Janet, I planted only 3 butternut squash plants, and have picked 4 to 5 from
each plant already and still have several smaller ones left on the vines.
One will make it before the freeze comes, but the rest are really small and
I have my doubts.

If I were you, I would try both to satisfy your curiosity, but I always go
back to the butternut. One year I borrowed a rather large piece of a farm
to put a garden on, and I planted 16 kinds of squash. Several were good,
but only one was better than the butternut. I planted some of that one at
my cousins place this year, and it didnt do anything.

Dwayne


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Hi all,

Thanks to everybody who responded to my query about the squashes which
were
supposed to be butternuts, but clearly weren't. We're happy calling them
the
Buttercup/Kabocha type.

Anyway, we went down to the allotment today and brought them home with
us.
The plant was showing signs of a touch of frost,which was confirmed by
the
adjacent householders, although we've had no frost at home only 2 miles
away. Also we're going to be a bit busy in the next few weeks, so home
they
came. There are a couple of pics of them here -

http://photos.wanadoo.co.uk/album/al...photo=33976665

http://photos.wanadoo.co.uk/album/al...photo=33976594

25 in the pics, plus about 5 or 6 small ones left on the plants just in
case
they do anything, and a couple given away already. 30+ from 2 plants, not
bad, no?

Steve


That's an amzing crop. I've had nowhere near so many from my butternut -
perhaps two large and two smaller squash per plant. I wonder whether
this is typical.
If Buttercup keeps as well as buttewrnut, it would seem to be a better
proposition.

Janet G