"Cat(h)" wrote in message
Having been terribly late to get going in the garden
this year, it was
only in mid May that I got started in earnest, digging,
weeding and
planting a number of plants - rather than seed -
acquired at my local
garden centre.
Among many other things that are merrily thriving, I
bought a couple
of courgettes, which are doing great, and two butternut
squashes just
because I love the veg, and thought that it could be
grown here
(Eastern Midlands of Ireland) if it was available in
the garden
centre.

My butternut squashes are struggling and I live in
Cornwall. I'm convinced it's the low nightime
temperatures. Maybe things will improve if there is a
change in the pattern of NE winds and lack of cloud
cover?

Bertie