Nutty Butternut

No miracle you just need patience But don't think you will have a huge crop in pots anyway, as they are gross feeders, and it's difficult to keep up in pots

I've had no females for a few weeks and then yesterday 4 all in one go, so yes there is still time to set and ripen

Well, there may be hope for mine then, out of 4 plants which spread everywhere we have had loads of male flowers but only today have we found a female flower with a tiny little fruit behind it. Fingers crossed that it grows and ripens, and that we get more!!

My mum always said..."Patience is a virtue, possess it if you can. Seldom in a woman, never in a man...." 
But, oh, the days seem so long waiting for the butternut squash folks! At least it looks like there may be hope for more fruits!
Thanks for your support!

My grandmother used to say: "Patience is a virtue, virtue is a grace and Grace is a little girl with mud all over her face"...... a fat lot of good that was. Never did understand it!! 

I plant my butternut squash (bush and trailers) whereever there's space and then mainly forget about them other than sloshing on some water. I germinate them in pots and add loads of pelleted manure at the time of planting them out on the plot.....and maybe sprinkle on a bit more halfway through the season.

The trailing types are mostly planted in with the runner beans or on a simple frame so they have a habit (with a bit of help) of nipping up the poles out of my way (sensible things). 

As for male and female flowers...... I just hope for some heat as this seems to be the trigger for the fruit to start forming. Little green stripy pear shaped things that gradually expand and then begin to turn sandy coloured as the skin hardens and they ripen.

I leave them where they are until the runner beans are finished and the poles ready to be cleared. It's good fun counting up fruits as you come across them and taking them home for storage.

Here's wishing you the best of luck...