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Old 16-01-2007, 01:31 AM
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Default Marrows still in store

We still have three marrows in store that are in perfect condition.

My pumpkins generally last until March at least but this is the longest that I have kept a marrow, let alone three. Does anybody else have any left?
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Old 16-01-2007, 06:19 AM
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No marrows - like you I'd expect them to store for a few weeks!
Plenty of squash and one pumpkin left, some squash are just turning into their winter colours
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I have one pumpkin and 5 squashes still hanging in nets in the shed - and one in the kitchen for immediate use as the stem end fell off and it looked as though it would start to rot. Trouble is, I'm trying to get rid of the pounds I put on in Canada and over Christmas, so I'm not sure what to do with it!

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Whoops! that should read 4 pumpkins!

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Eat It Tricia and then an hours dancing for the figure.
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I have one pumpkin and 5 squashes still hanging in nets in the shed - and one in the kitchen for immediate use as the stem end fell off and it looked as though it would start to rot. Trouble is, I'm trying to get rid of the pounds I put on in Canada and over Christmas, so I'm not sure what to do with it!

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Yep, still got some striped custard marrow (patty pans grown to about 6") left.
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No marrows just one rather large pumpkin awaiting its fate.
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I have a big pile of Marrows, though I think some may have grown legs and walked back into the garden.

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Old 16-01-2007, 04:10 PM
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5 marrows (3 were meant to be courgettes), 2 butternut squashes and 3 round squashes. I grew eight ball courgettes and did not pick them fast enough so they were football sized but they have stored really well in our cellar
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I've got 4 butternuts, 3 Delicata (not keen on the taste, tbh), 2 Hokkaido and a ginormous Pink Banana left in the store room. I lost a few squashes, including my 2 turks turbans but I think that's because DH left the window open and the frost got in. I don't store marrows as we don't eat them, apart from the occasional inclusion in soup.
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