Question
I have a beautiful Italian brand butternut squash plant that has many flowers but not setting fruit. There are plenty of bees around, pollination isn't the problem apparently. The foliage is perfect, it is trailing nicey. It is continualy setting flowers. Is it possible that some of the flowers will bear fruit still even if none have yet or should I tear it out and throw away the seeds? I live in the Sacramento area, my pumkins and other squash are doing great. The weather has not been as warm as it usually is, but still warm.

Answer
Jane:
Yes, it's possible that you will still get fruit. It may not have produced female flowers yet, or there may be some squash forming that you haven't found. I wouldn't toss the seeds based on one plant, but if you don't get any fruit this year - and like the variety enough to try again - I'd plant a number of seeds next time, and just pull the extras out if they set too much fruit.