Squash grow very fast so within a couple of weeks you should be having plenty of squash if you have little babies now...What I do is as soon as they start producing and they get say 5 inches in size and I know there are plenty behind the first...I start harvesting....nothing wrong with harvesting young and tender and the first ones always taste so good.

I picked my first 3 crookneck squashes last week, each about 4 inches long, dredged them in flour, and sauteed them, crunchy on the outside, tender inside. Oh, were they good, sweet and buttery-tasting!

OMG you are making me drool anney.. I am sooo excited. lol

From first blossom I'd say two months]

Andrew

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Squash don't take that long. Not all the blossoms will make squash of course, just the female blossoms if pollinated. But from pollinated fruitset, edible squash can be picked anywhere from 7 to 14 days.

Summer squash fruits seem to grow faster as they get bigger. By the time they're almost a useable size, you really have to be checking them every day, because they go from cute and tender to huge and seedy in record time. (I swear I had one little pattypan fruit turn into a large pumpkin overnight).

Anyone else having trouble with squash bug/borers? As anyone ever tried "Moth Balls" with any success. A lady from my church told me to try a few moth balls around each squash plant...and it's WORKING!

Good luck. I have had blooms for at least a month and still no squash. A lot of people are complaining that either their female blossoms are not being pollinated or they are getting only female blooms and no males. It is hard just watching the little squash fall off. It has been a strange gardening here with LOTS of rain.

I posted complaining of all females and no males last week. The males opened up a couple of days later. I'd say it took about a week to get my squash and zucchini to get between 5-6 inches. I fried a couple of those suckers up yesterday and plan on doing more tomorrow, they were simply delicious! The first thing to come out of my garden this year.

WTG mickee-- I have both males and females and lots of bees so i think i'll be ok w/ pollination. I'm soo excited its a strange year.. i dont have pea flowers yet but a baby zuke... oh well i just love veggies so i'll eat whatever mother nature tells me too.. :)

I have had pounds and pounds of peas, 3 small tomatoes, a few banana peppers, lettuce and green onions, but no squash yet. I hope it is soon because I keep hearing everyone talking about the bad bugs this year. I hope I get the squash before they do.

My zuchinni is doing great. I too had one plant out of four that had only female flowers open and no males opened yet. Another one next to it had female and males open so I hand pollinated the first one from the neighbor and they are growing and about ready to pick. I just used a q-tip and transfered the pollen. Looking forward to a dinner of fried zuchnni.

I've had blooms about 2 weeks I guess, but now fruit. I finally realized it was a pollination problem. I pollinated one a few days ago and it's growing nicely. I pollinated another female today.
I have a later planting that should be blooming soon. This is my first year gardening so I'm excited to say the least. Memories of my childhood are rushing forth as my mouth waters.

Pete

we lost 5 beautiful yellow squash to vine borers earlier this year, but ever since we put out the moth balls, we haven't so much as seen a squash bug. As noboby else tried this?

I thought about moth balls, but from what I understand, they're not exactly organic.

I just planted a couple zucchini plants outside some days back, and one of the buds is turning yellow and thinking about blooming. That was quick! They only had 3-4 leaves before they started putting out half a dozen flower buds.