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    Squashes etc

    I have resisted sowing much in the way of squashes/cucumbers and courgettes so far - aside from a few of the ones that state March sowing in UK packaging. Even then I managed to sit on my hands until last week and have only done a few.

    I have lots of squash seeds here just waiting. I am however a bit wary of doing too many too early.

    Has anyone sown any butternut or other winter squashes yet? If so what? I am eager to sow (crown prince/thelma sanders etc). I also have collective farm woman melons and a plethora of other things.

    They all say April - I am eager but my gut says wait a bit longer.
    While wearing your night clothes, plant cucumbers on the 1st May before the sun comes up, and they will not be attacked by bugs.
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    I'm waiting too David. The squash seeds grow so vigorously I think it's worth waiting until at least the end of this month
    Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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    • #3
      Yes, please don't sow me until the end of the month - I don't like the cold

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      • #4
        Phew, you know how it is. Been working stupid hours the last month or so. Been getting withdrawl symptoms from the garden and it is stressful seeing piles of seeds you want to sow.

        While wearing your night clothes, plant cucumbers on the 1st May before the sun comes up, and they will not be attacked by bugs.

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        • #5
          Definitely too early yet.

          Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

          Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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          • #6
            Collective farm woman melons lol.....iv planted loads into plastic cups and have some at ten cms. i plan on growing maxi pumpkins,potirons,waltham butternut,medium pumpkins,atlantic giant ones,prince squash, patissons???,decorative gourds?? And i think thats about it..i have pregerminated most in a damp napkin placed inside a foodbag and then in a tuppaware tub in the west window...the weather here in france is pretty similar to the uks

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            • #7
              Originally posted by bretty666 View Post
              iv planted loads ..........
              I hope you've got lots of space to keep them warm until you can plant them out as they grow so fast you can almost see them getting bigger

              Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

              Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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              • #8
                In the process of making cold frames...well thats my intention anyway.i have gathered my materials together so i should end up doing it. as for growing space.. iv got nearly 17,000m2 id like to supply my commune with pumpkins for halloween. pretty much all my seeds arr self saved so its nit costing anything but time

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                • #9
                  I'm leaving mine in the box file for now, and am concentrating on slower growing, hardier plants. Squashes always grow really quickly for me, so I can't nurse them inside for too long.
                  My allotment and cooking blog.

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                  • #10
                    I've sown 2 of each of the following

                    Blue Hubbard
                    Harrier (Butternut Squash)
                    Spaghetti Squash
                    Sweet Dumpling
                    Pumpkin Big Max

                    The first 4 have all germinated in the last day or so. They will live in the spare bedroom window for a while yet and then go out into the polytunnel.

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