Pattipan Sauash.

[bramble]

Hi all.looking for info on pattipan squash.
Never grown a squash before and dont even know if I like them.
First question, when to know if its ripe..
How to cook them.
Growing outdoors and loads of white sauashes on
Dont want to waste them.

[Chestnut]

I grew some last year for the first time, thanks to Santa Claus :-)

For cooking, they are quite similar to courgettes, but a little drier and slightly firmer texture (an advantage for stuffed courgette / squash recipes). I used them interchangeably with courgettes in many of my favourite recipes, and also tried stuffing them once or twice.

In terms of when to pick them, I like them best at 2-3 inches diameter. Once they get too big, they tend to be a bit tougher (like a marrow).

Hope this helps ;-)

[Logunner]

I pick from when the flower drops off to when they are the size of a pie... make no difference.

Roasted with carrot and beetroot =

In a soup with courgette and chilli =

Sliced, buttered and sprinkled with salt n pepper on a george formby grill =

[bikermike]

We roasted ours.

Don't forget you can roast and eat the seeds too

[SarrissUK]

Pattypans are ready whenever. You can eat them tiny, or let them grow as large as you like. I prefer mine to be be no bigger than my two hands cupped. It seems to keep encouraging them to grow more pattypans too that way. They're vigorous I think, heavy croppers.

I almost always roast mine in the air fryer with any other vegs that I've got, along with some spice mix

[muck lover]

Mine have grown and ripened with hard skins like small pumpkins. And aren’t really the shape I was expecting. Or like photo on the packet. I haven’t used any yet. They weren’t particularly prolific. Do you think I got dud seeds?

[Plot12c]

Looking to grow these for the first time this year any tips? Do they self pollinate easy enough or do you have to pollinate?

[Stan79]

First year i grew them with no love or care they were brilliant. Every time i've tried them since, they haven't really worked that well!

[bramble]

Plot 12c. I grew them for the first time last year.
They were self pollinating and produced a good crop even though they were late going in the ground.

[ecudc]

They grow like a corvette i.e. bush not vine. I haves when about the size of a ping pong ball and just steam or stir fry like a courgette. You can let them grow big and harden when they will be a bit more like a flying saucer/butternut squash cross.

[SarrissUK]

Last year was tricky for me, in regards to both squashes and courgettes. The best ones for me were definitely the patty pans the yellow ones. I find them a bit more reliable and prolific than the white ones. They're always on my 'to sow, to grow' list now and I wouldn't be without them. I have roasted patty pans almost every day in the summer

[cariann88]

I love these, I grew them a couple of year ago. I use to cook them in the oven, very juicy.