Growing Gem Squash: Underrated Squash Variety | Best Tasting Squash!

15 tips on how to grow Gem Squash: one of the most underrated vegetables and a little-known squash variety with delicious flavour and taste! If you've never grown gem squash (aka Rolet squash, or Little Gem Rolet trailing squash) I highly recommend growing this beautiful round green squash variety. In my opinion it's one of the best tasting squash and veggies out there! Gently sweet, comforting, smooth and creamy. More moist than dry, yet not watery. It's somewhere between a winter squash and a summer squash: winter squash because of its hard skin, but a summer squash since it needs warmth and heat to really thrive and is best picked before the weather cools. I really think it's one of the best squash to eat; one of the tastiest squash for baking or boiling. Whether you're in the UK like me, in South Africa, America, Australia or anywhere else in the world, this video shows my vegetable gardening suggestions & recommendations for growing gem squash from seed, through to Cucurbita pepo seedling and to fully grown plant. You can start planting gem squash seeds at home, in pots / containers or in the ground. And as you'll see: "Can you grow gem squash in uk even outdoors?" Yes! I hope my 15 tips will be helpful to you on your growing adventure :) M E N T I O N E D L I N K S : Zucchini / Courgette Growing Guide:    • Growing Zucchini in Containers: How t...   T I M E S T A M P C O N T E N T M A P: 0:05 What is Gem Squash? 0:39 Tip 1: Picking the right seed 0:50 Gem Squash is not the same as Round Zucchini or courgettes 1:15 Tip 2: Grow in warm temperatures (follow temp guide for figuring out when to plant gem squash in South Africa or any country you live in) 2:56 Yields I got: how many gem squash per plant? 3:14 Tip 3: Give them lots of space (pot size & how to grow squash in a container, and how to grow squash vertically) 4:26 Tip 4: How long does gem squash take to grow? slower than zucchini 5:13 Tip 5: Be careful of the prickly spines 5:50 Tip 6: Allow horizontal growth before training upwards 7:32 Tip 7: Give them something to climb 8:28 Tip 8: Keep the flowers dry 10:05 Tip 9: Shiny fruit means successful pollination 10:40 Tip 10: Leave squash over 21 days on vine to mature for best tasting squash 10:46 The Fingernail Test to check if squash is ready 12:20 Tip 11: Give fruit space to descend 13:00 Tip 12: Support & protect squash with slates, tiles and/or netting 13:58 Tip 13a: Tips on pruning 14:25 Tip 13b: Tips on watering 14:35 Tip 13c Tips on fertilizing 15:22 Tip 14: Understanding squash problems: what it means if baby squash goes yellow & falls off 16:14 Tip 15: Cooking tips: how to make gem squash & safety taste test tip Music Credits: Gimme back my Ya ya by Dan Lebowitz 5 O July by Dan Lebowitz Parkside by Dan Lebowitz Jerimiah's Song by Dan Lebowitz The Gift by Reed Matthius Coming Home by Dan Lebowitz Glen Canyon by Dan Lebowitz Michigan Greens by Dan Lebowitz Surrender by Dan Lebowitz -- Thanks to all the amazing gardening youtube channels for teaching me and inspiring me to grow my own food! Special thanks for the inspiration to Claire at ClairesAllotment, Kevin Espiritu at Epic Gardening and Jacques, Gary Pilarchik at The Rusted Garden, Cali Kim at CaliKim29, Luke at Migardener, Lee at Project Diaries, GIY, Quickcrop, GrowVeg, Scott Head, Liz Zorab at Byther Farm, Charles Dowding, Tony at Simplify Gardening, Mark Valencia at Self Sufficient Me, Susan's In The Garden and Erica's little Welsh garden! Also so much appreciation for the garden gurus on the gram like the spicy moustache, Airam Morlett at itsthymetogarden & Chris Chung at fluent.garden. Finally, thank you to all the amazing people on fb gardening & grow your own groups and forums that were always there on hand for support and to answer questions throughout the growing process :)