Slow Squash?

[peter]

My Squash plants have been out for a few weeks now, but have not started to "voom" yet. In fact the best growing one, at point of coming out of the pot to go in the ground, now looks decidedly the worse for wear.
My only consolation is that my neighbour's plants are exactly the same,
I'm sure it is not a dodgy manure issue as my brassica's and dahlias are growing fine in the same plot. whole plot manured and dug the saem all over.

Only thing I can think that might have held them back is the recent winds, which tend to go through our (very) shallow valley and across the plot.

How are everyone else's outdoor squash doing?

[Colin_M]

Well our squash all look healthy, but haven't raced away yet. In my case, I haven't watered them during the last week and I think they might otherwise have done a bit more.

My courgettes (which have been in twice as long) are also decidedly quiet.

[Marken]

I have severak varieties of squash in the ground. Of about a dozen plants, only two are starting to take off.

[Primrose]

Not growing squash this year but my courgettes look decidedly slow. My outdoor cucumbers, which unlike the courgettes, have been covered with cloches until this past week-end seem to be faring somewhat better so it may be a case of this family of plants them not liking the windy conditions. Covering them with some fleece for a couple of weeks might encourage them to get moving.

[macmac]

My butternut squash, both at home and down the lottie are all slow only one has started to creep away.My courgettes,planted on top of our lottie muck bin, are equally slow.The yellow ones,which last year grew the best,were poor germinaters and of the three plants i've got in two seem destined for the compost Speaking to other plot holders it seems like a dodgy year for squash

[glallotments]

We always find the courgettes, squash etc go through a will they won't they period when first planted out before they decide they are happy with the move and romp away.

[Bren]

I planted out my squashes the 3rd. week in May and they haven't moved yet, but 3 of them have flowers on, I liquid fed them yesterday.

Bren

[ken]

Slow here, too. Yes, we've had some windy weather, but I'm inclined to blame the low night-time temperatures. It got very close to frost some nights in early June. I think they'll be OK once they are convinced that summer is here...

[Geoff]

Have you got a max/min? Mine has been showing not much above 5 most nights which could be the cause. Having said that my Squashes have started to move.

[oldherbaceous]

I also think some peoples, Runner and French beans seem to do the same, i was just a thinking whether it could be something to do with the intensity of the sun, as my very early sowings do not suffer from this at all.

[Parsons Jack]

Down here in the tropical south, my courgettes are growing strongly. I suspect I shall be picking the first ones this coming weekend

[Westi]

Here by the beach mine are just starting to explode but
mainly the squash. The courgettes are fruiting but the
vine is quite small. My Runners and French Beans are
rubbish though - most of my Runners haven't even started
to climb and I thought my French beans seeds had been
taken by mice but they are only just coming through now
weeks after planting.

They are all mulched, watered and loved equally so some
thing is not right so might be the night temp. Yesterday
my thermometer showed 30 at about 1pm but it was a
stark difference overnight, so with those extremes I'm
not surprised! But hey, that's the Great British weather for
you!

Westi

[ken]

A P.S. to the reply I posted yesterday. Went down to inspect the squash and courgettes and found that the growing point had been chewed off one of the squash plants, I presume by a slug. That'll slow it down a bitmore (!), though as it has embryonic side shoots further down the stem, I'm hopeful it will be alright. They do seem to be vulnerable to slugs at this early stage, though. Later on, the stems seem to get too tough/prickly for the slugs.

[alan refail]

My courgettes and pumpkins are par for the course for the time of year. I always plant out at the beginning of June, they languish for a while for vatious reasons (cold, wind, too dry, too wet: take your pick), then suddenly take off before the end of June.
They're currently all in languishing mode, but after today's heavy rain and the promised warmer weather on the way I expect to see some sudden improvement next week.

[FelixLeiter]

I visited Heligan on Saturday and their squashes and pumpkins, all planted out, looked to be on death's door. I don't know what had gone on there. (Their rhubarb was very unhappy, too, and as for their citrus trees ... hmm.)