Butternut Squash and Sunflowers
Posted on 03. Aug, 2008 by Tracey in My Veg Plot
I am very happy to see some small butternut squashes forming on the 2 plants which survived my over-watering.
In February when I was keen to get sowing, I hadn’t read up on how to grow squash by the time I put the first seeds into the pots and constantly kept watering it wondering why no seedling were appearing. Then someone told me they rot in soil that is cold and wet. Thats exactly what mine were doing without me releasing it.
So in March when the weather warmed up slightly I tried again and didn’t water the hell out of them and to my surprise they survived, needless to say I have nurtured them very carefully ever since.
Sunflower Competition – Results
And the results of the annual household Sunflower competition are…. I lost and my other half won. My sunflowers shirvelled up in the heat and my other half’s sunflowers have flourish with one flowering and the other just about to. You win some and loose some!
Heres the sunflower lineup:
Sunflower Competition Results
I am hoping to harvest the sunflower seeds when the flower-head dies to start again next year!
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I'm Tracey Bacon from Essex, UK, author of iGrowVeg.com
I'm an avid vegetable grower, writer and tweeter. I aim to show that anyone can grow their own vegetables at home on a windowsill, in pots or raised beds.
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ann
19. Mar, 2011
Thank you so much for your website. I love gardening, I have a 50 house greenhouse where we grow all year long except Jan and Feb. We have heating in there, we just like to take a break. I also have about 1/2 acre to 1 acre of vegetable garden (depending what I grow) and I love to plant sunflowers. PLease let me know when you harvest the seeds and let me know what you do. Im very interested in that. Thanks and have a wonderful growing season, Ann