[Alec Powell]

Hi all,
Grew a lot of squashes this year just for the hell of it. Most have ended up as ornaments in the kitchen but still a few growing on the plot.
Question is, are all squashes edible? Seems a waste not to use them for something rather than let them rot away on the compost heap!
Ideas??
BTW Best pumpkin on our site = 56lbs. Used by the local school in a guess the weight competition to raise funds. Great fun eh?
Cheers,
Alec (putting it all to bed now) Powell

[Heather_S]

I've seen "ornamental squashes - do not eat" advertised in seed catalogues but I don't know why they are  :?

[Annie]

Alec,what sort are you growing if they`re edible someone here will know.
I also am not sure why they are not mostly edible or maybe they are to bland to be usful.

[Alec Powell]

Alec,what sort are you growing if they`re edible someone here will know.
I also am not sure why they are not mostly edible or maybe they are to bland to be usful.

I must admit that after my original posting I remembered where I had got the seed from:
W. Robinson & Son (Seeds & Plants) Ltd
They state:
Selection of the above varieties mixed in packet. Try a lucky dip of squash. Some will have trailing habit some bush all are delicious to eat.

Therefore I would assume that we can scoff all of them :!:
Some seem to have cross-pollenated however so if you do not hear from me for sometime then you then you had better send out a search party
I will probably be somewhere between the leeks and maincrop spuds :cry: