General information and discussion about cultivating melons, cucumbers, squash, pumpkins and gourds.
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August 14, 2014 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
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UUGGGHHH!!!! Butternut Rugosa? NOT SO MUCH
Started Blue Hubbard, Triamble, Delicata, Buttercup, and Red Kuri, and was most looking forward to Butternut Rugosa. Put in 5 Rugosa plants, last to germinate, slowest to grow, but finally got going and are now covered in squash...REGULAR BUTTERNUT SQUASH. I hate it when these type of mix ups happen. Oh well...
Only one I've tried so far of the above varieties is a delicata, but it really had no flavour...guess it needed to be a little older or age for a little longer. |
August 15, 2014 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2010
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August 15, 2014 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
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Thanks Fred. The store I bought from is going to re-send me a packet from a different lot of seeds, but I think I'll hedge my bets and order from your vendor also. I guess I'll just have to be happy with boring old small butternut for this year.
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August 15, 2014 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Sunol, CA
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We have picked about 6000 lbs of Rugosa this past month. and there is 2 or 3 times that still on the field.
One restaurant has already taken delivery of 2K lbs... All from Seeds From Italy. No little, shiny butternut in the lot. |
August 16, 2014 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
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Wow! Would be great to see some pics. The first butternut on my vines is rather large (maybe 9 pounds) so I was waiting for the ridges and rough surface to develop, but eventually realized it was not meant to be.
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August 16, 2014 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
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Wow. That is large for any butternut other than B. rugosa.
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August 16, 2014 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
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It was just teasing me, getting my hopes up. There are one or two other large ones, but the rest are actually smaller than I would expect, but still plenty of time for them to have a growth spurt.
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August 16, 2014 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
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Are you sure you don't have Butternut Rugosa? The bumps don't develop until the very end, and many times they are less pronounced than in the packet photos.
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August 16, 2014 | #9 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Toronto
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Unfortunately yes, they are definitely regular butternut waltham.
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August 16, 2014 | #10 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2010
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Oh well. You could have alot worse...
At least it wasn't a zucchini |
August 16, 2014 | #11 |
Tomatovillian™
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Location: Toronto
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Ha...now that would have been an unpleasant surprise. Or even worse, could have been spaghetti squash!
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August 16, 2014 | #12 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Desert CA
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I have a pic for you.
Edit: I finally took the photo. i had to cradle it to bring it in and before it lost some of its water weight it was hefty like a sack of potatoes Last edited by epsilon; August 18, 2014 at 06:51 PM. |
August 19, 2014 | #13 |
Tomatovillian™
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Lovely!!! And definitely NOT what I have unfortunately.
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August 25, 2014 | #14 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: northern NJ zone 6b
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Butternut Rugosa is my FAVE squash! Last year I didn't plant them and regretted it. This year I got a late start, but have 3 squashes growing, one is about ripe the other two are smaller for now. I know mine won't be crossed because I grew NO other squashes at all. If you can wait, I'll send you some of my seeds from my squash Anthony.
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August 25, 2014 | #15 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7
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Okay. Now I'm going to have to buy more seeds!
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