fresh garden produce that she harvests. And now, she’s sharing her love for gardening and garden-to-table meals with the world! Instagram TikTok YouTube Blog Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code THEBEET for 5% off your entire order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots. Preorder Kevin’s newest book Epic Homesteading if you are looking to turn your home into a thriving homestead! Order signed copies of Kevin’s books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store. More Resources Looking for more information? Follow us: Our Blog YouTube (Including our Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden channels) Instagram (Including Epic Homesteading, and Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Have you ever had Toxic Squash Syndrome?
0:05.4	Well, I didn't even know about this until Shock told me about it earlier this spring because
0:10.7	he had some random squash growing in his garden and he was like, oh, I can't eat that.
0:14.9	I was like, why?
0:15.9	And he said, well, because of Toxic Squash Syndrome.
0:17.5	So we have Meg Lloyd back on the show, Meg grows plants on Instagram.
0:23.5	Sounds like you've been dealing with squash issues this year.
0:26.7	Yeah, I've dealt with squash issues every year that I've barred in, but actually this year,
0:33.5	I haven't had as many issues this year.
0:35.6	The one issue that I've had is squash fine borer and that's like my arch nemesis every
0:40.3	year squash fine borer.
0:41.6	But going back to the Toxic Squash Syndrome, I made a new pumpkin patch this year and what
0:49.5	I did was I just threw out an old pumpkin that I got from like a pumpkin farm and let
0:57.8	the seeds, you know, germinate and just make a pumpkin patch out of a rotting pumpkin.
1:03.7	And somebody, I think it was like one of my followers had commented and they were like,
1:07.5	are you not worried about Toxic Squash Syndrome?
1:09.5	And I was like, what is that?
1:13.3	What is that?
1:14.3	And so I looked it up and I was like, oh, well, I hope that I'll be able to eat that.
1:19.4	Eat these pumpkins, but if I don't, then they'll just be decoration.
1:24.3	But yeah, I was super, I was super weird to find out about that because I don't know
1:29.5	if that happens with any other vegetable.
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