alternative to butternut?

[queen of the cobs]

Dear All,

Just looking through the King's seed catalogue. I'm thinking of an alternative to butternut this year, and am tempted by the Metro, described as 'butternut type' .

I love butternut, and would be horribly disappointed if it was very different, but no space to grow both.

Anyone grown it? I'm based in London, btw.

[reetnproper]

Well I've grown Cobnut and Avalon before, both of which are 'Butternut types' and they taste just as good and are a darn sight easier to grown than BNS. So, on that basis, I'm guessing Metro will be much the same but I haven't actually grown that particular variant before

Reet
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BTW, just a thought (as you haven't the space for both) I grow my Butternut types up and over fences, trees etc, if that's an option for you? Apologies if I'm teaching you to suck eggs