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My daughter bought me a 2'x4' planter. Looking like we'll have squash and sweet potatoes. Exciting stuff.

Total rookie. Started very late. Filled the planter with miracle grow soil (on sale because June in Az) and overplanted the hell out of it with any seed that looked like it might make it. Whole packets of .. - jalapenos - none - peppers - none - beets - looking like none - carrots - don't think so - butternut squash is thriving and I'm pruning overlapping leaves between plants - one sprouty end of a sweet potato is giving the squash hell on the East side of the planter

Don't judge. I'll read the instructions next time. Probably going to need squash recipes soon.

No squash bugs in the desert so far.

My daughter bought me a 2'x4' planter. Looking like we'll have squash and sweet potatoes. Exciting stuff. Total rookie. Started very late. Filled the planter with miracle grow soil (on sale because June in Az) and overplanted the hell out of it with any seed that looked like it might make it. Whole packets of .. - jalapenos - none - peppers - none - beets - looking like none - carrots - don't think so - butternut squash is thriving and I'm pruning overlapping leaves between plants - one sprouty end of a sweet potato is giving the squash hell on the East side of the planter Don't judge. I'll read the instructions next time. Probably going to need squash recipes soon. No squash bugs in the desert so far.

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squashes need a lot of room. you might get away with two squash plants in a planter of that size, and they will spill out of the planter. peppers need at least 1x1’ per plant. beets, 2-3 per ft2, carrots maybe 4-5 per ft2. planters also take a ton of soil if you fill it adequately and that can get expensive if you are buying bags.

do you have space or land to add more planters, or to plant in-ground? do you compost your kitchen scraps? do you have access to cow manure?

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Hahaha no.

overplanted the hell out of it with any seed that looked like it might make it

I'm making mistakes as fast as I can. Maybe I will scale up if I like my squash. Or maybe I will have dwarf squash because they are fighting to the death for sun.

Two squash next season. Or I dedicate it to sweet potatoes.