[janet12000]

hi all.
Everyone on here keeps going on about their butternut squashes going mad and trailing all over the place, but mine are doing nothing.  :blink:
They are by no means dead, but have only grown a little bit since I planted them out.
There are 3 plants in about a 3m x 2m bed and they have been in for about 4 weeks.
Should I give up on them?

[DD.]

Squash do that and suddenly make a dash for it.

Where abouts are you Janet. A location would help, South of England will be a lot earlier than the north of Scotland!

[love-my-plot]

My butternuts are really slooooooow this year too ... taking ages to put on any growth. The pumpkin, on the other hand, is invading everywhere 

[janet12000]

Me and my pathetic squash are in Birmingham so in the middle. 
Huge amounts of rain lately, but they are not flooded or anything.

[Sal1610]

After I planted my squashes and pumpkins out, they sat in the ground for ages (3 weeks or so) looking as if they were doing nothing - then they took off, and now I'm sure if I sat and watched them, I could see them grow! I think maybe they spend a bit of time concentrating on getting new roots in, then they do all the above-ground stuff ...?

[devondave]

ive got mine in the polytunnel but it didnt do anything for ages but it was like someone gave it a boost of steroids and spilt some on the gherkins because all of a sudden they all went mad, now when I go in the polytunnel its like going into the land of the triffids, i'll take a piccy and post it tomorrow