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'Butternut' Squash

MonkeyPuzzleMonkeyPuzzle Posts: 32
in Fruit & veg

i have 2 dark green squash, about 13" in length and quite chunky. Before I came on holiday in late August a few yellow markings were appearing here and there. Any idea what they are? image

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090

    Nothing like my butternuts or anything else I'm growing this year.   Did you sow them are they volunteers from the compost heap?

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • MonkeyPuzzleMonkeyPuzzle Posts: 32

    I planted 2 varieties, regular butternut but also some 'Tozer' (this the manufacturner) winter squash which were in plain wrapping with no picture. I think it must be them but I haven't been able to identify them anywhere.

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090

    I suggest you raise them off the soil with a brick or some straw to stop them getting damp and rotting and also to let them ripen in the September sun.

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287

    Something as simple as rain drying on the surface of the plant can damage the skin, but unless it goes mushy or looks rotten then it's done no harm.?

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