[viettaclark]

Grew 4 plants this year instead of 2. Only got 3 squash last year and this year the grand total of....ONE!
I used the rest of a packet of Duchy Originals Waltham and they germinated fine, produced wonderful, strong plants that spread for miles, plenty of insects around for pollination but the male and female flowers just didn't synchronize properly.
I'm green with envy at the harvests some of you have had because I tended them lovingly. They were in huge pots with plenty of goodness in the soil and fed regularly.
Has anyone else had probs with this particular seed or is it just me?
Next year I'm trying Harrier F1 and Festival. And planting MORE plants!!!

[rubyrose]

Hi hope this makes you feel better I grew cobnut for the first time this year and only got two from 8 plants and a green one that looks more like a marrow. Also have grow festival and they have done really well so will grow them again next year.

[1st time veg grower]

I grew 2 plants of 'Hunter' and got zero. Nada. None.

[lacewing]

I decided to try a Italian squash this year called 'Lunga Di Napoli'. The plant prodoced four enormous squash. I harvested one last week and the weight was 25lbs. I think one will keep me going for the entire winter.... hope it tastes good!!

[vet]

I don't think that's what they wanted to hear lacewing

[bigben]

I have grown 5 butternut squash, 5 pumpkin plants and 10 of another squash I ate and planted the seeds. Less than half of them have produced fruit but some have produced more than one. The butternut were hopeless - I think I will get two plants with a worthwhile squash on. The Pumpkin seeds I was given have produced 2 decent sized pumpkins (though they did produce others that just rotted for some reason). The best one seems to be the seeds from the squash I bought, ate then dried the seeds, planting them a couple of weeks later! More than half of them have produced at least one squash.So much for F1 hybrids!

[digalotty]

i planted 1 butternut squash plant and have only harvested 1 squash so far , but the plant is around 6metre long and as atleast another 10 on but will they mature this late on

[Sweet Pea 2]

nothing for me his year either, but I started them a little late.  Last year I got a reasonable harvest from the same seeds.

[viettaclark]

I'm wondering if it's using old seed? Although the plants were healthy enough it may affect flowering?

[sloworm]

I have also tried Duchy Original butternut lots of growth and flowers but no squash as far as I can see  on the otherhand those that have self seeded from the compost bucket seem to have a couple of fruits each  Oh well try again next year I suppose 

[lacewing]

I don't think that's what they wanted to hear lacewing

Sorry, thought I was on squash recommendation thread!

[Hoehoehoe]

Hi Lacewing I also can recommend Lungo di Napoli.  A dark green butternut squash.  I also like Tromba D'albenga presume that is classed as a BNS as well.  Now that does have a good flavour and crops much more readily that the acorn shaped ones.  Hunter, harrier and cobnut all not that productive.  Lots of leaves.

[SUTTY1]

 i planted 8 butternut this year and will not get a single squash  , i used fresh seed off the same type that gave me a good crop last year.
i gave a neighbor 5 seedlings and by the end off year he'll have had 15-20 off them

p.s. pumpkins, summersquash grown in same area did ok.
Well, theres always next year to bring a different selections of success's and failures, all part off the fun,lol

[Yorkie]

I've done BNS for the last two years and just don't give them a long enough growing season.

Not going to bother with that variety next year.

[smc]

I grew 2 plants of 'Hunter' and got zero. Nada. None.

hey! i grew two hunter butter plants  and got loads, dug a deep hole filled it with manure and veg, black sheets over the top, in the hot weeks [and throughout] watered with comfrey and i have had loads  they are just taking the bell shape now