Which squash are worth the trying?

[amandaandherveg]

This year I grew Crown Prince, Golden Nugget, Marina Di Chioggia, Golden Nugget, BNS Harrier, Jack O Lantern, Connecticut, Winter Bush Squash and Hooligan. None did well apart from the Jack O Lantern (Thanks Two Sheds) and the Golden Nugget which tasted wonderful.

Which squash/pumpkins do you think may be worth me trying next year that I may have more luck with? I am desperate to have a bit more success with them as they are my favourite veg.

[HayleyB]

Winter Festivals have done really well for me this year, they have a number of fruits per plant and grow to a small melon/large grapefruit size. My Marinas have done reasonably well too.

[Two_Sheds]

Why did they do badly? Because you're so far north (and cold)?

I've had a great year for pumpkins, because it's been warm and dry for the last 6 weeks

[realfood]

Amanda, have you seen these suggestions for the successful growing of Winter Squash this far North in Glasgow? winter_squash
Using the above methods, I had reasonable crops of BonBon, Crown Prince, Sweet Lightening, Pink Banana, Uchiki Kuri.

[Two_Sheds]

Good link ^^^
Festival F1 is recommended for Scotland, as well as some others you've already tried

[amandaandherveg]

Amanda, have you seen these suggestions for the successful growing of Winter Squash this far North in Glasgow? winter_squash
Using the above methods, I had reasonable crops of BonBon, Crown Prince, Sweet Lightening, Pink Banana, Uchiki Kuri.

Thanks for this Realfood - will have a good read and see what I can do for next year. Perhaps we could swap some seeds later in the season.

Good link ^^^
Festival F1 is recommended for Scotland, as well as some others you've already tried

We had some beautiful weather early in the summer then torrential rain and floods in July and August. They were all sown early and at the same time yet the Jack O Lantern got to a very good size and the poor old Crown Prince striked at grapefruit size. The others formed some small fruit that came to nothing despite my garden being very busy with bees.

[smallblueplanet]

Uchiki kuri aka onion squash aka potimarron are pretty good, they can be grown up as well as along. I prefer their flavour to lots of winter squash. They're also a reasonable size and mature earlyish.

Each plant forms three to five small pumpkin-like fruits of intense orange red with a golden flesh, averaging 1.5Kg. Very early to mature with superb storage characteristics.

Winter Squash Uchiki Kuri - Moles Seeds

[scarey55]

Uchiki kuri aka onion squash aka potimarron are pretty good, they can be grown up as well as along. I prefer their flavour to lots of winter squash. They're also a reasonable size and mature earlyish.

If you PM me your address, I can let you have some seeds. Manda is right, they are very tasty, hardy and wonderful - an all round great squash.

[lottie dolly]

been looking at that site myself,and like the look of the purply blue 1,bon bon,sounds tasty as well,mmmmm wasn't going to spend so much on seed next year lol,but if i only plant 3or4,they will last another year on

[Newbie]

I have grown "We Be Little" for the last two years, last year in a pot it did ok but this year i put it in a bed & is has done fantastically well. It is a compact/bush type pumpkin/squash and the fruit are minature pumpkins about grapefruit size. I have already harvested & cured 5 beauties off it with another 7 on the plant ready for curing.

[Peter]

Being down in Hertfordshire I doubt I can usefully advise.
My Crown Prince have been pretty good this year and outshone the Butternuts.
Do you have a polytunnell or use fleece for protection so you can get the plants out as early as possible?

[Lavenderblue]

We have so many blue hubbards that I honestly don't know what to do with them.

Uchiki kuri are brilliant - we have been eating these for a month and have about 10 to go!

[amandaandherveg]

I started them inside in the downstairs bathroom in February (it has underfloor heating and worked wonders on the germination). They then lived on the windowsill for a while then went into the GH. The plants were all lovely and healthy and strong but just didnt come to anything.

There are some wonderful suggestion here - I am going to have a look through my seed box and see what I can offer up for some interesting swaps.

[amandaandherveg]

We have so many blue hubbards that I honestly don't know what to do with them.!

Send them to the pumpkin deprived, ie, ME, lol. I am just jealous, I hope they taste wonderful.

[piskieinboots]

I grew just one Crown Prince plant this year - in a pot, got two really good sized squashes off it. I'm guessing that's not a good crop, but I'm pleased with it for my first attempt