Potimarron squash

[anemone]

The leaves on mine are dying back already - is this usual or is there something wrong with them?

[anemone]

[thifasmom]

most of the many different varieties I'm growing have started to die back as well i noticed today. i think with the warmer dryer summer we are experiencing down south the season will be shorter for some crops. a lot of the differing  squashes and pumpkins are also sounding hollow when knocked which i believe is another tell tale sign of ripening.

I'm not going to pick mine as yet though, plan to leave for as long as possible.

[cleo]

So have mine and I have picked them.

More people should grow potimarron-I rate it very highly and to me at least it does indeed taste a bit like a chestnut.

They are ready when they go from sort of yellow? to a deeper orange

[grannyjanny]

That sounds a lovely squash. I love them but OH thinks they are horrible but then he thinks that about a lot of foods I like. Maybe we should cook our own meals ;D ;D ;D.

[saddad]

He'd starve...  ;D

[GrannieAnnie]

So have mine and I have picked them.

More people should grow potimarron-I rate it very highly and to me at least it does indeed taste a bit like a chestnut.

They are ready when they go from sort of yellow? to a deeper orange

I had to look up potimarron- a new one to me and sounds like it is worth trying if it tastes like chestnuts. How do you cook yours?  I generally broil slabs of butternuts which we like.

[grannyjanny]

Are these spreading or compact plants. I would like to give them a try next year but haven't got a lot of room.

He'd starve...  ;D
Yes he would ;D ;D ;D ; or he would stop complaining ;) ;) ;). I am having an op on my hand on 8th Sept & OH is cooking for that week, oh how I will complain ;D ;D ;D.

[cleo]

I bake/roast/ grill(broil?).

The flesh is quite dense so it suits those types of cooking.

It hasn`t been taken on by `celeb/tv` chefs yet but it will be -but some of us were/will be there first ;D

[shirlton]

Got any pics of the plant

[cleo]

Pictures??-it`s been ages since I last used a camera let alone photo bucket but I did try about  10 mins ago

ummm.-now what??



fingers crossed for the squash??

[cleo]

one takes a modest bow-been ages since i did that!!!

[saddad]

That's impressive Cleo...

[thifasmom]

that is a very pretty squash and have added it to my seeds to try list

[GrannieAnnie]

Are they all that big?  One would feed an army. I've been weighing my butternuts and they fall between 2 and 3 3/4 lbs. which is even too large for one meal for the two of us.

And how many do you get per plant? And how much spread is there in the plant.
They ARE beautiful, Cleo. Good job!

[cleo]

They are not too big-the one in the photo is 3 1/2 lb.

I got 5 around that size plus a `tiddler` from two plants(neglected) and they do ramble but not too much-I nipped out some growing tips

[shirlton]

Thanks Cleo. It looks a bit like my Red Okra that I got off Saddad

[redimp]

They are not too big-the one in the photo is 3 1/2 lb.

I got 5 around that size plus a `tiddler` from two plants(neglected) and they do ramble but not too much-I nipped out some growing tips

Mine are rampant ramblers.  Second year I have grown them and they have done very well this year.

[saddad]

Thanks Cleo. It looks a bit like my Red Okra that I got off Saddad

I think you meant Red Kuri... Shirlton.  :-\

[amphibian]

Most of my squash are dying back, their fruits look nearly ready. A lot has been very early in my garden this year. Earliest season for most crops I have ever experienced. Even my physallis are ready now.

All that said, my squash crop this year is very poor, I have only one squash on most of my varieties, I think they have been out competed by the sharkfin squash. Of my none sharkfin squash my butternuts have done the best.

[saddad]

Fingers crossed we may have our first ever butternut squash...  :-X