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Butternut squash developing/spreading new plants
Stuart__
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in Fruit & veg
Hi all,
Just looking for some advice on some butternut squash we have planted in a raised bed at our allotment. They were grown from seeds in pots and then transplanted in when big enough.
The bed is a new one with a top soil and compost mix straight from B&Q.
The squash seem to be creating new plants which are popping up alongside, which I've not seen before. It's not like vines spreading overground, but actual new plants coming from the main one under the soil.
Photo shows the main one and then the offshoots.
This is happening with all of them in this bed.
Do I just let them be? Or should I be trimming them back?
Any advice welcomed 🙂
Just looking for some advice on some butternut squash we have planted in a raised bed at our allotment. They were grown from seeds in pots and then transplanted in when big enough.
The bed is a new one with a top soil and compost mix straight from B&Q.
The squash seem to be creating new plants which are popping up alongside, which I've not seen before. It's not like vines spreading overground, but actual new plants coming from the main one under the soil.
Photo shows the main one and then the offshoots.
This is happening with all of them in this bed.
Do I just let them be? Or should I be trimming them back?
Any advice welcomed 🙂
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The seeds were already in the compost and have germinated - just pull them out.
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