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Rodger Whitlock wrote:

They are just another cucurbit - treat them like marrows :-)

Nick McLaren commenting on squash culture? Yigodz!

Well, yes. I like them very much, and have grown them (not very
effectively) for years. What I don't like is the combination of
them and sugar - anyone remember crystallised marrow, the item
that was always left when a box of crystallised fruits was eaten?

Somewhere I've read that squash are often set back by watering because
the water is usually cold. The solution is obvious: fill a watering
can and let it sit in the sun all day, then water in the late
afternoon.

Hmm. That might explain why they don't like the UK much - the rain
is ALWAYS cold :-(

Aha! The truth is out! I have visions of masked men kidnapping Nick
and forcefeeding him on pumpkin pie, butternut squash soup, etc.
Quelle horreur!

Indeed. Please, pretty please, HAVE MERCY!

I hope to grow several varieties, but they will all be C. pepo for
eating unripe (i.e. courgettes and 'summer squashes') and C. maxima
for the autumn and winter. It is the latter that I really prefer.

You can keep your C. moschata, and any recipe that puts any form
of sugar in with any of the others ....


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.