I started a small vegetable garden and some heavy rain flattened my zucchini squash plants. They were standing so tall and pretty, until the rain hit. Now they are flattened. Should I be concerned? Will they start to stand tall again? Should I put some more soil on the stems to make them stand up again? Help!
Rain damaged my Zucchini plants. How do I prevent?
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Don't worry, they will stand back up and be fine. Just give them a little time. But, from looking at the pictures it appears that you have 2 or 3 plants growing together. And they are all growing too close to each other. They should be at least 2 feet apart. Squash plants get BIG and if too close together shade each other thus reducing or stopping production.
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If they are bush plants, then, as Chuck says, they are too close together, & remove the two middle ones & place elsewhere, however, if they are vines, they can be trained West, South, East, North, & you'll get away with that.
This is often done with other cucurbiteae, like ridge cucumbers.
Your sweetcorn may give you more trouble, as they like to be grown in blocks of at least 4x4.
This is often done with other cucurbiteae, like ridge cucumbers.
Your sweetcorn may give you more trouble, as they like to be grown in blocks of at least 4x4.