New to this still and ages ago I set off some butternut squash seeds and now have them still in pots looking very healthy but desperate for more rooting room! I havent been able to plant them because of the weather (remember when it rained for 3 weeks!?) and then I had an operation.
Anyway, how do I plant them? how far apart and how much space in between. Do I need any structures or anything? Thanks for any speedy responses, im hoping to get out to the garden centre later so can get any thing I need then.
make a hole, fill with good compost or manure, and plant into that. they creep,so i would suggest something like 90cm/3ft between plants to give them sdome space. water them in and away you go :)
supports are only needed if you want to grow them upright due to lack of space...if you have ground space you may as well let them ramble as it's easier.
About three feet is right, they aren't massive.
I like to put the squash up into mounds because it's easier. Make a mound of dirt, add loads of compost to it, then make a kind of depression in the mound and plant the squash into that. 2 per mound, but make sure they head in opposite directions. Mounds should be about 3ft apart. Once they get going you won't be able to find where the plant started (I have 14 plants in my allotment), so the mounds make that easy. Water a lot!
I've done the 'hole' and the 'mound' methods of planting - 2 of each - so should be interesting to see which works best. First time I've ever grown these, so fingers crossed...
Cheers,
Rob ;)