squash between brassicas

[Roger Brook]

It does not seem a good idea to me to let vigorous cucurbits overgrow brassicas in the hope that the brassicas will catch up after being overgrown when the squashes die off-which could well be in late october! I plant my cucurbits where they can overgrow soil vacated after early potatoes, broadbeans or whatever has finished early cropping. Personally I like to leave the remains of such as broad beans in situ to recycle organic matter. For those who are tidy minded the cucurbits cover up their decaying remains.