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Unlikely Marrow
My in-laws gave me a plant during early summer which they told me was a
butternut squash. It grew well, trailed enormously, flowered and began to fruit. I pinched out enough to leave just 2 fruit, one of which grew decisively marrow-like in both shape and colour. It grew to about 20cm long at which point I picked it (as it hadn't grown much in a couple of weeks) and I decided to use it for my favourite marrow bake. When I cut the so-called marrow in half it was yellow inside, like a butternut squash. Nevertheless, I used it in my usual recipe and it was very tasty - with the texture of a butternut sqash too. Any idea what it could have been? (I looked up squashes on the Internet and there was a Delicata squash which looks a bit marrowlike but is creamy coloured with green stripes. My vegetable was definitely imitating a standard marrow!) Jo |
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Unlikely Marrow
"Jo" wrote in message ... My in-laws gave me a plant during early summer which they told me was a butternut squash. It grew well, trailed enormously, flowered and began to fruit. I pinched out enough to leave just 2 fruit, one of which grew decisively marrow-like in both shape and colour. It grew to about 20cm long at which point I picked it (as it hadn't grown much in a couple of weeks) and I decided to use it for my favourite marrow bake. When I cut the so-called marrow in half it was yellow inside, like a butternut squash. Nevertheless, I used it in my usual recipe and it was very tasty - with the texture of a butternut sqash too. Any idea what it could have been? (I looked up squashes on the Internet and there was a Delicata squash which looks a bit marrowlike but is creamy coloured with green stripes. My vegetable was definitely imitating a standard marrow!) Jo There are loads and loads of squashes etc, and are very difficult to be sure you've got a specific kind, especially when they're seedlings, they all look the same. A couple of years ago we planted two seedlings for butternuts, and what we got is here- http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...w/squashes.jpg They were good though. Steve |
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Unlikely Marrow
"shazzbat" wrote in message ... "Jo" wrote in message ... My in-laws gave me a plant during early summer which they told me was a butternut squash. It grew well, trailed enormously, flowered and began to fruit. I pinched out enough to leave just 2 fruit, one of which grew decisively marrow-like in both shape and colour. It grew to about 20cm long at which point I picked it (as it hadn't grown much in a couple of weeks) and I decided to use it for my favourite marrow bake. When I cut the so-called marrow in half it was yellow inside, like a butternut squash. Nevertheless, I used it in my usual recipe and it was very tasty - with the texture of a butternut sqash too. Any idea what it could have been? (I looked up squashes on the Internet and there was a Delicata squash which looks a bit marrowlike but is creamy coloured with green stripes. My vegetable was definitely imitating a standard marrow!) Jo There are loads and loads of squashes etc, and are very difficult to be sure you've got a specific kind, especially when they're seedlings, they all look the same. A couple of years ago we planted two seedlings for butternuts, and what we got is here- http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...w/squashes.jpg They were good though. Steve Blimey! There's no comparison....you certainly had a good crop of whatever they were! Jo |
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If your in-laws grew seed they took from a butternut squash, then I expect it was a butternut/marrow cross. You have to be very careful to avoid cross-pollination between them when you want the seed. Reputable seed-producers put a chastity belt on the flowers and hand-pollinate to make sure they don't cross. With so many marrows in cultivation, squash tend to cross with marrows and produce marrow-shaped fruit in the next generation.
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Unlikely Marrow
"shazzbat" wrote after... "Jo" wrote in message My in-laws gave me a plant during early summer which they told me was a butternut squash. It grew well, trailed enormously, flowered and began to fruit. I pinched out enough to leave just 2 fruit, one of which grew decisively marrow-like in both shape and colour. It grew to about 20cm long at which point I picked it (as it hadn't grown much in a couple of weeks) and I decided to use it for my favourite marrow bake. When I cut the so-called marrow in half it was yellow inside, like a butternut squash. Nevertheless, I used it in my usual recipe and it was very tasty - with the texture of a butternut sqash too. Any idea what it could have been? (I looked up squashes on the Internet and there was a Delicata squash which looks a bit marrowlike but is creamy coloured with green stripes. My vegetable was definitely imitating a standard marrow!) Jo There are loads and loads of squashes etc, and are very difficult to be sure you've got a specific kind, especially when they're seedlings, they all look the same. A couple of years ago we planted two seedlings for butternuts, and what we got is here- http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...w/squashes.jpg They were good though. We have some Italian Squash plants that are producing fruit just like that. Seed was from "Seeds of Italy". -- Regards Bob Hobden |
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