Repeating Decimal said:


I am growing medium sized banana squash from Burpee seeds using a hydroponic
grower. The packet says typical size of 16 pounds, (7 kg?) is achieved in 90
days after sowing. Does anyone really believe that to be possible?

Yes. Absolutely possible. The squash should reach this size by then.
However, the fruit will continue to sweeten and improve with more time on
the vine. So actual time to ideal harvest condition may be a bit longer.

It is about 10 days since starting. The seeds have swollen but not actually
sprouted. That is well within the 14 days suggested by Burpee.

Outdoors, my squash seeds usually sprout in 7 - 10 days.

It just seems that there is too little time left even though the squash will
not be deprived of nutrition and sun.

I don't plant my seeds until June 1. I will have large squash by September.
I leave them on the vine until sometime in October (taking them in before frost
can damage them).

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Pat in Plymouth MI

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