I have never had squahses and pumpkins so soon in the year. If I pick them now will they keep through the winter, or is it too soon. If I leave them I think the plants will stop producing more.
If you harvest them now they will be immature like summer squashes so i don't think they would keep. Also i am not convinced that new fruit would then have the time to mature by the time you harvest properly in late sept/early Oct to a state where they would store well over the winter.
I leave whatever fruit is forming now to mature, and then come the first frosts i harvest mature squash plus so smaller immature ones that i use straightaway as summer squash.
May be someone else with more experience along soon to help out.
I'm growing an unknown pumpkin (prolly Atlantic Giant or Hundredweight) for one big one for the family competition.... I've got one good one started so I'm taking the little ones off as they form. Can I use them as courgettes?
chrisc
Quote from: chriscross1966 on July 15, 2009, 01:24:11
I'm growing an unknown pumpkin (prolly Atlantic Giant or Hundredweight) for one big one for the family competition.... I've got one good one started so I'm taking the little ones off as they form. Can I use them as courgettes?
chrisc
Most winter squash make perfectly useable summer squash, so yes, you can use them like a courgette.
I always pick small ones and eat like courgette esp if there are alot on the plant, i think you get bigger squashes then ;)