[BobandJack]

I sowed some butternut squash seeds & some Turks head turban on the 14th in paper pots & so far not a sign of germination.  Any ideas?

[DD.]

I sowed my courgettes on 16th & they are only just coming through. I've found squash can take a little longer.

Where do you have them?

[RichardA]

Agree, you could be worrying too soon, try a little bottom heat if you can and do not over water, keep damp but not wet.
R

[Salmo]

In my experience suash need more warmth than courgettes and marrows to germinate.

[Kate and her Ducks]

Mine took ages too but coming up now.

[Sadgit]

they are strange things.. I sowed 8 diff types of squash this year and most came through within  a week or so and some not at all.. so I thought they were dead seeds.. they hey presto a few weeks later they all are through now and really really must pot them on tonight!!!!!

[andreadon]

mine went in at the same time as the pumpkin and the courgette on the sunny windowsill and germinated a couple of days after the former.
can't remember how long it was in total.

[Trebor]

Germinate them in the airing cupboard with a propagator – then take them out and uncover on a windowsill or in the greenhouse. Don’t over water them at this stage.

Courgettes will come up first, then generally I find the bigger the seed the longer the germination time. I have Butternut and Turks Turban also, the Butternut were up after a couple of weeks, still waiting on the Turks Turban.

Don’t worry if they take a while longer to come up.

[Bombers]

Multi purpose compost in 3" cells, keep 'moist' put on kitchen windowsill (North facing) temperature 60-70Deg. 7 days later, hey presto! no foil, no bottom heat, no fuss....
Already starting to think of ways of killing those damb courgettes though.

[BobandJack]

I don't have a propogator but I do have an airing cupboard, might they do better in there, just in their trays with a sheet of glass on top?  It's generally pretty warm in there - well obviously, as it's an airing cupboard doh!  ATM they are under glass on a sunny window sill but it's not a warm room, I've turned the heating up in there because I thought it might be too cool for them.  I hope they come up, this germination thing is so hit and miss 

[Stripey_cat]

Last year I was visiting my mother, and I germinated mine on the shelf behind her aga - seriously, they were where I dry herbs for a couple of days!

[andreadon]

I have never found the marrow family hard to germinate.

if they're under glas on a windowsill, they'll be fien.

i always put mine on a windowsill and water when the compost feels dry.
it won't be long.

i wouldn't put them in the airing cupboard because they'll go leggy.

[BobandJack]

I have 3 butternut squash seedlings coming up but no turks head turban yet so maybe I was just impatient  Hope the rest come up though now I've turned the heating up a bit.

[Trebor]

Take them out of the airing cupboard as soon as they germinate and no problem with leginess. Agree that a windowsill should be warm enough, if it doesn’t work then try a bit more heat with the airing cupboard.

[alwayshopeful]

try a little bottom heat if you can

   

Sorry, sick imagination