Topic: Courgettes/squashes - I have done it again.

[Digeroo]

I put about 16 seeds to chit and only one does not have a root, and I have not given up on it yet.  Then I found some more seeds, and put another 20 to chit.  Then looked at allotment.  Not sure where they are all going to go.  They will have to double up with the sweetcorn for starters.   Then there is the apple tree it can manage a couple of pumpkins.....  Any other good ideas please.

Then I bought 3 x 12 brassica seedlings....

I'm running out of space.   

 

[goodlife]

...then she planted her plants very edge on the boundary and allowed the plants take over her neighbours garden too...

[Obelixx]

Share some spares with friends?

[gwynleg]

Digeroo -  36 courgettes and squashes - wow!!! I thought I overdid the squashes last year (still have 4 left)....!

[Nomspatch]

Trying butternut squash for the first time this year...any tips?
You can NEVER have too many plants at this time of year is my 'umble' opinion...

[Mrs Tweedy]

36 courgettes????????????? Blimey 6 usually feed my family and give me enough to make loads of chutney to sell too.

Do you need some good recipes for Courgette chutney?????

[bluecar]

Please post them up Mrs Tweedy.

I'm always interested in varieties of home made chutney.

Regards

Bluecar

[gavinjconway]

36 courgettes????????????? Blimey 6 usually feed my family and give me enough to make loads of chutney to sell too.

Do you need some good recipes for Courgette chutney?????

Yes please...

[Doris_Pinks]

You could grow them on frames, a lot of squash grow quite happily upwards if supported

[Digeroo]

The chutney sounds good.  Is there any way of making it without vinegar?

I hope to have lots of Tromba D'Albenga they last all winter and you do not need a chisel to get past the outside skin.   

[gazza1960]

Also YES to chutney recipes please Mrs Tweedy,Ill meet you at the fish market in London @ 4am ...we can talk fish recipes...and smell all fish recipe
we can even fry up some for brekky for your Ol Fella,if he eats it for Breakfast,then you can show me your Chutney secrets.....

Digeroo,I have a pkt of Tromba D'Albenga that we got from Cyprus last year and I was tempted to have a bash with em this season for fun if nothing else,you mentioned lasting long term,so does this wierd bent truncheon looking squash grow well and last into the winter,and once skinned,does it taste anything different,or is it just a traditional squash with a twisted attitude....

Gazza

[ed dibbles]

Nomspatch I have found butternut squash one of the hardest kinds of squash to grow. Not only do they seem to need more heat than other kinds of squash but they will only pollinate with one another as they are incompatible, pollination wise, with most other usual squash varieties.

The good thing is that generally they grow into smaller plants than other kinds so are easier to handle in that respect.

I'm doing patty pan (for summer squash) , banana and turban squash. Also had some good germination on some gem squash seeds another A4Aer sent me. Will be sowing some late courgettes mid june for continuity into the autumn.

After last years squash crop failure I will do my level best to have a good supply of winter squash come what may.

[Nomspatch]

Ohhhhh...d**n....
Thanks for the info...ed dibbles...trust me to pick the hardest...
Well I have 18 of the little...ers going now, may as well try... :BangHead:I only bang my head against walls as it is nice when I stop!

[ed dibbles]

With so many betternut squash plants at least you won't have a problem with pollination

Try and give them the warmest most sheltered area you can and, fingers crossed, you may be picking a good amount of them come the autumn.

They are nice squash, worth trying although I have had very limited success with them and find other kinds of squash easier to grow and just as tasty.

Good luck. Nothing ventured nothing gained.
 

[aj]

Can you grow them vertically?

I put canes in vertically, a foot apart. Usually about 6-10 feet long.

Then, weave canes horizontally to make a frame. You can't make it too pretty! The horizontal canes also end up about a foot apart. Then grow squashes at the base and once 2ft of trail exists, start tying it to the frame, and weaving it through so that the frame takes the weight. You can get about 6 trailing squashes up the frame, and have one growing around the frame at the base - just keep winding it round as it grows.

[Nomspatch]

Warm/Sheltered...N Wales...same sentence.... ...going to look for another variety that an idiot can grow...in N Wales...any suggestions?
aj...thanks for that info of frame building...

[Jeannine]

I posted a really good recipe for  " you will never know it isn't apple pie" made from over large squash, and it fooled all my friends.

XX Jeannine