Butternut squash anybody?

I've decided to try a little experiment. Ive got some seeds, which I took out of a shop bought one about 6months ago. Iv'e planted them in some compost and put them in my little make shift mini greenhouse. To be honest I hav'nt got enough room in my garden to grow them. If they do take off does anyone know if they can be grown in pots?

 

If they germinate you might have a chance.

But Squash plants can be very big so I would give each plant at least one growbag or at least a 15" pot to give it any chance and hope it wasn't originally grown somewhere hot that won't appreciate our "Tropical" climate.

 

Thanks VMD,I'll have a go and put them some where warm.I've got nothing to loose.A couple of years ago I found a stray squished cherry tom at the back of the fridge,so dried out the seeds and ended up with 8 tom plants which did fantastic. the ones I gave away apparently did well also. Has anyone else got a success story they had with an experiment they tried?

 

O2,Shiney has a thread on here with all details and photos for growing Butternut Suashes.I am not sure where it is though so perhaps he can bring it forward for you.:thumb:

Mr Kandy wants to try them this year and has saved some from a shop bought one.I thik they need lots of ground to grow in though.Good luck with them:thumb:

 

Mine are in 4"pots ready to plant into a growbag first time too.

 

Thanks Kandy and scotcat.We''ll have to keep each other updated. I'm really looking forward to it.Lets see if I can get past the pot stage:D:confused:

 

You can train squashes - including butternut - as climbers if you are short of space. For bigger squashes you may need nets to support the fruit as it gets bigger. I think it looks lovely:

 

I grew two butternut plants,(from a seed packet) last year, they took over a quarter of my allotment,and the fruits keep rotting off, a total waste of time and effort! ( though the compost bins benefited!)

Some years ago we had a very sweet melon, bought from the shop, I saved some seeds from it, they germinated fine, and were planted inside the greenhouse, they grew all over the place, but no melons, another total waste of time and effort!

If I were you I would chuck them on the compost heap, though I would expect someone else to come on here and say "THEY" had the most wonderful crop from their saved seed.

Cherrio !!!!!

 

Sorry to hear that MB,as I say mines only an experiment. If nothing happens no big loss. I would be proper miffed if I had been in your shoes though,taking over your allotment like they did, with no reward at the end. 02

 

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More like Triffids than squashes come to think about it !!!!!!!!!

Cherrio !!!!!!.

 

I am hoping to sow the butternut Squashes either today or this weekend as I don't want them too large before planting out.I like the idea of growing them upwards if they are going to go marching down the plot.I expect thta we will need strong supports for them though.:thumb:

I will let you all know how well we do with them as they get growing

 

Never tried butternut. Although I managed to grow vegetable spaggetti one year. Those are part of the squash family I think.