My squash has split

[lainey lou]

Dear all,
went up to the lottie this am, was proudly checking out my butternut squashes and noticed one has split anyone have an idea what would have caused this? The other two look ok and are a fairly decent size, can anyone advice when to harvest them?

Fanks, LL

[Dobby]

A simerler thing happend to our biggest pumpkin it colapsed and foled inwards, I think its dew to the wether,
I have harvested most of our pumpkins now and keep checing them for soft spots, will cook and frezze if I have to or just make lots of pumpkin pies

The one that has split can you salvage anyof it and cook it today?

[lainey lou]

Yes, good idea Doddy, think I will cook it today.
Just making a big batch of lettuce soup at the mo, yum!

[Alice]

I think Dobbys right Laineylou. Some of mine split too. I just used them up and they were fine, but no good for storing. Well, you can only eat them once .

[lainey lou]

thanks Alice.
sorry Doddy, i mean dobby (where did that come from?)

[Dobby]

lettuce soup never heard of that can you post the recipe
I made some small apple pies yesterday with cinomon pastory really nice but put too much apple in and they spiled over, oh well I know for next time

[lainey lou]

My soup making isn't a pricise science I'm afraid Dobby, it's just a case of bung it all in and hope for the best!
This is what I put in my Lettuce soup and it was yum;

1 small onion -fried off then add-
bunch of celery - chopped, stir then add
some veg stock i use marigold boullion about 1L (give or take)
then i chucked in 3 lettuce, chopped up and let them wilt
then i added 300g cashew nuts (makes it nice and creamy without adding cream/milk)
Simmer for about 20 mins then bliz in the processor
thats it! (nice served with some lovely bread and lots of black pepper)
This one is also nice done with spinich instead of lettuce.

Didn't get to go and retrive squash as my little one has ear ache.

[Alice]

I posted a recipe for lettuce soup on this thread Dobby.
http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...t=lettuce+soup

[lainey lou]

What'cha trying to say Alice?

[Dobby]

I had just never thought of cooking lettuce, just seamd wrong but im gona give it a go thanks Alice ans Lainey lou

[Alice]

I'm saying sometimes there's so much lettuce going about it good to have more than one recipe Lainey Lou. Thanks for yours.

[lainey lou]

Yours looks good too Alice,curried, yum! Just love a drop of soup!

[scared55]

Phew! I thought it was going to be soggy lettuce at twenty paces for a minute.

KK

[lainey lou]

Hahahaha

[Peter]

The split..

.... will be due to the skin partially curing in the poorer weather and internal growth re-starting with the more recent sunny weather.
Inflexible skin bursts as the flesh swells.