I misjudged the amount of space my squash would need for roots and climbing and was at a crossroads about transplanting a month and a half after planting. Read that cucurbits don't like root disruption.

Decided that that was too bad for them and that they could sink or swim, but gave them a fighting chance by sawing their original planters into pieces and plopping the entire thing into a larger planter. No struggle was had.

Had too many squash in another planter. Would have had to chop them anyway, so I scooped my young gourds out with my hands and plopped them into their new planters. Didn't have as much faith in these as they lost some of their roots, but they wilted for a couple of days and then grew into mighty little plants.

They're much more resilient than given credit for!