Topic: can i use asda butternut squash seeds

[woody]

Can i use these squash seeds from asdas or would they have ben nuked!

Cheers
woody

[glow777]

dont know about asda but aldi work - you could play it safe and buy a packet from alan romans @50p

http://www.alanromans.com/product.asp?numPageStartPosition=1&strPageHistory=cat&strKeywords=&strSearchCriteria=&PT_ID=223&P_ID=727

[philcooper]

All seed sold in the EU has to meet strict germination and purity conditions. You can buy with safety from the "cheap stores" - and save on the postage you would pay to Mr Romans

Phil

[dandelion]

Do you mean seed  collected from a squash bought at Asda? The seed may not come true if the squash is an F1 hybrid. Squashes are also notorious for crossing with each other. However, I planted seed from an acorn squash once and the crop was fine. Basically, if you don't mind surprises then go for it.

[woody]

thanks all,
                 it amazes me that you can get sooooooooooo many more seeds from a fruit than a packet!

[Apple Dumpling]

I once planted three seeds from a purchased Crown Prince squash. The mother plant must have been really promiscuous, cos I got butternut, turks turban, something like crown prince but not quite, and one that looked like vegetable spagetti but was full of seeds and no flesh.
Amazingly one of the plants produced two completely different squashes.

I always buy my seed now.

Apple

[glow777]

Thats the risk woody, 50p a packet (plus 80p P&P for the order) from alanromans virtualy guarantees decent seed. A supermarket squash is a risk and you have to wait another year to try again - not to mention go without b/squash for a year!

[ruffmeister]

i do both :-) use seed from a fruit and buy new seed, the seed from the fruit means you never know what you'll get but thats the fun part, they are still tasty though :-)

[dandelion]

IAmazingly one of the plants produced two completely different squashes.

 :o

[OliveOil]

I did it last year woody - not worth it.. tasteless - wierd shaped and about 2 fruits per plant!

[okra]

I would buy decent seeds once and then save your own for future years

[Jeannine]

My advice on this question is simply no..there are so many varieties that are reliable that the gamble using a shop bought veggie for seeds is just that.. a gamble.Even within a squash variety there are several different strains. A butternut is not simply a butternut, there are several of them, and the store bought one may be a type that is better grown in a warmer country than we have,buying seeds for the UK growing season minimises the chancesof not getting a good harvest. It simply is not worth it unless you know type very well.

XX Jeannine

[woody]

They have just started to pop there heads up, so i will give them a go, you never know.
Thanks for all the advice guys......and girls

[Robert_Brenchley]

if you really want to save seed, at least start with a reliable, open-pollinated variety, so you know what you're saving it from. You've still got to cope with crossing with other squashes in the area.