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butternut squash
« on: May 01, 2010, 08:04 »
do i need to grow butternut squash on a trellis or can i just grow it like courget this is my first time at them and got seed from squash not packet thankyou
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Re: buternut squash
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2010, 09:22 »
I think the fruits will be heavy hanging from a trellis, I just let mine sprawl on the ground.

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Re: buternut squash
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2010, 11:57 »
I just let mine sprawl too, I put a small ceramic tile or old saucers under the developing fruits to raise them slightly off the ground.

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Re: butternut squash
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2010, 13:29 »
One of mine did climb the fence and a good size squash hung 2ft from the ground with no support , the stalks are quiet sturdy.

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Re: butternut squash
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2010, 14:13 »
thanks everyone will let them stay down

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Re: butternut squash
« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2010, 15:22 »
One of mine did climb the fence and a good size squash hung 2ft from the ground with no support , the stalks are quiet sturdy.

Butternut squash plants appear to come in two main forms = trailing and bush varieties.

Bush are compact plants that do not attempt to escape too far and grow contentedly at ground level.  ;)

Trailing, as it suggests, trail all over the flipping place... makes finding the fruit more interesting as well as restricting the plant to the place you intended it to be in. Given half a chance and a bit of encouragement, it will clamber (more than climb) over things. The fruit stems are pretty tough so can usually support the weight of the fruit without help.

I've encouraged mine (with a couple of initial bits of string to tie it in) to join the runner beans in the past and they have happily dangled from quite some height.  ;)  :)
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Re: butternut squash
« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2010, 19:13 »
So sitting down & relaxing at your plot anywhere near the beans is a bit like relaxing on a tropical beach under a palm tree - all very idyllic but something very large & very heavy could take you out at any moment  :lol:

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Re: butternut squash
« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2010, 00:04 »
So sitting down & relaxing at your plot anywhere near the beans is a bit like relaxing on a tropical beach under a palm tree - all very idyllic but something very large & very heavy could take you out at any moment  :lol:

A cocoa nut?  :wacko:

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Re: butternut squash
« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2010, 08:47 »
So sitting down & relaxing at your plot anywhere near the beans is a bit like relaxing on a tropical beach under a palm tree - all very idyllic but something very large & very heavy could take you out at any moment  :lol:

A cocoa nut?  :wacko:

Squashed !  :)

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Re: butternut squash
« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2010, 08:57 »
i have had success using woven weed sopressant,i born a small hole forthe young plant then the fruits lay on it instead of the mud thus reducing slug/worm attacks.

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Re: butternut squash
« Reply #10 on: May 03, 2010, 19:06 »
I do mine in big pots up on a makeshift surface and let them sprawl over a big patio table. I support the ripening fruit on little cushions of chicken wire to prevent them getting too wet.

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Re: butternut squash
« Reply #11 on: May 03, 2010, 19:29 »
i have had success using woven weed sopressant,i born a small hole forthe young plant then the fruits lay on it instead of the mud thus reducing slug/worm attacks.

That's what I am going for this year, interplanted with sweetcorn  :D :D :D

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