While growing a wide range of different squash plants as part of a variety trial, I realised that a few plants were far more vigorous than their neighbours, which really distorted the results of the trial. And in another garden, one plant was able to take advantage of its smaller neighbours to produce the biggest crop from a single plant that I have ever produced.
0:00 Trial or competition
1:11 Looking for other varieties of squash
2:12 Squash as part of the 3 Sisters in the Polytunnel
3:20 A few plants out competed the others
5:08 Three sisters outside
6:38 Usual variety produced as expected
7:49 Smaller varieties produced a lot less
9:21 Huge variation with one variety
10:31 Why did one plant grow so big?
11:37 Bigger isn’t better
13:12 Will I do a trial next year?
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