Should I cut off some of the runners on my hubbard squash

Question

Some fruit has already set, but the runners keep sending out more length and forming more flowers. Will this send nutrients away from the developing squash? I have a rather short growing season here (northern Maine), so I need the squash that has already developed to ripen.

Answer 1

It is true that pinching off the tips of squash runners (after fruits have started to form) will allow the plants to spend more energy producing squash.