Comments on: Butternut Squash Seeds. http://topveg.com/2007/03/30/butternut-squash-seeds/ news, reviews, hints and tips on vegetable gardening, fruit growing and herbs. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:58:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: planting butternut squash http://topveg.com/2007/03/30/butternut-squash-seeds/#comment-5572 planting butternut squash Tue, 06 May 2008 12:32:50 +0000 http://topveg.com/2007/03/30/butternut-squash-seeds/#comment-5572 [...] off near the aga and then transfer them to the greenhouse to harden them off before planting ...http://topveg.com/2007/03/30/butternut-squash-seeds/trackback/Hey! It??s green in here.Hey! It??s green in here. 5 03 2008 Sprouts are up! Sierra and I also [...] […] off near the aga and then transfer them to the greenhouse to harden them off before planting …http://topveg.com/2007/03/30/butternut-squash-seeds/trackback/Hey! It??s green in here.Hey! It??s green in here. 5 03 2008 Sprouts are up! Sierra and I also […]

]]> By: TopVeg http://topveg.com/2007/03/30/butternut-squash-seeds/#comment-840 TopVeg Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:29:29 +0000 http://topveg.com/2007/03/30/butternut-squash-seeds/#comment-840 Joanna Glad you like the site. Please remember to keep the seeds in a DRY, dark place. But hopefully the cider will be in bottles and not causing a damp atmosphere. Sounds wonderful- I am sure my cider would not be in store too long! TopVeg Joanna
Glad you like the site. Please remember to keep the seeds in a DRY, dark place. But hopefully the cider will be in bottles and not causing a damp atmosphere. Sounds wonderful- I am sure my cider would not be in store too long!
TopVeg

]]> By: Joanna http://topveg.com/2007/03/30/butternut-squash-seeds/#comment-835 Joanna Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:21:36 +0000 http://topveg.com/2007/03/30/butternut-squash-seeds/#comment-835 Top Veg Thank you so much for your advice and prompt response; this website is so helpfull. I will store the dry seeds along with our fermenting apple and pear cider. I really do want to make good use of all the new and existing produce in my garden. Thanks so much. Top Veg
Thank you so much for your advice and prompt response; this website is so helpfull. I will store the dry seeds along with our fermenting apple and pear cider. I really do want to make good use of all the new and existing produce in my garden.
Thanks so much.

]]> By: TopVeg http://topveg.com/2007/03/30/butternut-squash-seeds/#comment-822 TopVeg Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:05:07 +0000 http://topveg.com/2007/03/30/butternut-squash-seeds/#comment-822 Hi Joanna Good to hear from you - and best of luck with the new garden. Sounds very exciting. The onion squash & butternut squash seeds can be used next year. They should be planted late April, early May. Dry them gently and naturally in an airy spot, possibly in a sunny window. When they are dry, pop them in a brown envelope, label it and store it in a cool, dry place until next April! Then plant them as instructed in the post above. Enjoy your new garden! TopVeg Hi Joanna
Good to hear from you - and best of luck with the new garden. Sounds very exciting.
The onion squash & butternut squash seeds can be used next year. They should be planted late April, early May.
Dry them gently and naturally in an airy spot, possibly in a sunny window. When they are dry, pop them in a brown envelope, label it and store it in a cool, dry place until next April! Then plant them as instructed in the post above. Enjoy your new garden!
TopVeg

]]> By: Joanna http://topveg.com/2007/03/30/butternut-squash-seeds/#comment-816 Joanna Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:19:49 +0000 http://topveg.com/2007/03/30/butternut-squash-seeds/#comment-816 Hi Top Veg, I am very new to all vegetable gardening. Only just moved to the country from London. I have a large area that I am hoping to turn into a raised bed veg area. I have saved the seeds from our onion squash and butternut squash. Can these be used for growing> If so what must I do to them? By the way I do have an aga so can start them there first - When should I start them? Would appreciate some help. Joanna Hi Top Veg,
I am very new to all vegetable gardening. Only just moved to the country from London. I have a large area that I am hoping to turn into a raised bed veg area. I have saved the seeds from our onion squash and butternut squash. Can these be used for growing> If so what must I do to them? By the way I do have an aga so can start them there first - When should I start them? Would appreciate some help.
Joanna

]]> By: Patricia http://topveg.com/2007/03/30/butternut-squash-seeds/#comment-225 Patricia Sat, 26 May 2007 12:19:46 +0000 http://topveg.com/2007/03/30/butternut-squash-seeds/#comment-225 This is excellent advice Top Veg. Thanks Patricia - a gardener now busy planting squash plants! This is excellent advice Top Veg. Thanks
Patricia - a gardener now busy planting squash plants!

]]> By: TopVeg http://topveg.com/2007/03/30/butternut-squash-seeds/#comment-222 TopVeg Fri, 25 May 2007 08:07:30 +0000 http://topveg.com/2007/03/30/butternut-squash-seeds/#comment-222 Hi Patricia So pleased to hear your butternut squash are growing well. Planting out is a balancing act. They need to go out before they get too big, so that the roots are not disturbed. But they need to be kept warm and will suffer if you have cold nights - frost will be a disaster! Can you plant them out and cover them over - with a very large jam jar, or an old window/piece of glass on some bricks? Or make a little windbreak around them with twigs etc. The point is, protect them from cold. Also, protect them from slugs. Make a slugproof barrier around the plants - ideally soot, but sharp gravel also does the trick. Put baiting traps out,too - beer pots, so the slugs fall into these instead of making for the squash. Good luck TopVeg Hi Patricia
So pleased to hear your butternut squash are growing well.
Planting out is a balancing act. They need to go out before they get too big, so that the roots are not disturbed. But they need to be kept warm and will suffer if you have cold nights - frost will be a disaster!
Can you plant them out and cover them over - with a very large jam jar, or an old window/piece of glass on some bricks?
Or make a little windbreak around them with twigs etc. The point is, protect them from cold.

Also, protect them from slugs. Make a slugproof barrier around the plants - ideally soot, but sharp gravel also does the trick. Put baiting traps out,too - beer pots, so the slugs fall into these instead of making for the squash.

Good luck
TopVeg

]]> By: Patricia http://topveg.com/2007/03/30/butternut-squash-seeds/#comment-221 Patricia Fri, 25 May 2007 07:51:42 +0000 http://topveg.com/2007/03/30/butternut-squash-seeds/#comment-221 Hi Top Veg, My butternut squash plants are now well established. should I plant them in the veg garden and if so when? Patricia Hi Top Veg,
My butternut squash plants are now well established. should I plant them in the veg garden and if so when?

Patricia

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