How To Grow Butternut Squash

[RATTER15]

My good lady put a couple of seeds from a butternut squash in to a pot a few weeks ago and they germinated and are now about 3 inches high.

Now what?

should we grow them in the greenhouse or out?

any tips to give them a fair crack?

[Buenchico]

From the RHS
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/grow-your-own/vegetables/squash

and the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/digin/vegetables/squash.shtml
and
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/basics/techniques/growfruitandveg_growingcourgettes1.shtml

It seems that you've sown them very late but, as you've had some success, it looks as if if might be worth transferring them outdoors fairly soon.

[RATTER15]

Thanks Chris, interesting sites. We will give them a go, nothing to lose!

[jourdain2]

It is a bit late so put them out a.s.a.p. I hope you have a large veg. plot. I grew them very successfully in France and fortunately they store very well because I ended up with over 30 fruits! I just looked up 'growing butternut squash' on tinternet.

If Mrs RATTER grows an avocado from seed as I did - be warned, it grows to about 30ft high, although I kept topping mine at ceiling height and it made an attractive foliage plant.