Is this normal squash growth?

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I took a look at my squash this morning and I can't believe how proliferative this one squash bunch is I've never seen this many bugs clustered together is this normal? Does anybody else have squash that grows like this?

Janet Pizaro · Answer

If you mean buds, no they should have been pinched back,as they will produce small fruit. Rule of thumb just like tomatoes is to pinch the over crowded flowers so that your crop sends out larger yield verses small fruit.

B Juliana Leo · Answer

WOW, what you feeding it! LOL I've never seen this before, and I grow squash every season. Maybe pinching back is good... but as a word of caution. Check the vine, closest to the ground. IF you see like a residue coming from the stalk, it means you have the squash borer beetle. And the plant will soon die. HOW I fixed this, was to cut a Slit into the stalk...lengthwise...closest to the hole - if you see the Borer, pull it out with a Tweezer, and then pack dirt around it. This has saved many a plant from dying too soon. Squash borers seem to come around the same time the plant is the hardiest. The larvae is planted by a type of Fly, early on when the plant is just growing...and the larvae seems to grow with the plant. I know this was off subject, but with a plant doing this good...Be aware. Juliana

Berniemcginty1950 · Answer

I have grown lots of squash and have never seen one like this. As for as growing smaller squash because of this, personally, I like small squash and would let it grow and pick as soon as they mature to about 6 inches long. Let us know how many you have on this one.

Berniemcginty1950 · Answer

I have grown lots of squash and have never seen one like this. As for as growing smaller squash because of this, personally, I like small squash and would let it grow and pick as soon as they mature to about 6 inches long. Let us know how many you have on this one.

Anna M.S. · Answer

I'm not a master gardener, and I have no idea why this has occurred. Your county extension service, or the agriculture department at a state university might help.

What I'd almost give my eyeteeth for is a chance to let several of these clustered squash go to seed, carefully save them, then plant the seeds next year to see if you have a 'new' type of squash.

Sunshine · Answer

I have 18 on mine 3 big and growing

Barbara C · Answer

I am a Master Gardener and have never seen this.

Delores Snellen · Answer

I would save the seeds from one of the squash and see if they grow like this next year

Anna M.S. · Answer

Barbara C, could this be an genetic mutation? Isn't this the way variations of plants are developed/discovered? Like variegated leaves or different colors of flowers?

Gina · Answer

Whatever you are feeding it must be awesome! I have seen flower clusters like this but never seen that many set fruit!

Brittany · Answer

Same here! I've never seen before

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