Oddly small Squash!

[Carol Dee]

DH just brought these home... they grew right next to the normal acorn squash. The larger one fits in a pint canning jar. I have never seen butternuts this small.

 

[majorcatfish]

could that vine been bitten by a cucumber beetle ?

 

[Carol Dee]

could that vine been bitten by a cucumber beetle ?

I have no idea. Everything else did well. Cucumbers and zucchini made it all season with NO bugs problems (1st time EVER!)

 

[majorcatfish]

anyway you look at it those are some very nice acorn squash.....

 

[Carol Dee]

anyway you look at it those are some very nice acorn squash.....

Only got 3. But they are delicious.

 

[HotPepperQueen]

I had a horrid year for squash. The vines grew and grew but I didn't get a single acorn. My cucumbers also did particularly well this year. I had enough pickling sizes to do about 60 quarts of dill, 20 quarts of kosher, and who knows how many pints of sweet chunk. One day I was so fed up with picking them that I let the ducks loose on the cucumber patch and walked away. I came back to trampled vines and hardly any cukes left. It relieved a lot of my stress.
ETA: I also didn't get a single zucchini or summer squash. Usually I get so sick of them because they grow like weeds but I didn't get any. Weird!

 

[Smart Red]

Those butternut squash look the perfect size for a meal for just the two of us. Are they fully ripe?

 

[Carol Dee]

Those butternut squash look the perfect size for a meal for just the two of us. Are they fully ripe?

They appear to be. I will know when I cut one.

 

[digitS']

They may be a mutation and worth growing again.

Butternut are not such a common species - unlike zucchini. What I mean is that you may be able to isolate them. Of course, the plants would cross with other butternuts growing nearby.

I have Bitterroot Buttercup along with the Burgess, this year. They are smaller but not nearly as small as your squash, Carol! I really need to wait a little longer for them to cure before doing taste comparisons.

Steve

 

[Smart Red]

At this time, the only squash I grow (not counting pumpkin) are small squash just because one makes a meal for two. DH doesn't like "leftovers" so bigger squash become chicken food after one meal. Seems too much a waste -- hence the acorn, patty pan, etc.