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hidenseek1
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anyone know how long a squash will take to grow?
#18836698 - 09/13/13 12:05 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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i only can find info about the whole plant
but i have a bunch of feral squashes growing on my property, they are about the size of large acorns right now, and i got about 30 days till frost
do you think they can mature in time?
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Re: anyone know how long a squash will take to grow? [Re: hidenseek1]
#18836750 - 09/13/13 12:15 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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You should be able to get a few to mature by the end of the growing season. Squashes can usually take anywhere from 2-4 weeks to mature depending on several factors like weather, temperature, what zone you are in and things like is it getting adequate light, water and nutrients. If all these factors are where they need to be then you could probably get a few squashes to be fully mature within 2 weeks. Good luck!
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Re: anyone know how long a squash will take to grow? [Re: thedream]
#18836784 - 09/13/13 12:23 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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thanks, one plant must of had a head start cause i picked a full sized one and baked it with butter and brown sugar it was really good
so im positive one plant is acorn squash, i think 2 are too
and on, the largest im not sure what they are but there is like 10 squashes growing on it
do you think i should cut some off to let the others grow faster?
if so how many?, do i leave one or two?
or leave like half of them, 5?
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Re: anyone know how long a squash will take to grow? [Re: hidenseek1]
#18836806 - 09/13/13 12:28 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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You can leave them all unless they show signs of disease or malnourishment. Cutting off ones that haven't developed yet will probably have only a minor effect on speeding up the growth of the others as it still will take a certain amount of time for the squash to fully develop. What you may want to consider is doing some defoliation if there are dead or dying leaves covering the immature squashes.
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Re: anyone know how long a squash will take to grow? [Re: thedream]
#18836848 - 09/13/13 12:41 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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How about you google that OP?
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Re: anyone know how long a squash will take to grow? [Re: hidenseek1]
#18836866 - 09/13/13 12:45 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Definitely not. Squash take about a 2-3 months to get to full size if I remember right.
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Re: anyone know how long a squash will take to grow? [Re: thedream]
#18836870 - 09/13/13 12:45 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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cool thanks, i just went out to look at the largest plant,
its shaped sorta like the middle one in this pic with the green bottom and yellow top and similar shape
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Re: anyone know how long a squash will take to grow? [Re: hidenseek1]
#18836881 - 09/13/13 12:48 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Patlal said: How about you google that OP?
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hidenseek1 said: i only can find info about the whole plant
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Re: anyone know how long a squash will take to grow? [Re: hidenseek1]
#18836883 - 09/13/13 12:49 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Oh, if it's a hard shelled squash that definitely won't mature within 30 days, they take a lot longer to grow. You might be able to get something out of it but it won't be great. As someone else suggested, cut off other immature fruits that aren't growing as well... they'll only suck more nutrients from the plant and deprive the other fruits that are growing well.
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