butternut sqaush

[screwbylil]

trying to grow these for the first time, they are sat in my compost heap and look very healthy, lots of leaves and underneath the potential for lots of flowers, question ? shall a take some of the big leaves off to let light and sun into the developing flowers, they seem very shaded to me with all the big leaves

[Rocketron]

I feel generally the less intervention the better.

[kernowyon]

I have turks turban growing out of the compost bin and agree with Rocketron, just leave them be and they generally do fine. we have had three off one plant already and it is still going