squash...?

[glut]

I have never grown squash before and have one 'sweet dumpling' plant in a large growbag. It has grown very impressively with lots of flowers, 'buds' and leaves but nothing that looks like it could turn into a squash...the plant is outside in a sheltered, sunny corner. Any advice?

[chris]

Mines the same - it's grown a load of like arieal roots, and looks like a climber? Loads of flower buds in, but my wife tells me it fruits in october? Could be wrong though as we're new to this!

[glut]

October...gosh! well that gives me hope that not all is lost. I will just have to be a bit more patient.

[Storm]

Our squashes were exactly the same - all mouth and no trousers - until about a week ago. Since then, the little baby squashes started to form. None are any bigger than a golf ball at the moment (unlike the pumpkins which are already football sized).

Make sure that they get plenty of water - ours responded when i started going up to the lottie and "bucket watering" every (dry) evening.

don't abandon hope yet! the plants sound healthy enough but chrismarks is right - the squashes may start to form now but will probably not be ready to eat until Autumn.

good luck!!

[glut]

Thanks both of you. I will carry on watering and wait and see what happens. In a couple of months I will hopefully be worrying what to do with my excessive squash harvest!

[Storm]

Thanks both of you. I will carry on watering and wait and see what happens. In a couple of months I will hopefully be worrying what to do with my excessive squash harvest!

you're welcome! though after all my optimism yesterday, i went to the lottie last night to find that most of the small squashes were starting to turn an unsavoury rotten brown and were disconnecting from the plant

no excessive squash harvest for us this year i fear...

[Little Lottie]

Oh dear, having read many posts regarding pumpkins I am beginning to worry - most say that they are already the size of footballs but mine is more golf ball! looks like it will be a trip to the supermarket for Halloween!

[Storm]

Oh dear, having read many posts regarding pumpkins I am beginning to worry - most say that they are already the size of footballs but mine is more golf ball! looks like it will be a trip to the supermarket for Halloween!

No need to go to Sainsburys this Hallow'en - i suspect we'll be giving them away!

Make sure your pumpkin is well watered!