Planting courgette and squashes

[Dorothy rouse]

What do you do, plant your courgettes / squashes on a little 'mound' or in a little 'hollow'?
Seems to be difference of opinion, I planted mine on a slight Monday, so when watering the water goes 'around', but have now seen them planted the opposite way!

Just out of interest! Ta

[cariann88]

I've just planted them in like any normal veg...

I've never grown courgettes before.

[Bren In Pots]

I've always planted them on a mound to keep water away from the stem same as I do with cucumbers.

[MissC]

Last week on Gardiner's World, Monty Don said to plant in a hollow for pumpkins, so water gets to the roots quickly... Just to confuse you a little bit more

[Gillykat]

So......pumpkins in a hollow and squashes on a mound? I've got varieties of both which are growing well in their pots and hope to get them planted out this week.

[MissC]

So......pumpkins in a hollow and squashes on a mound? I've got varieties of both which are growing well in their pots and hope to get them planted out this week.

Me too! If I ever get round to actually building the arches for them to climb...

[Thelma Sanders]

I plant on small mounds with a moat around for watering into Ha ha!

[craftymarie]

Same as Carrie, never planted before so I just shoved them in as per normal. Now all this mounds, moats and hollows has got me flustered.

I know the stems are prone to rot if they get too wet so theoretically speaking you'd think a mound makes more sense as water will run away from the stem and not keep them sitting in water. I'm just watering away from the stems a bit.

[1Bee]

Stuff 'em in the ground with cut off pop bottles sunk in beside them. Water into the bottles... but when they're getting started I water right under the plant, too.

[dilettante]

I've planted mine on little compost mounds this year, with a sort of moat for the water.

[muddled]

mound and moat for me too....and an upturned pop bottle for liquid feeding.

[Dorothy rouse]

Thanks all, yes it was seeing Monty that got me worried! But seems like most of you plant on a little mound, so no worries.

Just old Monty confusing me (us)!

[treepixie]

Plant mine on mounds as as well

[.commander]

I never mounded before as far as I could remember, but this year the stems rotted and they fell over so I'd say mound them. Starting again now. Trying to get them to flipping germinate. Had really bad luck with all squashes so far. Terrible year for my favourite veggies

[teakdesk]

I water quickly but thoroughly with the watering can spout only around the outside of the root ball that I planted and that creates its own moat.

I've tried the cut down plastic bottle collar trick and that works well and I've tried watering inside and outside the collar and watering outside works better. Again dousing in a lot of water creates its own moat.