Vegetables
Heredity: Hybrid
Days to harvest: 100

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 12 inches
Plant Spread: 6 feet
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Uses: Vegetable
Edible Parts: Fruit
Flowers
Eating Methods: Cooked
Resistances: Powdery Mildew
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Pollinators: Bumblebees
Bees
Various insects

Image
Common names
  • Winter Squash

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Location: raised bed
Date: 2021-07-14
First harvest.  Showing the size of this Butterbaby squash.
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Comments:
  • Posted by pod (east Texas pineywoods - Zone 8a) on Jul 15, 2021 7:43 PM concerning plant:
    The Butterbaby squash is a well mannered plant. The vines traveled no more than four to six feet.

    The fruit size measures 3 - 4 inches in length. It should provide a single serving portion.

    This fruit was harvested in the middle of July. I have also started a fall crop transplanted in ground in the middle of July as well.

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