Mulch Delicate Plants by Hand

So the squash plants you see here are squash plants we planted three weeks after we planted our first squash plants. Now if you want to have squash all summer long, you need to have a rotational cycle. You need to plant some one week, wait two or three weeks, plant some more, wait two or three weeks, plant some more. By the time the first batch starts to peter out, you're going to have squash from your second and third batches. It's pretty cool. So here's what we do to mulch our squash plants. And you've got to get your hands in the dirt. We just basically go around it lightly. We don't go all the way up against it. We go just like that. Now you're going to have to do your squash plants by hand. You can't get under there and right because the leaves are just too tender. Let me show you. Now for weed controlling the squash patch, you need to get your hands up underneath here. And just shake that mulch right up underneath it, okay? Just like so. Just take your hands and spread it out. Let's show you another plant. You can see these two guys don't have any mulching here. And basically, I just want to get up under there, help support that plant, help support that root system. Get under on this side. Just spread it around and make it nice. Just be sure you support these little leaves so that you don't damage them because they're very, very tender, okay?