confirmation that this is a butternut squash?

[Irish-Veg]

Sposed to be 'Waltham butternut'. . .

its my first year growing them so apart from anything i've read, i'm not an expert. so there must be about 20 huge fruits between the 4/5 vines... but they are more round then the shape (and size/weight) of pumpkins then the butternut squash i would buy in the shops .. maybe im just being impatient about them ripening :P they were sewn back in April sometime and planted out in May-ish.

Thanks

[Hazel at the Hill]

Erm - sorry, but I don't think it is.

I grew Waltham Butternut some years ago - I can't find a pic of it on the plant, but I'm pretty sure that it looked fairly recognisably like a supermarket butternut.

Here's a pic of when I cut one:

[Irish-Veg]

yeah i knew they looked funky /: the only other thing they could be is pumpkins as i sowed them the same time.. i think, then again, im not sure,

[bretty666]

hi. they look way to dark and round to be butternut. i have 21 waltham butternut plants (triffids) growing and all fruiting. .. not one of the looks like that? im sure you will enjoy them all the same though??

[Florence Fennel]

They look like round courgettes to me and very healthy too!

[Thelma Sanders]

They look like baby pumpkins/round squash to me, as well

[Florence Fennel]

I've got some Italian White Courgettes (seed from BB) that look like that Hazel.

[jacob]

I'm thinking pumpkin there....

[Hazel at the Hill]

I've got some Italian White Courgettes (seed from BB) that look like that Hazel.

I think the colour balance in the pic is a bit wonky, FF - it was some years ago, but I remember them (about 5 from the plant) as being beige/yellow.

I can't even think about courgettes for next year - I've had 84 to date off my 2-plants-and-a-runty-one.

[Irish-Veg]

ergh that's annoying they have to be pumpkins then /:

I sewed a few off these.. Pumpkin 'Jack O' Lantern' Organic Seeds

Because I didn't plant courgettes this year...

I have a feeling though that it might be a mixed group ie some butternut and some pumpkin because there are some smaller fruits (could be wishful thinking though)

[rustylady]

None of the ones you have pictured is a butternut Irish. They have their distinctive shape right from the beginning. Google Image Result for http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Bgnz3Zk5O8A/Tewts_4H4wI/AAAAAAAABAU/OMJ8ih4nRD4/s400/ButternutSquash11.jpg

[Stan79]

Well that's strange as i planted butternut squash too and i know i did cos at the same time i planted patti pan squash and spaghetti squash. I have 3 different squash forming and the butternut variety are very similar to your pictures...

A mix up in the seed factory? Or they are butternut but a different variety?

[rustylady]

Penny's just dropped Could it be this? Squash 'Autumn Crown' (Winter) - Pumpkin, Squash & Courgette Seeds - Thompson & Morgan

[Irish-Veg]

hmm as much as it seems believable but I have the original packet that says Waltham butternut, they must be pumpkins /: although I was sure they were the squash