What the heck? Weird clusters of flowers on butternuts

[emcas]

My one butternut refuses to flower, like, at all. I’ve accepted it’s hopeless at this point.

Today I noticed these clusters of flowers sort of trying to start but … they look nothing like squash flowers.

Anyone know what might have happened here?

 

[oneeye]

If you have an excess amount of nitrogen in the soil the plants will not bloom normally.

 

[emcas]

If you have an excess amount of nitrogen in the soil the plants will not bloom normally.

Interesting…the plant shares a bed with another in the same soil and has normal flowers (and 3 squash). I’ll retest my soil. Thanks for the reply, it’s been very confusing!

 

[YumYum]

I vaguely remember a thread (maybe 6 months ago) about a squash or cucumber doing the very same thing. I can't remember the exact verdict but I think maybe @Meadowlark or @Chuck or @DirtMechanic was in the thread also. I cant find the thread myself so maybe they have a better memory.

 

[DirtMechanic]

Cucumber? I mean is it actually a cucumber by mistake?

 

[emcas]

Thanks folks! I searched before posting and couldn’t find anything. And if it’s a cucumber … the seed packet had a straggler/imposter. This would make more sense to me, it def doesn’t present like a butternut!

 

[YumYum]

Let it grow and see what kind of fruit it produces and post a picture.

This year out of one fresh packet of tomato seeds I got one plant that was a totally different variety so your not alone. Also out of another fresh packet of tomato seeds all of the plants were of the wrong variety.

 

[emcas]

Let it grow and see what kind of fruit it produces and post a picture.

This year out of one fresh packet of tomato seeds I got one plant that was a totally different variety so your not alone. Also out of another fresh packet of tomato seeds all of the plants were of the wrong variety.

If anything ever fruits, I def will! The rate of how this plant produces vines is staggering…. Like, several feet a day. The flowers took 4 months!

It’s incredible to me that seed packets can be wrong - the butternuts were a sample of like 6 seeds. Ironically I managed to thin to the one that isn’t what I tried to plant!

 

[big rockpile]

I planted Tomatoes supposed to be Beefsteak.

Afterwards very few Beefsteak. Cherry Tomatoes and Pear Tomatoes.

A Cucumber has similar seeds but smaller.

big rockpile

 

[emcas]

It's a bur cucumber! WHAT THE HECK!!!!!

 

[big rockpile]

It's a bur cucumber! WHAT THE HECK!!!!!

Yes look at the Leaves.

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