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My one and only baby (green at the moment) butternut squash has doubled in size since last week. However, I am not optimistic. The weather has been awful, and even if my baby does continue to grow I don't think it will have enough time to ripen. There is also the possibility that the slugs and snails will get to it before I do. However, I think that we gardeners live in hope, so I will keep hoping and see what happens.

I have about 4 fruits on my BNS biggest is about 7 inches long, smallest abot 5 inches!
(just showing off it's my first time growing them!)

Mine have been fair given a truly miserable summer. Not competition standard or loaded in the computer. will will post pics as soon as I load them in from camera. (Why do I take pics of my vegetables ? Please don't anybody answer that )

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Alice, buy a big bag of marbles. Every time you take a photo of your veg, drop a marble. When you've lost all your marbles.... you are a real virtual veg grower!

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Updated November 30th - Mr Stinky's Excellent Adventure (and a Christmas Cake)

Hello,
I had exactly the same problem with my butternut squash plants. Loads of what appeared to forming flower/buds, but NOTHING happened. In the end I pulled up the plant. Disappointment. Will try agaiin next year. Frances

My tiny fruits that came even before any flowers bloomed (an indication that they're unfertilised fruits), died off. As somebody pointed out in earlier thread, they do go yellow first and simply drop off the vine. I guess it's a useful diagnosis so you wouldn't have to set up high hope on fruits like these.

Next year I would grow butternut like I'm expecting the worst summer like we've had this year. I was late for BNS so my own fault really. Same goes for other sun loving veggies that one could plan planting on a worst case scenario. At least you know you've tried your best.

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One of the ladies where I work recently visited a RHS garden down Devon way last week, and she said that they had their squashes growing up kind of "pergola" type structures. I saw something done some months ago in either GYO or GW magazine that showed using hazel bent over to form an arch and growing the squash up this.

I might give that a go next year! Ooh, the excitement!

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Thought I'd show you my Butternuts growing on a trailer leaned up against the wall.

I've got 2 that's nearly ripe, but looks like the frost will get the others before they've had chance to grow.

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Bren

First year with butternut Crap!!!!!!!!!
just cleard the bed that had 5 butter nut plants in there was 3 about the size of a pound coin. I did not notice them till i was putting an the compost pile

I did take home 6 pumpkings (pumpkin pie )
and a weel bara full of corn Mrs D can sfrip the corn tonight as I have to go to work
Next year going to have butter nut only in one bed and put plenty of muck in ti this winter did not have time to get any muck in last year
I'm determind to get some next year (even if I have to do a fretilaty rite )
I'll do it any way just for fun

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Dobby

My squash haven't been as good as last year - but then, niether has the weather. It's miraculous I got anything at all as the weather in May nearly wiped them out. Not much sun to ripen them well this month so I don't think they'll store well I've just been eating them up. Yum, Yum.

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Hello Bren in Pots, sadly I think you are going to run out of year before your lovely looking sqash plants get to grow properly. There's always next year when you can start them earlier ready for going out as soon as frost is past. Good luck.

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Alice I think you're right

I blame the weather just hope its better next year.

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Bren

I had too many butternuts two years ago...about a dozen large fruits that I got bored of before I ate them all. Since then, nada. Last year was too hot and dry, this year too cold and wet. Here's a pic of this year's crop for you all to laugh at (don't worry he can't hear you). Its smaller than a tennis ball. the Mars pumpkin is slightly bigger, like a small football - not worth carving though

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It's great to see how everyody got on with their squash - good or bad. Isn't it funny how things do better or worse in some places - and not always where you would think.

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Two Sheds, if your b.squash is nearly the size of a tennis ball,is that lawn or table tennis. Mine have grown to the size of small marbles. Even the ornamental squashes are bigger and the pumpkins are none existant.