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Old 18-08-2005, 05:30 PM
Bob Hobden
 
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"Charlie Pridham" wrote
Not grown them before, the Butternut squash we are trying is growing well
and flowering but they all seem male flowers, is that a normal timing
thing
or am I supposed to be doing something?


No, it's normal for cucurbits to produce male flowers before the female
flowers start. Did you plant it late by any chance?
Should have growing squashs on it by now although the ones that self seeded
on our allotment years ago were late (came up from the compost I planted
another cucurbit in that died) and had a magnificant crop on them
eventually.
Are you feeding it well? :-)

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Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London