Is anyone else growing yellow scallop squash?

**selfraising** · 18-07-2010, 09:07 PM

Hi yes I am. Took ages for fruit to develop. As with you loads of flowers but no fruit. Now have two small fruits but they don't seem to be growing very quickly.

**CaroltheCarrot** · 18-07-2010, 09:09 PM

I have one teeny tiny squash from three plants so far

**vicky** · 18-07-2010, 09:10 PM

Growing scallops but not the GYO seeds (which I managed to lose?), same with mine, they are the slowest of the squashes/pumpkins to set fruit...come on!

**zazen999** · 18-07-2010, 09:16 PM

Picked my first one about 2 hours ago. About 3 inches diameter.

**smallblueplanet** · 18-07-2010, 09:23 PM

I assume they're a type of patty pan squash? If so they tend to like warmer summers than we often get, but can be picked small or left to get biggish (6"-8") and eaten as squash (they'll often keep for months too).

**binley100** · 18-07-2010, 09:24 PM

I have two plants, one has about half a dozen baby squashes growing . The other one has nothing , but I live in hope.

**selfraising** · 18-07-2010, 10:00 PM

Originally posted by smallblueplanet View Post

I assume they're a type of patty pan squash? If so they tend to like warmer summers than we often get, but can be picked small or left to get biggish (6"-8") and eaten as squash (they'll often keep for months too).

Yes they are. We have had a heatwave down here but I live in hope of having a 6" squash. Oh well I guess small is beautiful

**kingkano** · 18-07-2010, 10:58 PM

I have 2 plants of yellow patty pans. 1 (in a pot) has been prolific - already had maybe 10 off it. The other has just got 2 very small fruits on so far waiting for them to swell. I think it seems a bit random!!

6" geez I rather them about 2.5/3"

**Alison** · 19-07-2010, 11:43 AM

Mine haven't produced anything edible yet but are now flowering well so it's only a matter of time. Put one in last year (very late though) and it did nothing even though a normal green courgette which went in about 4 weeks later cropped until first frosts.

**Bex** · 19-07-2010, 05:15 PM

Mine's doing nothing, lots of flower buds but none have opened yet.

**Professor Peabody** · 19-07-2010, 10:36 PM

I've got four plants that have grown quite big, all have flowers on but only one little fruit has formed.

**Dane End Dolly** · 20-07-2010, 07:56 AM

lots of flowers .......no fruit........i am a patient woman

**w33blegurl** · 20-07-2010, 07:59 AM

same here...i however am not that patient.....i want squash!!!!

**StephenH** · 20-07-2010, 09:59 AM

Originally posted by NewbieGardenerRow View Post

I decided to grow some from the free seeds that we got with the GYO magazine.
I have some huge plants with lots of male flowers but absolutely no squash yet.
Am I being impatient?

Yes, I am, and same with me - lots of male flowers but no female ones yet. I think this is normal. My pumpkin (the one which also came free in the same issue - can't remember the name) and my courgette (Tondo di Piacenza) also produced nothing but male flowers at first, but are now producing fruit, so I trust the squash will follow suit soon.

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