Is there a Bush type Butternut Squash out there ?

[vegmandan]

Can anyone please let me know if there is a Butternut Squash variety which is a Bush or Semi bush type available rather than the normal trailing varieties please.

I've grown other sorts of squash on a bush type but never found a butternut type.

Any help would be appreciated. :D

[vegmandan]

[kt.]

For trailing varieties - How far do butternut squash plants usually trail & spread......

Just found one for you, early cropper too at only 95 days.  It says to plant 3ft apart.
http://seeds.thompson-morgan.com/uk/en/product/76/1?SA=1505

Also worth a look:
http://www.nvsuk.org.uk/garden_equipment/seeds-plants/vegetable-seed.php?ref=49

[manicscousers]

thanks for that, kt..I think I'll try that one next year  ;D

[Jeannine]

Hi Many of the trailing winter squash are being brought down to bush now, apart from the one you know about now.

I have seeds for several of ther newer Bush types if you want a change from Butternuts.

eg Delicata is now available in a bus, also Buttercup and some of the Acorns.

Personally I never grow Butternuts anymore,

XX Jeannine

[realfood]

This year in Glasgow, I am trialing the British bred Butternut varieties, Hunter, Harrier and Hawk.
They are being grown in three different ways; in a cool greenhouse; under a Lidle cloche; and in the open ground.
The results at mid-stage of the trial are:-
In the greenhouse, they are all trailing some 2m.
Under the cloche, they are semi-trailing up to 1.2m.
In the open ground, the plants range in max size from 0.5m to 1m.
I think that they will all trail if the temperatures are high enough.
The breeder of Harrier on his website claims that it is early in the UK climate. This seems to be borne out as under the cloche, it has set more fruit at this stage than the other varieties grown in any way.
It will be interesting to see what the results are at the end of the trial in October.

[tricia]

I shall be interested to hear the trial results later in the year realfood - with so much rain this year growing under cloche may be the answer. So many of my squash have not been pollinated as the flowers were filled with water.

Tricia