Butternut ...

[ina]

I finally planted out my pumpkins, courgettes, squash etc etc today: on top of the muck heap, inside tyres - and the Queensland blue covered with glass, too. Not taking any chances! It's been a blimming cold June (after the hot April and May ). Only just picked my first strawberry, too...

Btw, butternut: I planted a couple last year and didn't get anywhere with them. I think I had one small fruit between the two plants, so I decided not to grow them again this year! Maybe they just need it warmer than our climate.

[chadspad]

Am now harvesting some butternuts as the plants have completely died off. I thought butternuts were like a really, really peachy colour? Mine are more skin tone than peachy. Will they ripen in the sun now or have they not done properly?

[red]

kinda pale yellowy colour I would say

am jealous.. my butternut squash did not come to anything this year.

[ina]

None of my pumpkins have come to anything - had a few smallish courgettes and custard marrow. What a waste of muck and work...

[Millymollymandy]

Put them on a sunny windowsill indoors and eventually they will turn from the original stripy green colour to the pale beigy/yellow nutty colour and ripen! They do seem to take a long time to ripen up.

[Millymollymandy]

So..... I have 16 mini butternuts from 2 self seeded plants! Is this a record?

[Silver Ether]

tis in my book ... I only got three and they were from planted ones ... so well done lass..

[hedgewizard]

Heh. Silver Ether, you told your plants at the end of June that it would soon be lovely and warm...

...you LIED!