Butternut Squash Advice

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Butternut Squash Advice
« on: July 11, 2011, 12:43 »
Hi Everyone,

Does anyone have any tips about growing Butternut Squash?  I've been given a plant and presumed that it like high water and fertilizer - full sun.  Right?   :)
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Re: Butternut Squash Advice
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2011, 13:12 »
Yeh thats right, plenty of water and organic material.

Dig a hole 12" square and deep and add plenty of well rotted manure/compost and then back fill the hole with the soil, then plant on top of the mound and water well.

You are a bit late but then again it depends on the size of your plant, you may get a crop but it depends on Autum and early winter as to when the frosts arive.

Give it a go if you've got the space, you've got nothing to lose by trying.

Feed once a week with a liquid fertiliser when it begins to flower.

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Re: Butternut Squash Advice
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2011, 07:30 »
Hi there,

Sounds like your doing the right thing to be honest.
Although i keep mine in large cold frame - which i open and close dependant on the weather.
I've made a first attempt this year also with some strange results to be honest.

I've already had 3 squash the size of a coffee / tea cup.  I picked them as they had turned the yellow colour - Very nice though.

But, i only have 1 growing at present out of 5 plants. No real flowers as yet, mostly male flowers at the bud stage.

I'm pretty impatient to be honest - and want more more more.

What knind of liquid fertiliser would you guys recommend ???

Cheers and good luck,
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Re: Butternut Squash Advice
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2011, 07:37 »
I use tomato fertiliser on mine, but I know others use comfrey liquid or stinging nettle liquid etc..

I just like tomato fertilser as it supports fruit growth --  :)
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Re: Butternut Squash Advice
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2011, 07:56 »
Hi again,

Please excuse my ignorance, but when you say fertiliser is that the same as tomato feed ??

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Re: Butternut Squash Advice
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2011, 08:23 »
Yes, it is. Once upon a time everybody here knew nothing about gardening and had to ask about it or read about it, so don't worry about asking questions.


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Re: Butternut Squash Advice
« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2011, 19:42 »
You do not normally pick Winter squash or butternuts until the plant dies down in the Autumn. It is only then that they reach their maximum taste and sweetness.

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Re: Butternut Squash Advice
« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2011, 19:49 »
You can pick them as soon as the colour changes, you don't have to wait until the plant dies down  :)
 If there are still some that have not ripened late in the year and a frost if forecast, you can cover them with fleece


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