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I was about to ask the same thing Jayb! But my plants are behaving the opposite to yours . I'm growing Winter and Waltham butternuts and Autumn Crown and all three varieties have produced several female flowers but as yet not a single male. Such a shame as I don't think there are any veggie plots in the neighbourhood, let alone anyone growing squashes so it will be a miracle if any of them have been fertilized. The Winter squash plants have female embryos at almost every leaf axle but very few male buds. We've had very little rain here - it's just been very dull and overcast so I've been watering twice a week. The plants are growing like mad - I'm already taking out the growing tips where they have reached the top of the obelisks! Must take a look at last year's photos to see if they are as far behind as I think they are.Tricia
I also didn't plant my squash out until June and they are really only just getting going really. Some are flowering but haven't put on much leafy growth as yet. Hopefully they will appreciate all the muck they have been planted in!
planted mine (butternut) late may frost hit them so killed them off i resowed and an allotment friend gave me some of his spares there coming on abit now about 4 ft long and getting some flowers starting to form no fruit yet tho
ok as promised i had a look today and there doing good around a dozen the size of the butternut in pic and around 30 or so smaller the red kuri around 4 the pic size and another 8 or so smaller
I did 2 sowings - one in April and one in late May/early June. The later plants look much better than the earlier ones, but don't have fruit on yet. From the early ones I've got a few fruits already coming: 1 Shishigatani, 3 Black Futsu, 1 Burgess Buttercup, 3 Berretina Piacentina, 3 Small Sugar, 4 Potimarron and 1 Marina di Chioggia. On top of that I also have BNS, Iran, Geraumon Martinique, Sweet Dumpling, Jarrahdale, Flat White and Tromba di Albenga coming along nicely. 22 plants in total.Melons are doing really well outside too - I have 4 watermelons set, and the Kajari melons don't look that far behind.While it makes up for some of my failures this year so far, I'm a bit scared of this Autumn's harvest...
Love your list Is Berretina Piacentina the one from Seeds of Italy? They look scrummy http://www.seedsofitaly.com/PUMPKIN_BERRETTINA_PIACENTINA/p1834925_8313226.aspxThanks for the lovely seeds, Portimarron and Black Futsu I'm growing are looking good, both are growing well, just waiting for some fruits! I think Black Futsu will be a little while yet.