I think my heart has broken. OK, that might be a bit dramatic, but it’s almost true.
Here’s the deal…I thought I planted several Butternut Squash seeds this spring, but now I am positive that I didn’t. The plantings would have given us a delicious and bountiful harvest this fall and the heartbreak comes because they are my absolute favorite squash. Ever.
Walking through the garden about a month ago, I started finding fruits in my “butternut” patch. These sightings should have been exciting. The problem is, they weren’t the beautiful bell shapes I was anticipating. Instead, they were simply round. Little round balls.
To the best of guessing abilities one of two things happened:
- I mislabeled the some of the seeds I saved last year
- Our Butternuts crossed with another squash last year and the seeds I saved were compromised
Regardless, I think I will be forced to purchase some Butternuts in the fall.
Hope your pumpkin taste good. My sons sometime help mix up seeds.
Lol…I wish I could say a child helped me mix them up! Nope, this was all me :-/
I did the same thing. LOL Only with Acorn squash. I don’t have any squash to speak of since all the squash bugs ate up every last vine.
Well, I guess those squash seeds are easy to mix up! LOL!
Sorry about all the squash bugs! We have yet to encounter those buggers…I’m sure we will at some point, though! 🙁
I’m laughing here, but not at your heartbreak. I’m laughing because I thought I planted pumpkins and I planted Butternut Squash! Some of my seedlings were mislabeled after I moved them up from the basement and instead of little round orbs, I have butternut squash EVERYWHERE!
Are you kidding me!? How ridiculous are we??? Too bad we don’t live closer…we could just trade!!!