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Title: Butternut squash plants
Post by: teresa on November 12, 2006, 23:36:38

Now is this link a bit late or extreamly early?
would they survive I wonder? look a bit leggy to me.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BUTTERNUT-SQUASH-PLANTS-CORNISH-ORGANIC_W0QQitemZ150055681495QQihZ005QQcategoryZ1512QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Title: Re: Butternut squash plants
Post by: Kea on November 13, 2006, 15:33:28

Just proves people will sell/buy anything on ebay. Can't believe anybody was silly enough to buy them they're unlikely to grow.

Title: Re: Butternut squash plants
Post by: teresa on November 13, 2006, 15:43:58

I can understand selling the seeds but plants like that shame to con new gardeners :'(
For sure you can sell anything on ebay

Title: Re: Butternut squash plants
Post by: Marymary on November 13, 2006, 18:05:31

yes it is a shame - they should come with a warning that they won't survive till the spring - also aren't they very little plants, just the seed leaves, no real growth. A real rip-off.

Title: Re: Butternut squash plants
Post by: OliveOil on November 14, 2006, 20:50:30

She has the squash seeds for sale now... still a bad buy though... I saved seed and gave them away this year and felt v guilty about it... The seeds i grew on didnt give good fruit, fairly tasteless and non uniform in shape so i guess i save F1 seeds... So if she is saving her own seeds then the chances of them crossing are quite high.

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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: teresa on November 12, 2006, 23:36:38