Squashes in Scotland - greenhouse or outside?

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HaggisWhisperer

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Squashes in Scotland - greenhouse or outside?
« on: April 19, 2009, 13:43 »
I'm trying to grow some squashes this year and I was wondering whether anyone else in Scotland has had any success? I'm trying two summer squash (summer crookneck and and orange patty pan) and two winter squash (Boston [an early hubbard] and Burgess vine Buttercup) - the vines for the winter type are (allegedly) quite compact.

I have been lucky enough to inherit a reasonably sized greenhouse shaped like an igloo  :lol: and my little squash plants have been out there for a little over a week. They are all still in pots and seem to be doing fine. It was my original intention to grow them vertically in the greenhouse but reading some other threads I was wondering whether I should be thinking of putting them outside? Although the greenhouse is in a nice sunny spot, the veg plot isn't quite so lucky and only gets a couple of hours a day (and that is when the sun is shining).

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peterjf

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Re: Squashes in Scotland - greenhouse or outside?
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2009, 13:48 »
grow them out doors from about mid may ,

should be starting them off now

so they are ready to plant out in mid may its a geographical thingy bob ,

southern counties grow earlier then us in yorkshire,

so you are after us ,

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realfood

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Re: Squashes in Scotland - greenhouse or outside?
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2009, 20:26 »
I grow Summer Squash and Winter Squash in Glasgow and I would not plant out till late May or early June after the last frost. Even then, I would provide some cloche protection for two or three weeks to get them off to a flying start.


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