General information and discussion about cultivating melons, cucumbers, squash, pumpkins and gourds.
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March 29, 2015 | #1 |
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Butternut and Acorn ?
This year, we trying a bunch of different squash varieties. I haven't grown Butternut or Acorn squash before. I don't know if they do better sprawling on the ground or on a trellis/fence? I plan on planting around 15 plants of each. I'm guess on a trellis/fence?
The Butternut variety is Waltham. The Acorn variety is Table Queen. Unrelated - The other varieties of squash I'm growing this spring/summer are: Seminole pumpkin/squash - from a Tomatovillian Gialle Nostrale - from a Tomatovillian Tatume - from a Tomatovillian Early White Bush Scallop Early Yellow Straightneck Dark Green Zucchini |
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Salt I will answer your question with a picture and a question.
They are about the same size but not the same variety. My rule of thumb. If it climbs then use a trellis. What do you think? |
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That is beautiful!
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Worth to use an overused word; AWESOME.
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I wish it were mine.
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Wow and double wow!!!!!!!! Not only beautiful to see, but so easy to pick.
ALittle Salt... Acorn squash is really yummy. Very easy to bake too. Cut in half. Coat the cavity with some butter and brown sugar and lay in a piece of bacon or a sausage link and bake til tender. Tastes like your eating a sweet potato. Butternut and Acorn can get kind of heavy, so if you go up, have some strength. I have seen where folks have trellised them up and then they put like a small board in the air as a platform of the squash to sit on. I don't know about the first 4 on your additional list, but the Early Straightneck and the Dark Green Zucchini are going to make a bush type plant. They won't climb. If you can hill up about a 3 foot wide patch, and just plant down it. The Straightneck and the Zucchini will make all their fruits near the main stem. Last edited by Starlight; March 29, 2015 at 07:41 PM. Reason: spelling |
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I had snow fence posts and strung netting down the length of those posts and did trellis small melons and cukes, and I think some long vine peas as well, but IMO squash that size do best inground, I've grown the White Bush Scallop one as well, and would just forget about that one, not much taste to it, and there are other scalloped ones that have much better taste. I thought I might have grown the Tatume one as well, just couldn't remember, but when I did a Google search nope, I didn't grow that one. https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=tatume+squash For seveal years I had a 250 ft row that was ALL squash, both winter and summer varieties, and yes, I love squash, from the time we used to grow lots of it on the farm where I was raised. Carolyn
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Carolyn, that is a LOT of squash. A 250' row...wow. Squash is the one vegetable that all my family and friends agree on liking.
I had a feeling about the White Bush Scallop variety not having much taste. The reason why we are trying 8 types this year is because we always grow the same two. Yellow Straightneck and Zucchini. They always produce really well for us, but we're wanting to try different types. |
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The yellow crook neck has better flavor and the grey zucchini is better the the green.
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Now Worth... Blue cheese? that is disgusting. You need a drink of coffee or something. that is just pitiful... blue cheese?
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I wasn't a huge tatume fan but it is very cool looking and a pretty plant as well. It will do well on trellis. Give it room! Kabocha is my favorite winter squash. |
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