Butternut Squash germinatated

Good progress Scotkat but do as David says and get them pricked out pretty smartish and make sure you have lots of spare ground because if they are anything like Pumpkins they will soon travel miles :D

[ 11. March 2008, 12:31 PM: Message edited by: Kandyfloss ]

 

Good Morning David and Kandy pricked out and all potted and now in greenhouse.

By last night they were even taller must have been too hot in kitchen window sill for them .

I was going to nip in to my greenhouse yesterday to pot them up but the rain was coming out of the sky like I dont know what.

Never grow these before ,should I grow in green house through the season or get them outdoors when frost is past.

Would like to contain the roots.

 

Photo of squash now potted up.

 

Hi Skotkat,Shiney I think is the expert on growing butternut squash plants

If they are like Pumpkins then you won't be able to put them outside until after the last frosts which for us in the Midlands is June time. :rolleyes:

You will have really big plants by then as you have seen how big they have grown just in a couple of days.If you are going to put them in a polytunnel then you are probably ok to have them growing early but until you ask Shiney or anyone else that has grown them,then I am afraid I cannot give you a proper answer,sorry.

Looking at your plants it won't be long until you have to prick them out again into bigger pots as they are fast growers.When I grew my pumpkins the other year,I didn't start mine off until May time.

Hope you get the advice that you need

 

Squashes, are members of the cucurbit family, which includes pumpkins, marrows and cucumbers so shouldn`t be planted outside until the frosts are well past. Ideally, they SHOULD be planted under cover.

 

Could I plant in growbags or need to be something much deeper DP.

 

ScotKat, I don`t think have enough root space in a growbag. You could try Westland " planters " which are bigger and very effective.

 

Scotkat - In 2006 I grew Butternut Squash for the first time and planted two in our polytunnel. We went away on holiday for three weeks in June and when we got back the things had grown like triffids! They were taking up so much space that I dug one of them out.
Last year I didn't grow any in the tunnel but grew two in the veg plot. They took longer to mature, but we still got plenty squashes, despite the lousy summer.
The Westland 'planters' David has mentioned are excellent - I used them for the first time last year mainly to fill my tomato pots and spud buckets.
I've just sown this year's squash seeds in the propagator.