Winter Squash Winter Beans: food to store for months, from autumn harvests

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(Do read this for more info!) High value veg to nourish us in winter and spring, with wonderful flavour and nutrient density. Beans are so worthwhile for their protein, squash for their sweetness.
Climatically this garden is zone 8b, summer days mostly 20-22C or 70F, last frost mid May, first one mid to late October. Barely warm enough to ripen Butternut squash, the Kuri and Crown Prince (3-4kg weight/6.5-9lb) are more reliable. Beans are Czar and Borlotti.
See this post for rapid shelling of Borlotti beans, when the shells are dry www.charlesdowding.co.uk/octo...
You notice the clean, strong growth here, thanks to #nodig with compost mulch. Healthy plants and few weeds: see this video on the ease and simplicity of ground preparation • No dig explained in 3 ... .
How I made the garden in year one, from weedy pasture with no tillage • NO DIG ABUNDANCE, a we...
Video filmed 8.9.17 and edited by David Adams (Edward is away at university).
More information in my book Winter Vegetables, buy it cheaper here than on Amazon www.charlesdowding.co.uk/prod...
My website and all my books are about growing great veg in the easiest, most time saving way. A good starter book is the perennial Diary www.charlesdowding.co.uk/prod... which guides you through the no dig year.

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@samuelr8174 3 года назад

Need a nice one hour long episode of this winter long term storage stuff

@Picci25021973 4 года назад

To those people who dislike the video: What the heck do you dislike?

@minineji7050 Год назад

Someone's gotta #spread negativity

@farmerchick3040 3 года назад

I love winter squash...so easy to store and enjoy over winter. I love red kuri ,butternut , and jarendale.

@LondonTreeSurgeons-Camden 6 лет назад

This is really useful when trying to be as self sufficient as possible all year. The squash are a better known harvest for winter but the beans are another great way of spreading harvests across the year, thanks once again for such a simple but useful method.

@delphinium5555 Год назад

I've only ever tried butternut squash. Need try Crown Prince! Great video, thank you.

@CharlesDowding1nodig Год назад

It's so good!

@rogermikardo 5 лет назад

Nearly half way through July I still have three of last year's butternuts and they've just got better and better in terms of eating quality. I wish I knew what I did right!

@thebungalow7952 6 лет назад

I absolutely LOVE ur videos Charles! I rush over like a giddy school kid whenever I see you have uploaded a new one. Thank you for taking the time to share!

@LindaPenney 6 лет назад

Awesome update thank you Charles and blessings

@coffeebuzzz 6 лет назад

Those brussels sprouts look massive.

@gerrymarmee3054 6 лет назад

You teach so many skills.

@utooth8114 6 лет назад

Thannk you Charles you are inspirational.

@OneYardRevolution 6 лет назад

Very nice variety of winter squash and beans, Charles! I'll be harvesting winter beans tomorrow if it stops raining.

@superjake01251 6 лет назад

I really enjoyed this one! I especially loved the way you made the intro and outro! Keep up the great work.

@dorothymcleod1 6 лет назад

Thanks for the information, more tools to help me feed myself. A beautiful garden and the promise of delicious meals through the winter.....you are an inspiration.

@markg9971 6 лет назад

Great information and interesting varieties.. thanks Charles.

@BlackDogDesigns 4 года назад

I am definitely going to try this with some beans next year, I use a lot of dried beans all year long and this is just a brilliant idea! Thank you for sharing😀

@Blackhuf 4 года назад

Just had some butternut squash and I am already looking forward to plant it's seeds this spring :)

@mngardener6016 6 лет назад

Thank you Mr.Dowding. Just wonderful, truly a pleasure to watch you Sir.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Thanks Jason

@marilyncabahit3910 6 лет назад

Very colorful pumkin and lot of beans so amazing

@attermire2109 6 лет назад

Great setup you have there chap, thanks for all the great gardening tips!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Thankyou, enjoy your crops.

@spooky7158 6 лет назад

Very informative videos -I love all the good advice! I usually watch them when I come when I come home after a stressful day. They are very calming and the ideas build up to the weekend when I spend hours and hours implementing all the great advice in my garden. A perfect solution for a mother to get some me time here and there!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Ah thanks Nina it is heartwarming to know this.

@YouCantEatTheGrass 6 лет назад

Squash are my favorite crop, so simple to grow, and so easy to store. We get some that will keep into early summer, though they do get hard to cut open, lol

@nancyword3814 5 лет назад

Love being in your garden!!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Ah that is nice, thanks Nancy

@mandyonline17 4 года назад

Thankyou so much for speaking about saving squash and Beans for winter. I am going to give this a go this year and your video is very encouraging. :)

@CharlesDowding1nodig 4 года назад

Wonderful and good luck

@evephillips6701 6 лет назад

Very nice variety of huge winter squash......What an amazingly monster cabbage looking veggie behind you....the size is unbelievable!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Yes they are wonderful Brussels sprouts for winter picking, from a May sowing

@ingerhaugland6763 6 лет назад

Lovely video and presentation as always, Charles. :) And some valuable information for an aspiring self sufficient gardener like myself. Thank you! :)

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Thanks and i hope it works well for you.

@ThatBritishHomestead Год назад

I love winter squash. I like ones that store super well!

@CharlesDowding1nodig Год назад

Crown Prince are ... the best!

@ThatBritishHomestead Год назад

@@CharlesDowding1nodig yes, I’m trying these next year 🤭

@Ajsallotment 6 лет назад

I love to add beans to stews and casseroles I grew a few but not nearly enough, next year I must grow more. It was lovely to see your winter squash they really are stunning thank you

@almabreeze3369 6 лет назад

When I was a kid my dad would get us kids a needle and string. Get the excess green beans and we would string them up. Let dry. In winter when we cooked the dried green beans we called them leather britches.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Nice memory!

@sharongodbout9014 6 лет назад

Nice! :-) Thank you for sharing!!

@jeanmuehlfelt7942 5 лет назад

Those Kuri squash look very appetizing and easy to find under the green leaves. I generally grow many varieties and have to snip off the end of the vines by mid-September due to early Autumns in northern U.S. The Blue Hubbard came as quite a surprise my first year. Weighing in an average of 15 pounds each, I'm thankful they store for many months. They were MUCH larger than I envisioned when planting those seeds. :-)

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Jean that is an impressive weight. Yes the Kuri are convenient, and this year we harvested late August to plant spinach, so a second crop thanks to their early ripening.

@Almeys 5 лет назад

I love uchi kuri, Hokkaido variety is outstanding food source, taste nothing like standard pumpkin more like a sweet potato.

@przybyla420 3 года назад

Good frozen for soups, pies, breads, etc. Cooked and mashed and portioned out before freezing.

@Wadj1 6 лет назад

I've got plans for a much bigger veg plot this year and I'll be using your no dig method. Wish me luck!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Yvette Moore that sounds exciting and enjoy lovely harvests

@debstarcrazy Год назад

We have a medium sized garden and when I started growing veg a few years back we opted for the no dig, following a lot of Charles’s tips. We don’t have lots of time to spend gardening yet no dig keeps our soil healthy and allows both plants and wildlife to thrive. I can highly recommend it and your back will thank you for it too! We finally got rid of the last bit of our tired lawn this year by covering with cardboard, piling lots of compost, soil and leaf mould on top, then planting into the top and have been rewarded with a bumper bed of squashes, kale, sunflowers, zinna, echinacea...the bed is thriving and looks amazing to boot. All that prep must have worked as I haven’t fed the bed at all this year. Nature (and Charles) knows best!

@wwsuwannee7993 6 лет назад

I had to eat green beans and mashed potatoes & gravy every day of my life until I left home. I hated them and swore I would never eat them again. 40 years later and I can't get enough of them...I love them...funny how that works :) I once stowed a butternut squash in a dark cabinet in early October. I left it till the first day of summer in June then, the wife and I had it with dinner. It was completely fine, I was impressed. We did live in a very dry climate at the time ( Nevada ), but even so, it proved the keeping quality of a good winter squash. Great looking garden....thanks for the video :)

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Yes it is funny! We ate the last Kuri squash in early May this year, our climate is damper, as you say it's about moisture.

@tophercIaus 6 лет назад

This is such a great help. I'm moving to a cold place in Australia from the coast and I've been worried about a winter crop. I'm already sowing too many beans so I might do just that, leave a bunch to dry. Thanks for another great video; by far my favourite clips, you really do this in such an enjoyable way. Side note: you should read audio books! You would have a great voice for it 😊

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Thankyou Chris and glad to help. Nice to hear of career alternatives!

@tophercIaus 6 лет назад

*addition, not alternative. Where will I go for my garden knowledge if you're off reading self-help books full-time? Haha. I love what you do and you've changed my practices for the better. Thanks again and keep doing what you're doing, please!

@paulag4955 6 лет назад

Just want to say that I always learn something watching your videos. This year I left the purple podded green beans I grew go past the green bean stage to dry because I'd planted them such that I still had a hard time finding them. But from you I learned to grow a bean (like the Czar) that has a large pod and large dry beans. It makes more food from the same square footage as the smaller bean, so it just makes sense to grow a large bean! I'd figured that out for my carrots (don't bother with small ones, just grow larger ones) but I don't know why it didn't occur to me for the beans, so thanks for that! Next January when I'm poring over seed catalogues, I'll be checking on the size of the produce in addition to looking for short season varieties.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Thanks Paula, nice to hear!

@janepennington9520 6 лет назад

I love Borlotti beans but have never tasted fresh ones, i.e. only tinned. I don't have much space but I'm going to try these next year. Thanks, Charles :-)

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Great!

@dtbambrick6175 3 года назад

I like your idea of a wigwam. Its gets windy here in SE of South Australia. Going to plant lots so I have plenty over winter too! Now. I'll just have to grow some bamboo for stakes. . . .

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 года назад

Cool, grow the bamboo! I made a mistake and called my teepee a wigwam. The teepee conical shape is good against wind.

@josephmulpeter63 6 лет назад

great video! i am waiting for my runner beans to dry but they are still very green. next year i will try the Borlotti beans :)

@Wadj1 6 лет назад

Me too

@omarahmed2444 6 лет назад

Anther great video

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Thankyou Omar

@zerodeconduite804 5 лет назад

Please cover growing carrots, celery, and fennel 😁 I have been binging on your videos. Have the Lettuce/Salad book, noticed you mentioned moon planting ... that would be interesting to cover as well. Thank you for sharing your wisdom!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Hi Donna, time is short and I shall do my best. Am creating an online course too. Gardening is never short of interest.

@zerodeconduite804 5 лет назад

@@CharlesDowding1nodig thank you for taking the time to respond and taking my request into consideration. 🤗 You are absolutely correct, keeps the mind and body busy 😁 Love all the experiments you conduct, thank you for sharing those with us.

@go-healthy8132 6 лет назад

Hi Charles, I love your videos. You are really charming and one can see the happiness in your face when you talk about your garden and all the delicious greens which are growing there. Just wanted to say Thanks for your amazing work! Greetings from Germany.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Thanks so much for your comment, lovely to hear, I hope your cooking work goes well

@jenniferprescott8655 6 лет назад

I love your presentations, very pleasant. Your garden is lovely. This is my first year growing..I'm grinding out in the yard clearing, planning, dreaming. My goal is a seven layer food forest. I have had many failures and a couple successes. Your grow is inspiring very much so. What do you do with soil prep, I am told nought to feed your plants but to focus on feeding your soil..makes so much sense. I live in Northern Caifornia up in the mountains. Looking at your design gives me some ideas. I thank you you so very much for sharing your garden and tips..

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Thanks Jennifer. Yes feed the soil (actually the soil organisms) makes life easier, simply that, whatever you grow. Check this video for more on that & clearing weeds ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Mmv2zGfhG8w.html I would go for 3-5 layers at first, at your latitude, it's still a lot.

@marikalehman8611 4 года назад

Always a pleasure to watch your channel Charles! I’ve Red Kuri seeds coming in the mail soon based on this episode. I’m very eager for spring to arrive in Australia so I can start them off! Do you grow pumpkins Charles? I’d love to see an episode on them, they are one of my favourite things in the garden 💚🌱💚

@CharlesDowding1nodig 4 года назад

Sounds great and no pumpkins here, too watery for me :)

@marikalehman8611 4 года назад

That’s a shame!

@mascatrails661 5 лет назад

Beautiful squashes and beans. I grew my winter beans up corn stalks and surrounded the patch with winter squashes. Unfortunately my goats got to harvest most of it before I did.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

oh no

@mascatrails661 5 лет назад

@@CharlesDowding1nodig The goats have been re-homed and my copy of How to Create a New Vegetable Garden just arrived. All signs point to a better harvest next year.

@2gooddrifters 4 года назад

I've just planted two wigwams of runner beans, one to eat fresh and one to keep.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 4 года назад

`You are well organised :)

@naturallive4625 5 лет назад

Charles thanks for anther nice video. This year i go and try the Czar beans. I read that the seed were given by a Czar to England as a gift. Very difficult to buy this seeds in The Netherlands. So i ordered them in England. Yesterday got them by mail by D.T Brown. I hope i get a good crop of them.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Excellent well done. As long as they grow, you have food and seed!

@looperfamilyhomestead3586 4 года назад

I live in the US and have been trying to find them,

@rogerolive7043 6 лет назад

Got about 4kg of beans from my runners this year. Going to keep warm in more ways than one this winter ;)

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Super result Roger

@rogerolive7043 6 лет назад

Praise indeed, thanks Charles :)

@noyezz3690 6 лет назад

amazing :) I hove you get a lot more views and subscribers, because you are the real deal

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Thankyou NoYezz and so do I!

@marylowe9682 6 лет назад

hi. Charles another nice video I miss the name of the spinach what is the name of then .thank you got the beans seed .can't wait for this year your are the best teacher ever love it all .

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Super! thanks Mary and the spinach is Medania

@karinvertue103 3 года назад

I never knew you could dry the runner beans for dried bean

@jakobbrun6535 3 года назад

You can, in principle, dry any bean! French beans can be dried and saved for either seed or winter eating as well, but the yield will be much lower than beans bred for, well, dry beans :P

@karinvertue103 3 года назад

Thank you x

@russellhowe9631 5 лет назад

I had the most amazing piece of luck last year. I was filling a bed in my polytunnel with soil and got some from a customer who was digging out a raised bed to replace it with a greenhouse. Come the spring I was inundated with self seeded squash plants. I had no clue as to the variety but figured they would be worth keeping. I transplanted some to the garden and allotment and some to friends and left some in the polytunnel. They were those blue prince ones you showed at the beginning. I am now saving seeds for next year. They are great if you get the small ones, cut the top off and scoop out the seed, add butter garlick and whatever and bake for an hour or so. Mush it all up with a fork or spoon and eat it straight out of the skin, saves on the washing up. Any recipes for runner bean seed purée? I just can’t eat beans whole, when I was at Uni, I was looking for a hypnotist who could hypnotise me into liking baked beans cos they were so cheap 😂

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Yes v fortunate. Steph's book has recipes like that, original & plant based nodighome.com/store/

@memberson 6 лет назад

I am doing what you're doing I also chop and drop everything from Weeds to grass clippings. But I am having a Time with all these Vines and weeds and it all started roughly about three years ago when I brought in the wood chips.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

you have a problem?

@memberson 6 лет назад

Charles Dowding no kidding but it's not a problem that cannot be resolved. The soil has greatly improved is just I'm using a technique that is allowing the weeds to thrive.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Ah ok, cardboard next!

@richardsydenham4105 6 лет назад

You have too much bactiria in your soil and not enough fungi so your nitrigen is to high thats why weeds grow

@memberson 6 лет назад

thank you but how can one change that?

@kellysoo 5 лет назад

I sure hope you would travel to Tasmania to teach a few of us here. Over here is somewhat like England weather and I am wondering if I could try your 'Garden Vegetables Diary' book ( certainly, I need to do a little reversal or advancement in the months - seasons on the calendar) I live by the Southern Coastal part of Tasmania - closer to Antartica if you may think. The ocean kind of warms up the coast a little more than the inland. (generally)

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Hi Kelly and it sounds like my Diary book will work for you, with the 6 month switch. Your climate fascinates me, stronger sun but no gulf stream. We are 51N and the warm ocean is what makes our season so long.

@kellysoo 5 лет назад

Thank you so much for your time and effort replying me. Much appreciated

@maggsh4137 6 лет назад

Thank you for the video Charles, have planned to grow the Barlotti beans next yr but now will add the Czer to the list. Is it possible to put the names on the screen because I don't always hear too well. Regards maggs h

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Yes good idea

@patrickfain9613 Год назад

Wig Waam!

@momaneglistivali4579 4 года назад

Great video, Charles! Thankyou🙏🏼♥️....have you ever had in your garden the Mantuan Pumpkin (Zucca Mantovana in italian) ? It has a taste of chestnut!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 4 года назад

Thankyou Monica and I have not heard of it. Bring one to Bruton's pumpkin Festival on 27th October! www.hauserwirth.com/events/24545-pumpkin-festival-2019

@momaneglistivali4579 4 года назад

@@CharlesDowding1nodig Thankyou !! It would be a pleasure to be part of the Festival! Maybe next year I could really arrive with my Pumpkin😊.... In the meanwhile if you like and agree, I could send you my own seeds of Zucca Mantovana with recipes of "Tortelli di Zucca", a delicious way to cook this sweet variety of Pumpkin 😋😊

@CharlesDowding1nodig 4 года назад

Ah yes please Monica, see my address here charlesdowding.co.uk/contact-us/

@da1stamericus 5 лет назад

I love the hashtag.. But being Dutch i first thought you meant the Dutch word for "necesary" took me a second to realize you meant no-dig.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

How interesting, because no dig is so necessary! #Nodig!

@whatisgoingonineedtoknow. 6 лет назад

Great tips for winter food, thank you Charles. Can I find a plan veiw of your garden on your website, showing how your garden is laid out. Also which direction is best to lay your growing plots to get the most of the sun, avoiding showing other plants to a minimum. Thank you in advance. Sue

@whatisgoingonineedtoknow. 6 лет назад

I meant, over shadowing other plants.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

I don't have a plan Sue except in my head, I make notes of plantings. No worries about sun-orientation as so few of the plants I grow are tall. If you grow mostly climbing beans and sweetcorn, a N-S orientation is worthwhile but other factors count like slope and point of access.

@Elena-zm4fc 3 года назад

Charles Dowding Would it be possible to explain, what it means N-S orientation? Should you grow beans only at the South location around you house? Or can you position at the West or East side of the house? Or behind the house, which will be North side of the house? Will it make a little difference? Or BIG difference?

@jembo1959 4 года назад

Hi Charles when you harvest all those beans and squash and are left with all the green waste, is it not a lot to try compost so close to winter, wont it take longer to break down as temperature is dropping soon. sorry lots of green waste and noting to add to it.Great video as usual.Thanks Jimmy.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 4 года назад

For squash it's less than it looks, may leaves already decomposed and hollow stems. For the beans we run the lawnmower over stems and leaves, result is again not so much and they decompose well.

@riptaylorswig4653 4 года назад

Thank you, Mr. Dowding, for all your inspirational and informational videos. I am getting ready to plant winter squash and I have been reading up on the possibility of cross pollination. I noticed you had the Marina di Chioggia and Red Kuri squash right next to each other and from what I found researching, they are both c. maxima. Do you have any issues with cross pollination or is this another gardening myth I can stop worrying about?

@CharlesDowding1nodig 4 года назад

Sounds great! The seeds will be cross pollinated. But each plant grows fruits true to type :)

@peiyamada1653 5 лет назад

Hi Charles, I'm a newbie in gardening and want to try no dig method. I live in tropical country and we have rocky/gravel soil here. In prepping the land do i need to dug the land and get all the rocks before putting the needed compost? Thank you and more power and more subs!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Thanks Pei, no need to do much except remove a few larger rocks if they are protruding above the surface. Just start level and best of luck

@lisabooker6405 6 лет назад

Wonderful video Charles. Could you tell me where you got czar beans (I think I spelled it correctly?) If not I mean the white runner bean you spoke of. I'm in the USA, Ohio to be exact. I will check Rareseeds.com as well. They're usually good about having lots of different types. Just thought I'd ask in case they don't have them. Thanks so much for sharing the information. I really want to try and grow that large green squash you spoke of too. I couldn't get the name though. Would you mind telling me here? It's ok if you're too busy. I hate being a bother. Thanks again and God Bless you and yours. ~Lisa

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Hi Lisa, thanks for your message, and the squash is Marina di Chioggia. The Czar beans are a white seeded pole bean in your terms, there may be a US equivalent. Best of luck finding some. In the UK they are now in a few seed catalogues.

@nickpowell1779 4 года назад

For the Aussies watching - practically all of what the UK & USA call winter squash are known as pumpkins in Australia and NZ. Don't get confused.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 4 года назад

Ah thanks Nick and yes the terms vary so much. Do you not differentiate between squash (dense flesh, hard skin, small size) and pumpkin? (watery flesh, soft skin, larger fruits)

@nickpowell1779 4 года назад

@@CharlesDowding1nodig Unfortunately to be perfectly honest Charles I am not 100% certain. I know from my experience that the majority of winter squash are referred to as pumpkins down here - we are a bit of an odd bunch! The main one I know is that people from the USA & UK find it odd that we say butternut pumpkin rather than butternut squash. However, we don't use the term pumpkin to refer to summer squash.

@seacarrot 6 лет назад

Has it ever snowed on you there Charles.?

@AJWGBFX 6 лет назад

Fantastic! I'm going to try all these next year. Do you grow butternut squash (our preference) and if so, how well do they store?

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Here it is not quite warm enough in summer to grow large yields of butternut that store all winter, so I concentrate on the ones you see here. If you can get Butternut squash dry and hard-skinned, they store for 6+ months.

@katiestover8954 2 года назад

Hello Charles, I want to grow as many things as I can on my small plot. Would trellising winter squash be a good idea in order to save space?

@CharlesDowding1nodig 2 года назад

It helps, needs to be strong, is not too easy 😀

@kassandrademille7990 4 года назад

I have a comment and a question. Comment. - After watching several of your videos with me while folding laundry, my son has asked for a little vegetable garden of his own to grow. So we spent some time this afternoon planning out a bed (4 ft wide by 18 ft long. Standard bed in my garden) for him to grow whatever he wants in. He picked tomatoes, collards, kale, turnips, pole beans, spinach, onions, and some scattered flowers. So he's not going to have much of any one thing, but he wants to grow it all! I thought you would appreciate knowing that not only have you helped me to *hopefully* become a better gardener, but you're videos are sparking an enthusiasm for gardening in my nine year old as well. My question is about different varieties of squash. I have only ever eaten pumpkin and butternut squash. I would like to branch out, but garden space is limited (especially now that I have given over one of my garden beds to my son) and I want to grow something my family will enjoy. Any recommendations? My children love my pumpkin custards, and, in the manner of all children, the sweeter the better.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 4 года назад

Ah thanks Kassandra for such lovely feedback. I wish him an exciting time of discovery. And your gesture is generous - my favourite-flavoured squash is Crown Price, flat, round and grey, you call it a different name, fruits of 6-10lb and a rambling plant. There are some sitting on the windowsill here, even until May, a great delicacy, dense and sweet.

@kassandrademille7990 4 года назад

@@CharlesDowding1nodig Thank you. I will look and see if I can find some.

@kassandrademille7990 4 года назад

I could not find Crown Prince anywhere in the US. I was able to find a couple that look rather interesting, so I am going to be trying Red Kuri, which sounds very tasty, and sticking with my favorite small pie pumpkins. Though my children have both insisted on a small pumpkin patch for larger Jack-o-lantern pumpkins. After weeks of searching, I finally found some broad beans. The only ones I could get my hands on were Broad Windsor. I've never grown broad beans before, so I hope those are a decent one. I know they have different growth times, so this shouldn't be an issue, but will they cross pollinate with bush or pole beans?

@theother9941 4 года назад

Great video. Those Czar runner beans look like butter beans. I wonder if the taste is similar. There is also a variety called Greek Gigantes which is twice the size of the czar. Have you grown these in UK climate?

@CharlesDowding1nodig 4 года назад

Yes I know them, true Lima bean but also Phaseolus. These Czar taste like butter beans.

@isaacfrerichs3305 6 лет назад

Can you please do a video on the trellising methods you use for your beans? Would like to know more. Thank you.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Isaac, it's always time permitting...:)

@AzulaChild 3 года назад

@@CharlesDowding1nodig please do a video on trellising beans

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 года назад

@@AzulaChild that is nice of you and I shall do this when I can! Have lost my videographer, son at university.

@steffipavitti Год назад

Thank you 😊 I’ve had a really good year for kuri squash, however, I only ever seem to get one squash per plant, do they need pruning?

@CharlesDowding1nodig Год назад

A shame and that suggests you need to increase the fertility of your soil with more organic matter/compost of any kind on the surface. Healthy and fertile soil should give at least four squash per plant, when spaced at 1 m apart. Maybe you are spacing too close?!

@melissapollard5447 20 дней назад

Great video Charles. Do you store your winter squash on a sunny window sill all year - until you eat them? Or only until they harden off?

@CharlesDowding1nodig 19 дней назад

Yes until we eat them!

@stevendowden2579 6 лет назад

another enjoyable video how do you use your patty pans

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

i like them sauteed with onions, follow Steph's blog for recipes & other info nodighome.com/

@stevendowden2579 6 лет назад

i will thanks

@jindriskamachatova5114 6 лет назад

Hello Charles. So nice to receive another notification of a new video from you. The KURI squash resembles what we call Hokaido in the Czech Republic. Have you heard that name?

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Yes Jindnska I have heard of that and have grown Orange Hokkaido which was similar to the Kuri, perhaps a little larger. Names can be confusing because often the same vegetable has different names, so thanks for sharing that.

@lukejones1244 4 года назад

Charles, could you give the exact name of the red kuri, as I'm finding it difficult to find seeds. Orange/red hokkaido keeps coming up, but not the kuri you have. Do you know where I can buy seeds?

@lukejones1244 4 года назад

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@mills1983 6 лет назад

Hi Charles, thanks for the video. I've just harvested some runner beans, but I didn't know the varieties as they are all from fellow allotmenters! Most of them are purple flecked with black, some are white, some are black - are they all edible too? Thanks!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Hello Alun and yes they are all edible, though coloured ones are I think less tasty than the white ones - see what you think!

@debstarcrazy Год назад

Does the dried beans method work for any runner beans? I usually grow hestia and firestorm and we never seem to get through all the pods during the summer! They are very large beans so I assume would take quite a lot of boiling - would that work?

@CharlesDowding1nodig Год назад

Yes it does! Soak overnight the boil one hour

@moontongng9209 6 лет назад

Hi Charles do experince very tiny hole in pak choi and choi sum? Please advise.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Yes Moon they are caused by flea beetles, whose main period of activity is spring and summer, less from August/late summer. SO I just sowed my first pak choi of 2018, today. More details here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HPQ-BVN9qVY.html

@taylorshaw344 3 года назад

Hello! Are you adding any additional "feed" before planting or planting squash seedlings directly into your compost without additional nutrients? Thanks!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 года назад

No none, I would say if so, I am showing you all you need to do

@AlabamaTree 4 года назад

Hi Charles, roughly how many Borlotti bean plants did you you have growing up that wigwam? I’m growing some Borlotti and Czar this year. Thanks for the inspiration.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 4 года назад

I plant either 6 or 8 depending on bed width, these were six

@SayHelloToOblivion 3 года назад

Oh dear. I think I messed up already. I’m in zone 9b and just planted Japanese kuri squash about a week ago end of October. I thought winter squash was supposed to be planted in Autumn for harvesting through winter. I think it has 90 days to maturity. Hope I’m able to harvest something. ☹️ They’re already putting out their first true leaves.

@annelieseeaken4339 6 лет назад

Do you have to prune these like the tomatoes and cucumbers (pull off the off shoots)?

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

No!

@veganchiefwarrior6444 6 лет назад

6 month storage jheezus i need to find a squash that i like

@goatgal7884 6 лет назад

rareseeds.com have all kinds of squash from around the world.My husband and I, try a couple different types every year.The Kuri Charles mentioned is very good, but I must say, the runners were about 30 feet long! LOL

@AlabamaTree 4 года назад

I’ve just had to compost my Czar, Borlotti and standard runner bears. They were being eaten alive since being planted out less than a week ago ☹️

@CharlesDowding1nodig 4 года назад

Ah what a pity, what maddening pests

@janetkrehbiel5799 6 лет назад

Those white runner beans look delicious. Can you please tell me how to spell the name of that variety? Thank you.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Hi Janet, they are Czar, an old fashioned pole/runner bean

@AndrewHelgeCox 3 года назад

Do you grow one borlotti plant per cane of the wigwam structure or does one plant fill the whole wigwam?

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 года назад

One per cane

@Lifegrowsonandon 3 года назад

Do squash like spent mushroom compost? Thinking of growing them on the mound of it, thanks

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 года назад

Yes they do

@snipehunter1 3 года назад

Does anyone know if Czar Runner Beans are called a different name in the USA? I can not find them anywhere here. This large white beaned runner looks perfect for a dried bean.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 года назад

Good point and I would try any white seeded pole bean

@sharadajoshi8920 6 лет назад

Do you harvest all the squash fruits in the end when the leaves turn yellow and is it the same for all pumpkins and gourds

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Yes Sharada which means from now, as the leaves are almost dead. Any half-grown and mouldy fruits go to the compost heap, a very few less mature ones are eaten first, mostly what is there now is ripe and good.

@NoelaRybinski Год назад

Hello Charley, I need your help. I had butternut squash growing in my compost pile, it was quite late and it has just started to produce flowers. Will it have time to mature? I'm in Torquay, Devon.

@CharlesDowding1nodig Год назад

Highly unlikely - there will be some fruit, but I don't think they can mature into sweet squash and they will be more like marrows, quite watery with soft skin

@littlecougarkitty3063 6 лет назад

Leaving the pods on the vines for so long, are you not concerned about the mildewing in the autumn wetness?

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

For the Czar yes, I should have said or perhaps did that we pick them weekly from mid September, as they ripen. For the borlottis, a few at the very bottom, say horizontal on the ground may go mouldy: often I pick these first. But it saves so much time to do one harvest of the borlottis.

@peterwooldridge8564 3 года назад

Hi Charles For a new bed would it be ok to push the canes for the wigwam through the cardboard beneath? Thank you Peter

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 года назад

For sure yes Peter

@peterwooldridge8564 3 года назад

@@CharlesDowding1nodig Thank you Charles

@t.c.7157 3 года назад

Good morning Charles, how did you build the bean structures? We suffer from strong winds here, South Sardinia, and these structures must be strongly firm in the soil otherwise they will be blown away by the first mistral. Is there any video in which you show this? Thank you! Tiziana

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 года назад

Teepee means wind flows around more than against, circular not linear shape, to a point at the top. 20cm in the soil if you can. No video

@t.c.7157 3 года назад

@@CharlesDowding1nodig Thank you! I will try stright away.

@alexmayer9159 2 года назад

My bean harvest this year has so far not happened, since all my early sowings got eaten by slugs or mice. I have re-sowed more again now, which I know is really late, but I was wondering if I could dry the beans in a dehydrator as well? Or will that cause issues when it comes to using them?

@CharlesDowding1nodig 2 года назад

I don't know Alex but am pretty sure that the beans will not be so tasty and will be shrivelled

@annettebowersox1976 6 лет назад

I live in the Ozark mountains in Arkansas in the US. I have seen your czar beans in other videos. I desperately want to grow them. I have looked on line and can’t find them. Are you able to sell me seeds and ship to US. If not, do you know a company that sells them to the US? I have 2 of your books and love your work! Thank You for making me a better gardener!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

Thanks Annette and I am happy to hear your garden is growing well! No promise but if you mail me an address (via my website) I'll see what I can do.

@janetkrehbiel5799 6 лет назад

I also live in the Ozarks Mountains, but on the Missouri side. I am pursuing those Czar bean seeds as well!

@1234eva4321 3 года назад

Have you ever tried growing smaller winter squash (like the red kuri) vertically? If so, was it a success?

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 года назад

Not successful here, too windy. Plus with vertical growing, the crop was less because the stems can't root into soil

@hazelstrange8490 6 лет назад

I have limited space so was thinking to grow squash vertically. I have crown prince and Kuri. One plant of each is going in the maturing compost heap. Could the others be trained vertically or are they too heavy?

@CharlesDowding1nodig 6 лет назад

It's possible but when growing up they are not rooting off the laterals into soil so the gain is not as much as is sometimes claimed

@maryegerton6848 2 года назад

Your squash is so nice! I went out to the garden to check on my spaghetti squash and found it was infested with vine borers. 😫 I actually thought it was just pale because we have had so much rain. I managed to get two off the vine before they completely destroyed it. Then I checked the pumpkins at the other end of the property, and had to tear out a plant. I’m so devastated. What the heck?

@CharlesDowding1nodig 2 года назад

You are unlucky! Here we do not suffer that pest.

@maryegerton6848 2 года назад

@@CharlesDowding1nodig oh I’m so jealous!

@andrewhague1521 3 года назад

Hi Charles - I'm growing runner beans this year. Some of them have grown too big to eat, so I'm leaving them to harvest as mature beans for drying. The trouble is that I think leaving them on the plant is suppressing new beans. What's your strategy for growing beans for drying.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 года назад

Good stuff ands I grow some plants for dry beans only

@mikefalcon1 5 лет назад

Hello Charles! Question about pumpkin and squash all together. Do you let them side shoot or would it be better cutting off the side shoots just like tomatoes, cucumbers,...? Kind regards

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Maico just let them sideshoot and the harvest grows!

@mikefalcon1 5 лет назад

@@CharlesDowding1nodig Okay thanks! Enjoy the weekend!