The vertical summer squash growing has mostly been a success, though some storm damage and weather swings have been a challenge. While using a single T-post for support and pruning leaves below fruits worked well and was fairly straightforward, it felt like I had to add more ties to the plant every two days, which has been hard to keep on top of, and I had to eventually decapitate the plant when it grew over the top of the T-post and started to flop. It certainly made a lot more room to grow other things under the plant, though, and made it easier to spot fruits and pests. I did finally find two squash vine borer holes, but injecting BT into the stem with a BBQ injector seems to have killed them off. The squash is Rugosa Friulana, which I have tried to harvest about 8inches or so. It's very delicious, but I might try growing aehobak next year just for variety's sake. #nature #garden #gardening #allotment #zone6b #zone7a #vegetables