Hi all,I have a couple of BNS growing quite nicely.They both have quite a few fruits on them all about 2-3" long.My question is do i let them all grow or do i nip some of and limit the plant to just a few
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I've grown BNS in the west of Scotland - sunny, south facing slope. I got 3 to 4 decent squash per plant. After the plants had set 4 fruits I stopped the runners . That seemed to work well enough. You're a good bit further south. Maybe you could let the plants do more.
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Yes, Droppey, just nip them off. You might like to let a few grow for a week or two and then select the best, allowing them to space out along the plant if you can. The reason for this is because occasionally you get one which hasn't been pollinated and it drops off... depressing when you've just culled all its neighbours! Try to space them along the plant so that there are plenty of surrounding leaves to feed each fruit. You're in a similar area to me and I leave 3 - 4 on each plant, but a lot depends upon the variety too, I tend to grow 'Harrier'.Last edited by bluemoon; 20-07-2009, 10:04 PM.Into each life some rain must fall........but this is getting ridiculous.
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Originally posted by Alice View PostI've grown BNS in the west of Scotland - sunny, south facing slope. I got 3 to 4 decent squash per plant. After the plants had set 4 fruits I stopped the runners . That seemed to work well enough. You're a good bit further south. Maybe you could let the plants do more.
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Hi I am new to growing butternut squash, in fact I am a virgin with regards to growing any vegtables!
I have just returned from a week on holiday and found there are quite a number of fruits on the two plants I am growing, most are about 2" in lenght. So I am going to wait another week or so to see which fruit develop best before removing the others.
I have given the plants any feed as yet, so persumably i should begin now? I was planning to use my tomato feed?
I have also noted that some of the leaves have begun to exhibit a tinge of yellow, is this becuase of the lack of feed or some other issue?
Finally once I have choosen my "special" fruit to continue there life how do I stop the runneras?
Thanks in advance.
Simon
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Mine haven't even flowered yet, let alone set fruitI could not live without a garden, it is my place to unwind and recover, to marvel at the power of all growing things, even weeds!
Now a little Shrinking Violet.
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Originally posted by BarleySugar View PostMine haven't even flowered yet, let alone set fruit
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Originally posted by BarleySugar View PostMine haven't even flowered yet, let alone set fruit
*watches and waits to see if anything else happens*
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