Winter squash - advice please

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robinahood

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Winter squash - advice please
« on: July 24, 2017, 17:26 »
I am growing two types of winter squash for the first time, they are doing amazingly well. One is fairly compact but the other is growing very fast. I have the space, but was wondering if I should stop some of the trailing vines so that the existing fruit can develop better, or just leave it to do its thing? The variety is Hokkaido which the blurb says performs well in the uk.

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Re: Winter squash - advice please
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2017, 17:32 »
Hokkaido, which seems to be the same thing as Red Kuri squash, and I always just leave that one to get on with it  :D

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Re: Winter squash - advice please
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2017, 08:57 »
Yes, so do I. I only really "stop" the very large fruited varieties tbh, when they have a couple of fruits set, as the smaller varieties just do get on with it themselves and smaller fruits setting later in the season still ripen up well
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Re: Winter squash - advice please
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2017, 18:16 »
Thanks, I will let it run wild and free then!

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Re: Winter squash - advice please
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2017, 21:13 »
I just let mine go, supporting it with pallets etc as it goes to keep the fruits off the soil.



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