QuestionsHow to growVegetable GrowingPumpkins and squashbutternut squash 0 Vote Up Vote Down Alan Stenson asked 14 years ago Last year my butternut squash hardly germinated. this year they grew fairly well but then suddenly died off. is it a weather issue? 1 Answers 0 Vote Up Vote Down Gerry Daly Staff answered 6 years ago Squash and other members of the cucumber family have a tendency to rot in wet weather.