What variety of squash is this ?

[hemet dennis]

Never seen this one





Skateboard squash ??

No really if you know what it is let me know. Here's the plant.




Did I pick the one to soon ?
Thanks

 

[FireTigeris]

http://www.foodsubs.com/Squash.html

butercup??

 

[hemet dennis]

So maybe I picked it to soon ?

 

[FireTigeris]

not sure really, I looked that up

 

[keesmom]

Looks similar to a buttercup.

 

[Fred's Hens]

It is indeed a ButterCup. We grow bushels of them. Very popular. BUT.... yes, you picked it far too soon. I say another 5-7 weeks would about do it.

Best to let them turn very, very dark, and when the vine dies off, you finally pick. Similar to when you pick a pumpkin. Winter, hard squash is like this. Since it is related to the pumpkin and can be used in virtually identical ways in recipes, it isn't surprising that one harvests them in a similar way. \\

 

[hemet dennis]

It is indeed a ButterCup. We grow bushels of them. Very popular. BUT.... yes, you picked it far too soon. I say another 5-7 weeks would about do it.

Best to let them turn very, very dark, and when the vine dies off, you finally pick. Similar to when you pick a pumpkin. Winter, hard squash is like this. Since it is related to the pumpkin and can be used in virtually identical ways in recipes, it isn't surprising that one harvests them in a similar way. \\

Ok thanks a lot

It should have been something else, stupid Home Depot garden center

So I'll just let them grow. How many will each plant get ?

 

[Fred's Hens]

A good healthy vine should make 3 "bulb"s minimum. Lots of variables though.

Once they are ripe, lol, split them, gut them (feed the guts to the chickens, as they help rid the birds of round worms) and bake. Scoop out the orange flesh. Dress with salt, pepper, butter and brown sugar. Dang good. Very similar to sweet potato in all reality.

 

[Kansaseq]

I'm growing the buttercups this year, as well. My squash is taking the heat pretty hard, which got me to thinking. Do they absorb water through their 'runners' as well as their main vine? Just wondering if I should water the entire plant or just at the base.

 

[Fred's Hens]

The roots at the base take up most of the moisture. I find it best to mulch the young plants in 4-6 inches of straw, when they are young. The straw shades the ground and helps beat back weeds and helps retain moisture. We like to make the straw beds a few feet wide. We irrigate using rainbird sprinklers on tall tripods, so the entire plant gets water. Squash are major nutrient hogs. They don't do well in poorer soils. We use chicken manure exclusively. We probably grew over 1000 pounds of squash last year and this year's crop is looking fine, despite the sobering drought and heat.