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[Ain't Nobody Here]

My butternut squash in the pot is doing waaay better than the 2 in the raised bed. Is it OK to let it trail along the patio like this? Should I be putting the trailing bits onto something softer, perhaps a flowerbed or something?

 

[Cinnamon]

Hmmm, well, I recently 'rediscovered' my Butternut Squash, after totally forgetting I had planted it, & it getting swamped by potatoes.

 

Mine is growing up & over a small willow teepee thingy, & it has gone totally mad, & is now a HUGE plant with several little fruits on it.

 

can you put it against something to scramble up, as thats what I think they like to do?

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Aha, that's why I bought a plastic thingy that canes go into to make a tepee thingy .

 

I'd forgotten all about it .

[Alis girls]

It probably would be better up a plastic thingy esp if your OH is like mine and steps on unsuspecting fruit and veg. or the kids trample it underfoot

[Lesley]

We re-discovered ours as well yesterday. I planted 6 plants in a patch and it is just a mass of green. I had seen a couple of little fruits peeping out near the edge so we looked properly.

 

We've removed a lot of the leaves as we have about 30 med sized fruits - still pale green and stripey at the moment!

 

The ones I'd seen at the edge of the patch very quickly went to a good size from tiny little 'bottles'

[Olly]

I'm very disappointed, my two have flowered - lots - but not a single fruit has set. I gave a plant to a friend, and hers is the same. Is it too late for me to hope?

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Mine's only just starting to flower now .

 

If I've learnt one thing from my first year of veg growing, it's start everything off much, much earlier in the year .

[C&T]

My one plant managed to produce 1 tiny tennis ball size fruit!!

 

Had it roasted with Sunday dinner last weekend and it tasted fantastic... (With plenty of other veg as well )

 

It seems to have had a second wind though now, and is shooting and got more flowers again now - but I am not holding out too much hope...

[Happy chickens!]

My plants look fab - they're trying to take over the allotment, loads of flowers, but only a few fruit, which are still quite small - tennis ball sized. I planted the seeds as early as it said on the packet, but am not sure with this 'summer' weather whether the season will be long enough.

 

C&T was your small fruit orange? Mine are all still green so haven't chanced trying one.

[C&T]

 

C&T was your small fruit orange? Mine are all still green so haven't chanced trying one.

 

 

Yep, was orange. Had been for a long time... Kept waiting to see if it would grow - but it stubbonly refused to!

[Lesley]

Ours have been green for ages but are just starting to change - I removed about half the leaves.

[Lesley]

Ours have very quickly gone from little green bottles to 'almost ready', I've been really surprised as I thought we would end up with nothing. The weather at the moment is certainly helping (down here in the Midlands anyway). Cutting the leaves really helped.

 

Took these photos yesterday.......

 

[Cinnamon]

I only have one now - one got slugged & 2 more went soft & dropped off

Still, I am sure it will be fab when its big enough to be useful!

 

I will make my fabulous Halloween Beanpot with it

[C&T]

Jealous??? Me??? Of all those decent size squash??

 

Noooooo

[Milly]

I think I would need the zoom lens on any photo to make my squash look that big. But I might try taking off some of the leaves - mine certainly have a lot of leaves and not much else.

[Lesley]

It is the first year I've had a crop worth taking a photo of! I planted 8 plants and we have between 30-40 fruits to harvest soon. It is the variety Cobnut which has a more uniform shape - i will certainly sow these again (as long as they taste as good as they look of course!)

[Happy chickens!]

Ok have chopped the leaves off the plant to allow more light in - but in last few days has grown and a lot more have appeared. Took camera up to take pic, but forgot!

 

I have 5 plants, cos last year I planted 3, 2 germingated and they got eaten by slugs early on, so thought plant a few more this year would make sure I had one with fruit. It's probably a good job all the flowers aren't turning into squash or I would be awash.

 

Do you put straw or anything under them to stop them rotting as they grow?

[Lesley]

I haven't, as we have a very free drininf soil in this patch - I probably would if it was clay, and the weather was wet.

[Snowy]

I haven't, as we have a very free drininf soil in this patch - I probably would if it was clay, and the weather was wet.

 

OK Lesley you've lost me there - that looks like the kind of soil I have after several glasses of wine!

[Olly]

 

I'm guessing that's free DRAINING soil ... shouldn't type with your mouth full, Lesley!

[Lesley]

I'm so sorry

 

Just as well I don't drink isn't it

 

Yes, draining......

[Lesley]

I picked the first two today - the large one weighed 2kgs

 

 

The smaller one is roasting now.......