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I have a very healthy butternut squash which is now about 6ft long. However, I haven't had a single flower which I though I would have had by now. What can I do to get it to start flowering ??
Angela
Angela
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Mine are shorter, and flowering, some have a couple of baby fruits too.
Have you been over-doing the feed? That would be my first guess.All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb. -
Where have you planted it? You may just have to be patient, but 6 feet long with no flowers is unusual.Comment
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They grow to 6'? There's no way I've left enough room for my 4!Current Executive Board Members at Ollietopia Inc:
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Ollie, you should have planting distance on your seed packet?All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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You're probably right!Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
They were a last-minute idea, I got a free packet from a BBC promo' in town and decided to slot them in between by potatoes and tomatoes.
I'm hoping that the potato crop will be out before they get too big and I'll have some extra space. Otherwise, It was all in vain!Current Executive Board Members at Ollietopia Inc:
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dig in seed instructions said 90 cm ( 36 inches in old money ) apart so you could be ok OllieLast edited by enrich100; 16-07-2009, 06:57 PM.Thought For The Day
If a plum tomato breaks the law when it’s young
Would it’s criminal past ketchup with it later?Comment
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to be honest I probably haven't even left that much, they're already being swamped by the far-advanced toms and pots, but I'm sure we'll work something out.Originally posted by enrich100 View Post
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Don't panic Ollie, they will wend their way through whatever's in their way and still bear fruit. Mine last year went through the onions and sweetcorn. All was well and I had some lovely fruit. The onions and corn didn't suffer either.Originally posted by OllieMartin View PostComment
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Mine are planted next to triffids so spacing won't be a problem when the meteor Storm starts
(two things that scared as a kid were the living daylight out of me were the Cyber Man in Doctor Who and The Day of the Triffids, I still can't turn my back to a Gladioli just in case it attack me)Last edited by enrich100; 16-07-2009, 07:24 PM.Thought For The Day
If a plum tomato breaks the law when it’s young
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Dont worry they will criss cross then the fun is when they die back finding all the hidden squashComment
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