Climbing squash other than trombos

[MyWifesBrassicas]

Good evening trombo growers and any other potential climbing squash.

I've never grown trombos before and really looking forward to what grows.
However, this has got me thinking about any other squash I can elevate.

My apologies about starting a new thread, my thinking is that squash, other than trombo's could deserve their own thread, if not please tag it onto other more appropriate threads, maybe the curcurbits one.

I've attached a pic (not mine) of elevated squash, something reminiscent of the hanging gardens of Babylon.

Is it the case that all trailing squash and pumpkins want to climb or do they prefer to amble across the floor taking huge amounts of valuable space, or do they all produce tendrils and thus capable of climbing?

Does anyone else allow their squash to climb?
What varieties would do that with

[veggiechicken]

One I prepared earlier...........https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...hes_81798.html

[MyWifesBrassicas]

One I prepared earlier...........https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...hes_81798.html

Thats a good thread, the kind of thing i was thinking.
How did everyone do with their climbing squashes?
There's little findings or pictures to how things went

[veggiechicken]

All the old Forum pictures were lost a couple of years ago unfortunately.
Apart from the small squashes, like Patty pans and Winter festival I didn't do too well.
Not all squashes have tendrils and can climb for themselves. Many are trailers and sprawlers and need to be tied in to the uprights to make them "climb". I'm not very meticulous about doing that so then ended up in heaps rather than climbing!

[MyWifesBrassicas]

Mmmm, need to work out which variety has tendrils or not, I want them to climb themselves, I cant be bothered forcing them up a structure

[Mudsweatandtea]

I've got quite limited space here so usually grow vertical. It's a mixed bag as on one hand you have very few damaged fruit from pests, damp etc in addition to better airflow around the plants making them less prone to powdery mildew. For winter squash I seem to get more even ripening too as they are getting sun from all sides. But on the other, the vines can't put down secondary roots to gather extra nutrients. This does limit the number of fruit the plant can support (and the amount of vine growth which I guess can be a boon if your looking for space efficiency). My personal favourites for growing this way are the new England sugar pie pumpkins (I think small sugar are the same) and Thelma Sanders sweet potato squash. These are outright the best croppers and don't require extra support for the fruit in addition to being amazingly versatile and flavorful (imo). This will be my first year doing vining summer squash but I imagine it will be the same story.
Hope this helps

[MyWifesBrassicas]

I've got quite limited space here so usually grow vertical. It's a mixed bag as on one hand you have very few damaged fruit from pests, damp etc in addition to better airflow around the plants making them less prone to powdery mildew. For winter squash I seem to get more even ripening too as they are getting sun from all sides. But on the other, the vines can't put down secondary roots to gather extra nutrients. This does limit the number of fruit the plant can support (and the amount of vine growth which I guess can be a boon if your looking for space efficiency). My personal favourites for growing this way are the new England sugar pie pumpkins (I think small sugar are the same) and Thelma Sanders sweet potato squash. These are outright the best croppers and don't require extra support for the fruit in addition to being amazingly versatile and flavorful (imo). This will be my first year doing vining summer squash but I imagine it will be the same story.
Hope this helps

Thank you very much, huge help

[SelkirkAlex]

I grow gem squash every year with reasonable success and although boring crown prince are pretty reliable too

[Scarlet]

I've grown a few up arche frames over the years but haven't for a while as the kids decided they didn't like them much....the smaller varieties you can tie in and you can support the fruit if required. Maybe jack be little, festival and Kuri are worth a shot.

[Trouvere]

The last 2 years I have made a Multi-Storey Squash Park. I'm sure the vines would be happier rooting in at intervals, but I don't have the space to indulge them. So I plant 6 plants at one end of a bed, giving them only about 3 square feet each (but feeding them well through the season), and train the vines up off the ground and then horizontally above the length the bed in two tiers, about 4 and 7 feet up. I think it is easier than trying to go vertical and they seem to get the idea without too much tying in being required. On the ground underneath them, I can then also plant bush squash like Honey Bear or Cornell's Bush Delicata.