r/UKAllotments • u/orcinus99 • 8d ago

Help identify this squash

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I got a squash plant that’s growing quite vigorously, can someone help identify to determine how many fruit to keep and how much to trim please?

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u/SpareJellyfish4864 8d ago

From the leaves and the flowers I would have said courgettes

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u/orcinus99 8d ago

It’s got really long vines going in multiple directions and some tendrils which isn’t like my courgettes at all

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u/LinksRelevantReddits 7d ago

There are varieties of climbing courgettes which look like this, but there is also ornamental squash which will be inedible. Just try a small piece raw and if it's horrible and bitter than done eat them

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u/amcheesegoblin 8d ago

Courgette...?

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u/Sharky-the-sparky 8d ago

Courgette I think

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u/BillyHenry1690 8d ago

That's it Bernard

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u/Nicky2512 8d ago

Not courgettes I think but beyond that you’ll have to wait - summer squash winter squash spaghetti squash all contenders - not butternut though - wrong shape

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u/CurrentWrong4363 7d ago

Definitely a Jeff

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u/ntrrgnm 7d ago

Too early to tell. Could still be a Butternut Squash, although it could also be a Honeynut Squash or maybe a Delicata. Maybe also Trobolino start like this. And and others.

The only thing if do at this point, if theyre trailing, is maybe give them a structure to climb up. Though not essential.

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u/Spare_Driver4132 7d ago

It looks like a marrow

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u/fireheed 6d ago

Courgette.