Help me plan for cucurbits please

[cwhit590]

Steve!!!! I think drainage is the issue BINGO!!!!!
seriously I have my beds on a heavy cloth on top of that my soil is pretty heavy I betcha the problem is drainage!!!!

omg that makes perfect sense! ok time to think this one out how do I improve drainage....

that I can do!!!! I bet it is right because everything that thrives likes to be wet

I am going to try to figure out the bed drainage issue

I have 16 raised beds and all of them require so little watering because the water stays put ...so I am thinking that I need to lighten the soil and figure out how to drain better ..maybe I can put a layer of oyster shells in the bottom of one of the beds...

but crap then I have to dig out the dirt ..or even better build one more bed!

I'm glad you figured out what the problem was HiDelight! Hopefully next season you have lots of curcurbits to enjoy.

I guess we haven't run into that problem here because our soil is so sandy...