[ApplegateRanch]

First, you would have to define “grow” LOL

I have tried several times, and have managed to get a mature plant or two as much as 18-24” tall, with a few goose egg sized fruits. Unfortunately, they were Black Beauty, so should have been the size of an ostrich egg.

Like banana squash, melons, pole limas, okra, and a few others, we just don’t have the season length & heat for it. Wish I could help.

http://www.uvm.edu/vtvegandberry/factsheets/fleabeetle.html

Much the same: http://www.planetnatural.com/pest-problem-solver/garden-pests/flea-beetle-control/

additional & more detailed here http://www.agrisk.umn.edu/cache/ARL02958.htm

[Mrs. Don-o]

Thanks for the insights, esp. the flea beetle advice. I think this means war!!!