Carol Dee
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DH just brought these home... they grew right next to the normal acorn squash. The larger one fits in a pint canning jar. I have never seen butternuts this small.
Oddly small Squash!
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majorcatfish
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could that vine been bitten by a cucumber beetle ?
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Carol Dee
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I have no idea. Everything else did well. Cucumbers and zucchini made it all season with NO bugs problems (1st time EVER!)
majorcatfish
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anyway you look at it those are some very nice acorn squash.....
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Carol Dee
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Only got 3. But they are delicious.anyway you look at it those are some very nice acorn squash.....
HotPepperQueen
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I had a horrid year for squash. The vines grew and grew but I didn't get a single acorn. My cucumbers also did particularly well this year. I had enough pickling sizes to do about 60 quarts of dill, 20 quarts of kosher, and who knows how many pints of sweet chunk. One day I was so fed up with picking them that I let the ducks loose on the cucumber patch and walked away. I came back to trampled vines and hardly any cukes left. It relieved a lot of my stress.
ETA: I also didn't get a single zucchini or summer squash. Usually I get so sick of them because they grow like weeds but I didn't get any. Weird!
ETA: I also didn't get a single zucchini or summer squash. Usually I get so sick of them because they grow like weeds but I didn't get any. Weird!
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Those butternut squash look the perfect size for a meal for just the two of us. Are they fully ripe?
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Carol Dee
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They appear to be. I will know when I cut one.
digitS'
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They may be a mutation and worth growing again.
Butternut are not such a common species - unlike zucchini. What I mean is that you may be able to isolate them. Of course, the plants would cross with other butternuts growing nearby.
I have Bitterroot Buttercup along with the Burgess, this year. They are smaller but not nearly as small as your squash, Carol! I really need to wait a little longer for them to cure before doing taste comparisons.
Steve
Butternut are not such a common species - unlike zucchini. What I mean is that you may be able to isolate them. Of course, the plants would cross with other butternuts growing nearby.
I have Bitterroot Buttercup along with the Burgess, this year. They are smaller but not nearly as small as your squash, Carol! I really need to wait a little longer for them to cure before doing taste comparisons.
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At this time, the only squash I grow (not counting pumpkin) are small squash just because one makes a meal for two. DH doesn't like "leftovers" so bigger squash become chicken food after one meal. Seems too much a waste -- hence the acorn, patty pan, etc.
