Eight months eating butternut squash

[allaboutliverpool]

I have discovered the perfect storage system and have been eating my squash since September :-

How to grow Butternut Squash - in pictures

[Keith2202]

Wow, I am very very impressed by that!

[SlugLobber]

How cool is that? Loved the storage systems. Did you find that they kept better in the attic than in the netting, or was there no difference? Is temperature a major factor?

[jemma_charlie]

that is so good, makes me want to buy wood and plastic, now to find somewhere to plant it.

interesting storing them in the loft, I'd have thought it would be too warm or would be worried about them being eaten by mice.

[FionaH]

Your stuff just looks better and better!

[marathon]

I'm growing a lot of sqaushes this yr when can i put them in a polytunnel and when can they be moved outside.

[allaboutliverpool]

They stored better in the loft than the shed.

The lagging is several inches thick so it is always cool up there in a modern house.

A few started to rot at the stalk end and we tended to eat those first.

I think that ripening on the plant as long as possible is the key and then being in frost free place.

[allaboutliverpool]

You must be able to guarantee that there is no chance of frost, the one that I grew outside was kept under cover until early May, but as my allotment is only 100 yards from the Mersey, frost is unlikely after March due to the protection of the warm water and the slight slope to the river.

[marathon]

You must be able to guarantee that there is no chance of frost, the one that I grew outside was kept under cover until early May, but as my allotment is only 100 yards from the Mersey, frost is unlikely after March due to the protection of the warm water and the slight slope to the river.

Thanks, I actually found your blog a few months back and decided to grow squash on a bigger scale. I've now got 20 plants, butternut and buttercup, all looking good. I'm going to give some plants away but hope to plant at least 5 of each plant.

[amandaandherveg]

If I had your allotment I'd sell my house and live there - it's just wonderful!

[Florence Fennel]

I have discovered the perfect storage system and have been eating my squash since September :-

How to grow Butternut Squash - in pictures

Wow! Thank you for sharing that with us. I've just enjoyed about 20 minutes looking around your plot and back when you started. There's hope for me yet!

[allaboutliverpool]

If I had your allotment I'd sell my house and live there - it's just wonderful!

My wife says that that is a good idea! Just me though!

[tootles]

Thankyou for taking the time to post so much information. It makes it so much easier for those of us without a clue to learn!
What sizes are your frames and how many plants have you in each?

[snohare]

Mmmh, definitely just the very thing I have been looking for, ta !
Now, call me a DIY nerd, but can you tell me more about the units you grew them in ? I noticed in your photos that some of them had just the tops propped open, but in another shot one had both the top and the sides lifted up as one fixed unit, while the picture of the plants left uncovered, seemed to show the sides and the tops actually in sections. Any chance of some pics of the fastenings etc to help me in my Sub-Arctic Aberdeenshire joinery ?
And last but not least, don't they need ventilation to prevent mould and such like from the damp ?

[COMPOST CORNER]

Fabulous allotment. Must get out into my grden and do some more digging this weekend. I need more beds!!