chelle said:
Rita, you've done wonders with the squash that you've grown in containers! I'm really impressed. I'd always thought that most squash and melons had to be grown in the ground. Now, we know differently. 
I wouldn't try watermelon or pumpkin in containers but zucchini and summer squash do just fine. On the cantaloupe type melons, they like the fact that the soil warms up nicely in the containers. But the fruits are smaller than ones in ground but there are more of them.
Squash I like in the containers. What with the SVB problems I will not be ever growing them in ground. The one in a pot method allows me to inspect each plant much more than if I had in ground ones. By the time they outgrow the pots they are pretty much done for anyway. I just have new plants coming along.
