Is there any problem w/cutting some of the leaves on zucchini or crooked neck squash. I have a raised bed and limited space

Well I would not recommend cutting the leaves on zucchini or crooked neck squash...I experienced the same thing couple years ago and it had a lot of negative impact on the plants... My newest blog entry hcg diet review [1] [1] http://tinyurl.com/7nt7226

Thanks for the update Mountain Lesli, I had the exact same question, not about squash, but generally about trimming leaves away to give proper sunlight to other vegetables.
I did notice some stunted growth speed, as you would expect!
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An update to  my question regarding cutting the leaves of the squash/zucchini plants... I absolutely had no problems with the growth and production of veg, after cutting the leaves that were hindering the sun from reaching the neighbors of my squash/zucchini. My garden, over all, has been very successful. I appreciate the feedback from all of you that responded, and will, most certainly, use information from many of you, on what I could do next year, to keep the squash from overtaking the garden.

 

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Hi Jessica, I got _more_ flowers not larger ones -- from this cutting off older declining leaves.

Greetings, I've just joined this group and cut a great many leaves off my "8-Ball" zucchini plants two weeks ago (8-Ball is a round variety, supposedly compact plants, & supposed to make larger than usual flowers.) I'm growing zucch. for the blossoms - we love squash flower fritters. The leaves I cut were older, yellowing in many cases, or covered w/ powdery mildew, and so numerous & crowded they made harvesting difficult. I left the green, younger leaves on the plants, but the oldest 2 - 3 ft of stem has no leaves. Result: plants stopped making female flowers/squashes but made even more male flowers (the ones to harvest for eating.) Not so surprising, actually -- it takes a lot more horticultural energy to grow babies than to offer pollen. Only in the last two days now have the plants started making a few squashes again. That's ok, if you want flowers & had too many squashes. --- Marcia in CT, USA

It is not a good ideal, I would only do one or two plants to see what would happen.

Next year Look for patio & bush plants for your raised beds. That should help until you can get another bed going.

You also can plant the squash on the edge of the bed & let them run down the out side of the retaining wall. Some gardener put squash in tomato cages, but if the bush gets big the cage could fell over, unless you stake it.