Pumpkins, pumpkins and more squahses

ruffmeister

Hey there, just thought i would give an update on or pumpkin and squash patch. With this warm weather the plot seems to have raced away and now from 5 plants we have around 20 fruits which have set.
Click here to see our Monster pumpkin
How are your doing? more fruits per plant? less? arw they rotting off, or have you even harvested a few yet.
Other new this week. More gladioli, runner and dwarf beans, too many courgettes to know what to do with and sweetcorn in flower.
Regards
Lottieblogs

bella165

omg tell me about me my gardens been going wild.ive picked 20 marrows from 6 plants each a very good size ,pumpkins are huge (my son is entering them into a comp) ,my rubarb and figs are on there 2nd growth.and my beatroot is going mad and my sprouts wont be long.how times are changing mad world.but keep up the good work and keeping us informed.ps were in the uk are you so that way we can see whats going onin diffrent towns.im in wiltshire.

full-time-mum

Hi Lottieblogs,

I'm also in Northants and I've had my first success with courgettes - after 3 years of trying. Bit late sowing/planting out but I've got approx 3 or 4 on each plant now.

I looked into an allotment 2 years ago but it wasn't that near and I didn't think I would have enough time - just as well, its now a housing estate!

beaney50

Courgettes are great but my tomatoes (garden) seem to be rotting. I have removed all the offending tomatoes but will any more grow?

Lord_Gardener

beaney50 wrote: »

Courgettes are great but my tomatoes (garden) seem to be rotting. I have removed all the offending tomatoes but will any more grow?

Could be blight? Dark brown patches on leaves and sunken brown on fruit plus blacken patches on main stem! If so, destroy plants, clean area and try again next year!!

jimbo_the_jetset

ruffmeister wrote: »

Hey there, just thought i would give an update on or pumpkin and squash patch. With this warm weather the plot seems to have raced away and now from 5 plants we have around 20 fruits which have set.
Click here to see our Monster pumpkin
How are your doing? more fruits per plant? less? arw they rotting off, or have you even harvested a few yet.
Other new this week. More gladioli, runner and dwarf beans, too many courgettes to know what to do with and sweetcorn in flower.
Regards
Lottieblogs

Our squashes have taken over the veg patch and really spread out. There is quite a bit of fruit and plenty of flowers. Would it be wise to pinch out the ends of the plant to try and control the growth and make sure more energy goes into the fruit?

ruffmeister

full-time-mum wrote: »

Hi Lottieblogs,

I'm also in Northants and I've had my first success with courgettes - after 3 years of trying. Bit late sowing/planting out but I've got approx 3 or 4 on each plant now.

I looked into an allotment 2 years ago but it wasn't that near and I didn't think I would have enough time - just as well, its now a housing estate!

whereabouts in northants was that?

ruffmeister

jimbo_the_jetset wrote: »

Our squashes have taken over the veg patch and really spread out. There is quite a bit of fruit and plenty of flowers. Would it be wise to pinch out the ends of the plant to try and control the growth and make sure more energy goes into the fruit?

depend on what your after, more fruits of less size then leave them, less fruits of bigger size then pinch out.

choice is yours