Comments on: Butternut Pumpkin Problems http://www.cogs.asn.au/2010/03/butternut-pumpkin-problems/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:54:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dennis http://www.cogs.asn.au/2010/03/butternut-pumpkin-problems/#comment-665 Dennis Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:40:36 +0000 http://www.cogs.asn.au/?p=1071#comment-665 Has the ph of the soil anything to do with you getting all male or all female flowers on butternut vines. I can never seem to get a balance of both together. Has the ph of the soil anything to do with you getting all male or all female flowers on butternut vines. I can never seem to get a balance of both together.

]]> By: allan neilson http://www.cogs.asn.au/2010/03/butternut-pumpkin-problems/#comment-622 allan neilson Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:42:53 +0000 http://www.cogs.asn.au/?p=1071#comment-622 please could butter nut &cucumbers or melons or zucchinis cross as i have butter nut pumpkin up to 2 feet long please could butter nut &cucumbers or melons or zucchinis cross as i have butter nut pumpkin up to 2 feet long

]]> By: Michael Bell http://www.cogs.asn.au/2010/03/butternut-pumpkin-problems/#comment-595 Michael Bell Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:24:57 +0000 http://www.cogs.asn.au/?p=1071#comment-595 Mine have pretty much taken over the front yard for the time being. I have some that are a lovely orange now and appear to be ripe enough to try this weekend in a Thai Pumpkin soup I love. One of the later vines that was slow to start has some lovely green ones yet to mature, so hopefully it'll be a long cropping period this time around. Cheers M Mine have pretty much taken over the front yard for the time being. I have some that are a lovely orange now and appear to be ripe enough to try this weekend in a Thai Pumpkin soup I love.

One of the later vines that was slow to start has some lovely green ones yet to mature, so hopefully it’ll be a long cropping period this time around.

Cheers
M

]]> By: Cathy Bieleckia http://www.cogs.asn.au/2010/03/butternut-pumpkin-problems/#comment-594 Cathy Bieleckia Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:48:45 +0000 http://www.cogs.asn.au/?p=1071#comment-594 You have picked them too early - let them get more orange but pick before the first frost. Enjoy a sweeter taste hopefully. CB You have picked them too early – let them get more orange but pick before the first frost. Enjoy a sweeter taste hopefully. CB

]]> By: Kate http://www.cogs.asn.au/2010/03/butternut-pumpkin-problems/#comment-588 Kate Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:26:05 +0000 http://www.cogs.asn.au/?p=1071#comment-588 I heard Peter Cundall say on talk-back radio in Tas last weekend that pumpkins sweeten up with keeping. They get lighter but concentrate the flavour. Not sure if it applies to butternuts but if they are fully vine-ripened, then you can just wait and see. I heard Peter Cundall say on talk-back radio in Tas last weekend that pumpkins sweeten up with keeping. They get lighter but concentrate the flavour. Not sure if it applies to butternuts but if they are fully vine-ripened, then you can just wait and see.

]]> By: Bronwyn http://www.cogs.asn.au/2010/03/butternut-pumpkin-problems/#comment-587 Bronwyn Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:40:40 +0000 http://www.cogs.asn.au/?p=1071#comment-587 The butternuts will develop sweetness when they are fully ripe. Wait until the attached stalk has dried before you pick them. The butternuts will develop sweetness when they are fully ripe. Wait until the attached stalk has dried before you pick them.

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