Winter Squash Burgess Buttercup

Time to add another winter squash to your garden! This variety produces 3-5lb flattened fruits with dark green, slightly striped skin, and deep orange flesh. It grows well in Oregon, and it stores relatively well too.

Squash Winter – Burgess Buttercup – Cucurbita maxima

Soil & Water: Provide squash plants with deep mounds of organic matter, rich soil, and heavy, even water. All squash are extremely frost sensitive, so use mulch to heat soils in early spring and row covers to protect from frost at both ends of the growing cycle, especially in short growing seasons.

Planting & Growing: Provide squash plants with deep mounds of organic matter, rich soil, and heavy, even water. All squash are extremely frost sensitive, so use mulch to heat soils in early spring and row covers to protect from frost at both ends of the growing cycle, especially in short growing seasons.

Harvesting & Storage: Harvest when stems begin to shrivel or you can no longer pierce the skin with a thumbnail, but before the first hard frost. Cut squash from the vine leaving 2-3″ of stem attached. Allow to cure in the sun for 10 days to finish hardening the skins. Store in cool, dry conditions. To minimize the spread of rots, store in a single layer and do not allow squashes to touch.

Soil Temperature: 70-95F
Planting Depth: 3/4-1″
Germination: 6-12 Days
Height At Maturity: 12-18″
Days To Maturity: 85-110 Days
Sun/Shade: Full Sun
Spacing After Thinning: 18″
Approx Seeds per Pack: 25 Seeds

Product image via: Peaceful Valley Farm Supply, High Mowing Seeds