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When to harvest butternut squash UK

When to harvest butternut squash UK

Are you growing butternut squash in the garden or the allotment? Do you know when to harvest butternut squash UK? Here we will give you all the advice on when to harvest the butternut squash to get the best from you squash crops and the best harvests from the plants.

When you are growing your butternut squash you will have probably already looked at the packets that you used to plant them or in a book and it will say that harvesting time is usually in September to October.

When harvesting squash you don’t want to pick them until the butternut squash has fully matured or it can affect the taste from the squash. Ideally, you do want to pick them before the first frost though as this can cause the butternut squash to go to mush and split which is not what you want when you have been growing them all year.


Allotment and Kitchen Garden Book

Are you starting an allotment or planning on growing your own fruit, vegetables, herbs, and flowers in a kitchen garden? If so we highly recommend the book Allotment Month By Month. This does exactly what it does on the cover to help you with what you should be doing in the allotment and kitchen garden each month. Below you can see the link for Amazon where you can purchase the book directly. This book is extremely popular with all allotment holders as you will read in the reviews:-

You can check out all the allotment and kitchen garden books we recommend here.


Here are our tips for knowing when to harvest your butternut squash:-

Butternut Squash colour and texture

One of the telltale signs to knowing if your squash is ready is checking the colour of the squash. When it is growing the butternut squash will be a light green in colour. You are waiting for it to go an orange/yellow in colour this will be the give away sign that it is ready. You can also feel the squash. If the butternut squash is hard and firm that will also tell you it is ready.

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Plant dying

If the vine that the squash is dying that means the butternut squash will not grow any more. Hopefully, it will have changed colour before the vine fully dies.

Cold weather

Like we mentioned above if the weather is turning cold you need to pick the butternut squash before the frost comes. This can really damage the squash if not picked before. The plant will not survive the cold weather and it will most likely kill the plant off.

If the weather is getting wet put the squash on top of something like hay, straw or on a brick. You do not want it resting on the soil as the slugs will find it. Also, the wet soil will cause the butternut squash to rot.

How to harvest butternut squash

When it comes to harvesting the butternut squash you want to make sure it is fully matured and ready as per the points above. Make sure it is fully Yellow/ Orange.

When harvesting the squash do not twist it off you need to cut it off leaving as much as the stalk on as possible. Leaving the stalk on will let you be able to store it for longer as the stalk is the first bit to rot on the butternut squash.


We hope you have found these tips useful on when to harvest butternut squash UK. You can find our tips and advice on growing butternut squash here.

Allotment Book

Alan Titchmarsh How to Garden Allotment Gardening Review

Alan Titchmarsh How to Garden Allotment Gardening Review

Welcome to our Alan Titchmarsh How to Garden Allotment Gardening Review on the book which is on sale in multiple shops and Amazon. Here we will be reviewing the book and checking what the customers think of the product and how beneficial it is. Starting an allotment can be hard work that is why you may need an allotment book to help give you ideas on when to plant things, how to look after it and when to harvest it.

We also provide the link to the purchase the item from Amazon where you know it is safe and secure to purchase from.


Alan Titchmarsh How to Garden Allotment Gardening Review

About the Allotment Book:-

This allotment book is written by the fantastic Alan Titchmarsh. This is one of his books from a collection of over 40 books in total. Alan is no stranger to gardening with his fantastic tv shows, demonstrating how to garden and look after your plants.

In this book Alan Tichmarsh shows you how to get the most out of your allotment. The topics he covers in this allotment book are:-

  • * How to assess your plot and work with what you’ve got
  • * Advice on layout and crop rotation
  • * Expert guidance on care and maintenance
  • * Directory of vegetables, fruit and herbs
  • * Seasonal calendar of what to do when

Purchasing the Book:-

If you are thinking of purchasing this book you can click the Amazon link below which shows it’s current price at the moment. You know it will be safe, secure and trusted if it is for sale on Amazon.

Customer Reviews of the Book

Here we have what the customers think of the product from the reviews of genuine purchases from Amazon. Overall it has been purchased over 100 times from Amazon. The customers have given it an average rating of 4.6 out of 5. It has a 74% 5-star rating on Amazon which is great for a book. It shows it is defiantly worth buying.

Here is what a couple of the customers think of the book:-

  • What can I say other than a superb publication from the king of gardening. Here he applies his extensive knowledge to getting the most from your allotment with such enthusiasm you can’t wait to get down your plot and start digging and planting! All bases are covered and presented in a way that the complete novice can understand, but also, for the more experienced grower, provides useful info for example if growing a particular vegetable for the first time. This book won’t disappoint , thank you Mr T.
  • We have just got our first allotment and was after some ideas on what to plant etc! Was recommended this book and it’s brilliant so many tips and good ideas also it’s very easy to understand and follow.

We hope that this Alan Titchmarsh How to Garden Allotment Gardening Review has helped you decide if you want this book or if it will make an ideal allotment gift for him or her. If you would like to find more allotment book reviews you can check them out here.


Allotment and Kitchen Garden Book

Are you starting an allotment or planning on growing your own fruit, vegetables, herbs, and flowers in a kitchen garden? If so we highly recommend the book Allotment Month By Month. This does exactly what it does on the cover to help you with what you should be doing in the allotment and kitchen garden each month. Below you can see the link for Amazon where you can purchase the book directly. This book is extremely popular with all allotment holders as you will read in the reviews:-

You can check out all the allotment and kitchen garden books we recommend here.


Allotment Book

Allotment Gardening For Dummies Review

Allotment Gardening For Dummies Review

Welcome to our Allotment Gardening For Dummies Review on the book which is on sale in multiple shops and Amazon. Here we will be reviewing the book and checking what the customers think of the product and how beneficial it is. Starting an allotment can be hard work that is why you may need an allotment book to help give you ideas on when to plant things, how to look after it and when to harvest it.

We also provide the link to the purchase the item from Amazon where you know it is safe and secure to purchase from.


Allotment Gardening For Dummies Review

About the Allotment Book:-

This allotment book is perfect for those just starting out on an allotment or those that would like to learn some more information on using an allotment wisely. You will certainly learn a great amount from this book and the reviews for this book from the customers is great. It will be worth picking up one of these books to learn more about starting an allotment and looking after it.

These are the chapters in the book:-

Part 1: Getting to Grips with Allotment Gardening
Chapter 1: What Are Allotments All About?
Chapter 2: Getting hold of an Allotment
Chapter 3: Getting Started

Part 2: Preparing for Allotment Success
Chapter 4: Deciding What to Grow, When
Chapter 5: Preparing Your Plot
Chapter 6: Keeping Your Soil Healthy
Chapter 7: Keeping Your Plants Healthy
Chapter 8: Growing Organic

Part 3: Growing a Few of Your Favourite Vegetables
Chapter 9: Going Underground
Chapter 10: The Staples
Chapter 11: Growing Leafy Greens
Chapter 12: Planting Peas, Beans and Other Pods
Chapter 13: Growing More Exotic Veg

Part 4: Extending Your Allotment Repetoire
Chapter 14: Growing Wholesome Herbs
Chapter 15: Growing Fruitful Fruit
Chapter 16: Nurturing Flowers on an Allotment

Part 5: Getting the Most Out of Your Allotment
Chapter 17: Involving Children Around the Allotment
Chapter 18: Hobnobbing with Allotment Society
Chapter 19: Growing Giant Veg

Part 6: The Part of Tens Chapter
Chapter 20: Ten Common Accidents and How to Prevent Them
Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Revive a Flagging Allotment

Purchasing the Book:-

If you are thinking of purchasing this book you can click the Amazon link below which shows it’s current price at the moment. You know it will be safe, secure and trusted if it is for sale on Amazon.

Customer Reviews of the Book

Here we have what the customers think of the product from the reviews of genuine purchases from Amazon. Overall it has been purchased over 90 times from Amazon. The customers have given it an average rating of 4.8 out of 5. It has an 80% 5-star rating on Amazon which is great for a book. It shows it is defiantly worth buying.

Here is what a couple of the customers think of the book:-

  • Truly amazing. I have a lot of gardening books (and have reviewed quite a few) which to be honest some of them, I get bored and fed up with the information (sometimes it is too much info or not needed information; and sometimes I find some of the authors it would rather it be about them than the actual subject at hand). This book, however is not one of them. Amazingly clear, no nonsense information on so many subjects herbs, flowers, fruit and veg, seed saving, maintaining an allotment, how to inspire people particularly children into growing food, how to look after the soil (digging method but also no digging as well), weeds and what to do about them, I think all the veg and fruit and herbs you want and need to grow. Don’t be fooled by the ‘for dummies’, it is a superb book high up there among other books either within the for dummies books series or elsewhere. I don’t want to make a different point here, but I think the times we are living in show and bring to light the importance of growing food and the value of communities and coming together as active citizens, neighbours, friends and family and helping people and looking after people for a better future.
  • If you’re new to allotment or vegetable gardening this is a good book for you. A good book on the subject and one you can easily dip into for information. Follows the usual format of dummies books so is easy to follow with all the usual highlights. Worth a read for sure and one of the better useful books

We hope that this Allotment Gardening For Dummies Review has helped you decide if you want this book or if it will make an ideal allotment gift for him or her. If you would like to find more allotment book reviews you can check them out here.


Allotment and Kitchen Garden Book

Are you starting an allotment or planning on growing your own fruit, vegetables, herbs, and flowers in a kitchen garden? If so we highly recommend the book Allotment Month By Month. This does exactly what it does on the cover to help you with what you should be doing in the allotment and kitchen garden each month. Below you can see the link for Amazon where you can purchase the book directly. This book is extremely popular with all allotment holders as you will read in the reviews:-

You can check out all the allotment and kitchen garden books we recommend here.


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