I planted squash this year and only had a poor little yellow one from it, however I got 8 squashes from a plant that I did not plant!
These are melon sized and a greeny colour, My wife thinks a stray seed may have come from the compost but it looks nothing like either butternut or harlequin.
Do you think it is safe to eat these as i was told that some squashes were toxic?
It's risky to eat something when you don't know for sure what it is. I think the 'poisonous' squash always taste very bitter. There is a chemical in all cucurbits that will give you a bad few days if you eat enough of it. Most cultivated squash have low concentrations of it, but wild ones can have much higher levels. That chemical tastes bitter, so you should be able to tell very quickly.
Personally, I wouldn't risk it
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Lidl had crown prince squashes in a mixed box today.. the only light blue skinned ones. I bought a couple last year, due to one thing and another, they sat on display in the kitchen until summer. I have only bought one this year. I still have soup in the freezer.
Brukale (flower sprouts) are doing well. I have taken all the tops out now to encourage all the side shoots.
Cavolo nero seems to be slowing up a bit. I dug the last of the Sarpo axona tatties this week.
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Crown Prince squashes keep so well ... we store several each year and eat them over the winter ... last year we were still eating them in March
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Hi all,
I planted squash this year and only had a poor little yellow one from it, however I got 8 squashes from a plant that I did not plant!
These are melon sized and a greeny colour, My wife thinks a stray seed may have come from the compost but it looks nothing like either butternut or harlequin.
Do you think it is safe to eat these as i was told that some squashes were toxic?
Last edited: 08 December 2017 10:27:55
Donny Boy , can you put a picture on , I’m sure somebody would recognise them
Thanks GWRS, I have only just seen the camera icon, here are 2 pics.
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Hello , they look ok but I don’t known for sure , do you have an allotment , if so ask committee members , they Will probably known
No, I only have a small garden.
It's risky to eat something when you don't know for sure what it is. I think the 'poisonous' squash always taste very bitter. There is a chemical in all cucurbits that will give you a bad few days if you eat enough of it. Most cultivated squash have low concentrations of it, but wild ones can have much higher levels. That chemical tastes bitter, so you should be able to tell very quickly.
Personally, I wouldn't risk it
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
They could be a pumpkin variety, I grew some this yr which grew green then changed colour and ripened to orange once picked.
On a different note I grew a number of different chilli varieties, seemed a shame to compost all the plants once chillies had been picked.
So I brought a couple of plants into house. Cutting to the chase, I'm still picking chillies ...?
Zoomer , snap , had 3 chilli ? plants in grow bags in g/h and repotted the middle one and put it into Conservatory today
O/H open freezed the remaining chillis
Lidl had crown prince squashes in a mixed box today.. the only light blue skinned ones. I bought a couple last year, due to one thing and another, they sat on display in the kitchen until summer. I have only bought one this year. I still have soup in the freezer.
Brukale (flower sprouts) are doing well. I have taken all the tops out now to encourage all the side shoots.
Cavolo nero seems to be slowing up a bit. I dug the last of the Sarpo axona tatties this week.