Crown prince question for Two Sheds....or

[realfood]

As Crown Prince is F1, saved seeds are unlikely to come true to the original crown prince. Crown Prince is cucurbita maxima, while Butternuts are cucurbita moschata. Crown Prince is much easier to grow than Butternuts.

[Two_Sheds]

I've brought my remaining 3 Crown Princes home, but not dared to eat them yet (I'm a bit punkinned out, tbh)

I've just eaten the last of those Crown Princes. Boy it's a big pumpkin: 20+ jars of chutney plus 4 bowls of soup.

It's kept really well too, 9 months, on an east-facing windowsill

[Alison]

I've just eaten the last of those Crown Princes. Boy it's a big pumpkin: 20+ jars of chutney plus 4 bowls of soup.

That's why I don't grow big ones very often as I like the two person sized ones but lots of them - not doing too well this year though as they don't seem to be setting that well.

On a different note, used up the last of last years marrows last night which had been saved since last autumn - kind of got to the point where it was an experiment to see how long it would last, not as nice as the last one we ate months ago but definitely OK

[Brengirl]

I have 3 different varieties grown from saved seed and I don't know which is which. What do you think?

[Scarlet]

On a different note, used up the last of last years marrows last night which had been saved since last autumn - kind of got to the point where it was an experiment to see how long it would last, not as nice as the last one we ate months ago but definitely OK

Hi Alison, how did you store them? I've done enough chutney to feed an army, my wine is disgusting and I've got ratatouilee coming out of my ears!

Sorry Brengirl - bit out of my league...

[Alison]

Hi Alison, how did you store them? I've done enough chutney to feed an army, my wine is disgusting and I've got ratatouilee coming out of my ears!

Just left them in a cool room for the skins to dry out, they went really yellow after a while and I was surprised how well they stored as I'd never kept marrows before, only winter squash.

[chris]

Flipping heck! When I read this i thought my CP's were SERIOUSLY behind. I had a sinking feeling, thinking that all my effort was wasted. Mine are a bit larger than a tennis ball, hand pollinated. One didn't work, seems to be the same size. Vines are so long though, gone around my bed both ways now - couple more female flowers are on their way... so hoping i'll get more than 1 CP! The vines must be about 18foot long, each now?!

[Brengirl]

I have 3 different varieties grown from saved seed and I don't know which is which. What do you think?

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Apologies for bumping but I was hoping that someone would give me a clue.

[Alison]

Did you save the seeds Bren? Only asking cos if you did it then you'll know they're pure and not cross breeds etc whereas if they came from unknown source they could be a 57 varieties job

[Brengirl]

Thanks Alison. I saved seed from local supermarket and farm shop. I know squash are promiscuous so I have probably got mongrels.

[Alison]

Thanks Alison. I saved seed from local supermarket and farm shop. I know squash are promiscuous so I have probably got mongrels.

Fun to see what happens though

[Nordmead]

I have 3 different varieties grown from saved seed and I don't know which is which. What do you think?

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the first one looks very similar to my hundredweight although mine hasnt got to that size yet