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Thinking about getting some butternut squash seeds - Avalon F1 - but what do folk think? LJ you were praising them at one stage but then I saw a thread where you were saying you'd not got many fruits....? 
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I grew butternut sprinter last year SBP and got 4 per plant I think that was good. I'm going to grow the same again this year. If you haven't seen them before , here's some of them.
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SBP when I first grew Avalon I got great results. The variety has been produced to perform well in our country. You get a large chunky butternut squash without the thin neck and the flavour is great. I didn't grow them last year but in 2005 the weather where we live was dreadful and I got very poor results. However, some of the other squashes that year were poor. I would give them a try.[Comment
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OK LJ will do! T&M sell Avalon and they have sent a free �5 voucher to use on their seed catalogue - so thats just what I'll do!!!
Alice - interesting piccy, I thought they might look more 'pear-shaped'?Last edited by smallblueplanet; 06-01-2007, 07:24 PM.To see a world in a grain of sand
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No SBP, as L J described for the Avalon they didn't have the long thin nicks They came our either more or less round or cylindrical, whichever way, they were lovely.
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2006 was a dreadful year for Butternuts, I got about four from ten plants.
Crown Prince however was reliable as ever and I got a good number of them at good average weight.Always thank people who have helped you immediately, as they may not be around to thank later.
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Peter what was it about the weather that made it bad for butternuts?To see a world in a grain of sand
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Not sure really, the butternuts just did not make a go of it.Originally posted by smallblueplanet View Post
On another forum we had a thread on this and concensus was that butternuts were not doing well in '06.
The Crown Prince I normally grow made a decent fist of it.
Take a look at this page http://podsplot.blogspot.com/2006/09/rescue-job.html on my blog for a good picture.
My squash plot this year was 20' x 30', I planted about twenty five plants.
The butternut were a disaster, only got about six fruits.
Total harvested fruits fifty. Rest were Crown Prince and Vegetable Spagetti.Always thank people who have helped you immediately, as they may not be around to thank later.
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We grew Cobnuts and got a great harvest from them, in fact we still have around 8 or 9 in storageComment
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Am growing Barbara Butternut F1 from T&M this year - no results to report until the end of the year, but my guess is that the 'ultimate butternut' question will run and run!SSx
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I saved the seeds from two squashes I ate earlier this year - I am going to plant them later in the year as per my wall chart (what a fab suprise, thanks for this it is pinned on my notice board!) but do I grow them inside or out?How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.�
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Ah, in the end I decided against butternut this year and went for these 'Squash 'Hubbard Blue Ballet' ' for 49p in DTBrown's seed sale.
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Just acquired Avalon from a swap on your recommendation Lesley, thank you, will try it this year.
Favourite squash of all? Has to be Buttercup - smooth, dense, sweet, tasty bright orange flesh, handsome dark green skin, not too big, stores well, ideal for climbing frames
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Best squash I grew last year were Pink Banana. I got a few decent sized ones from the home garden, but the single plant I stuff in the corner of the lottie gave me two massive squash, each one over two foot long, and one has an 30" girth. I haven't weighed it yet as I'm in no physical condition to pick the bugger up. The small from from the garden was 8lbs.
I also got a few turks turban, a red warty thing, aobut 8 chunky butternuts and a couple Uchiri-wotsits (?). Oh and the Delicata kind of took over the Bramley apple tree. Got lots of those, but found I'm not that keen on the flavour - they're a bit bland and dry.Comment
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