Cucurbit growing 2017

[poly]

Sown this morning,

Baby Blue Hubbard
Black Lamp F1
Chestnut
Friedrich Nietzsche
Gold Nugget
Green Hokkaido
Zucca Mantovana
Mini Green Hubbard
Olive Verte
Red Lamp F1
Silver Bell
Valenciano
Marocco pumpkin

Gills Golden Pippin
Sweet Dumpling

Exciting because many of these are new to me varieties, some I've been wanting to grow for ages and just waiting to have enough space.

I've a second batch to sow, a mix of moschata and maxima, but will need to wait for some space and pots!

[poly]

Chicago warted Hubbard has germinated

Oooh I've got some seeds for those to go in, they might be a bit old to germinate though. Hope yours do well

[happyhumph]

Cucumber tin bath emptied and refilled with fresh compost and all 5 cucs planted out in gh

[1Bee]

Woot! The Tromboncino is up, guys. Repeat: The Tromboncino is up!!!

[Snowwhyte]

Had an email from Sutton offering a pack of three squash plug plants for 99p delivery £4.99. They say it's for today only. They have trombocino, crown prince, patty pan and uchiki kuri. My patty pan never does well and I don't have any uchiki kuri growing but I'm trying to stay strong. I don't need more squash.

[AkionTotocha]

I sowed my melons (Emir and Sugar Baby) inside at the end of March along with some Shirley toms, and my Courgettes (Black beauty) and some moneymaker toms outside at the same time. The outside stuff was free seed which is why I took a gamble and popped it outside, but they all formed stocky little plants that are growing strong.

Even though Emir is an "outside" melon, I grew it in the GH last year and got a few flowers (which I understand is rare?) but they never amounted to anything because I accidentally drowned them (forgot to pop holes in the bottom of their troughs oops), and the flowers happened quite late in the year because I didn't sow them until the end of May. So all melons will be living in the GH this year.

Not sure about growing cucumbers yet... if I do get any seeds they'll be a pickling kind because I prefer eating them in salads..

[Yasai]

Oh, for an allotment... !! I'm intrigued... those of you that are growing 10+ courgette plants, what do you do with them all?!! Yes, I know the obvious answer is "eat them", but courgette plants are so prolific, are you not drowning in the things!? Do people freeze them? Anyway, I'm living it large and 'aving a go at squash this year, so I've sown Blue Kuri and, at some point, will set about working out where to plant it...

[poly]

Had an email from Sutton offering a pack of three squash plug plants for 99p delivery £4.99. They say it's for today only. They have trombocino, crown prince, patty pan and uchiki kuri. My patty pan never does well and I don't have any uchiki kuri growing but I'm trying to stay strong. I don't need more squash.

They also have Honey Boat squash

[Snowwhyte]

They also have Honey Boat squash

Oh no, I missed one? I caved and got the patty pan, crown Prince and ushiku kuri. I was wondering if I made a mistake not getting the trombocino and now I find out I missed another one.

[vixylix]

I didnt see the honey boat either snowwhyte?! I stayed strong and didnt buy any but you're making me want to cave

[Small pumpkin]

Everything has germinated except Squash red kuri and my Unknown seed but there's still time for that.
So my final cucurbit grow list is:
Courgette de nizza
Courgette astia.
Courgette Tuscany.
Courgette Tromboncino
Pumpkin small sugar.
Pumpkin hundredweight
Pumpkin wee-be-little
Pumpkin cushaw green striped
Squash vegetable spaghetti.
Squash acorn table King
Squash Queensland blue
Squash warted Hubbard
Squash jumbo pink banana
Squash Turks turban
Squash sweet dumpling
Squash summer sunburst f1
Cucumber femspot
Cucumber crystal apple
cucumber marketmore
Melon garla
Melon honeydew

[Thelma Sanders]

Well I did it! I sowed.....
Squash - Tromba, Golden Hubbard, Thelma Sanders, Black Futsu, Flat White Boer, Jarrahdale, Blue Ballet, Table Gold Acorn, Harrier b/nut, Potimarron, Burgess Buttercup, Courgettes Romanesco & One Ball, Partner Gherkins, Diva cukes.

Only waiting for Tromba, One Ball and Thelma Sanders to show up, all the others have already put in an appearance

[bario1]

Crown Prince came up over the weekend, that's everything squashy up except Honeybear which has been binned, as it wouldn't germinate last year either. So I have:
Crown Prince
Burgess Buttercup
Harlequin
Musquee de Provence.

Now, where to put them??

[Snowwhyte]

My crown prince and uchica kuri arrived yesterday. They are potted up and in the mini greenhouse. They're looking good, hope I can keep them all alive. Have got to get all my squash hardened off and out so they can grow huge.

[Small pumpkin]

My first 3 varieties of squash are planted in their final position.

How many squash plants would you put in a 24ft X 4ft bed ? I'm planning on 9. But I know I will have more ( unsuccessful sales stock ), that obviously can't be put to death!!!

Pumpkin and courgette will be in there own bed, 7 in total again this number my rise!