Butternut squash ‘Waltham’
Cucurbita moschata · Vegetable · No. 9
- Sow under cover
- Apr–May
- Sow outdoors
- Jun
- Harvest
- Sep–Oct
- Germination
- 5–10 days
- Spacing
- 120 cm in the row, 150 cm between rows
- Days to harvest
- 100–120 from sowing
- Sun
- Full sun
- Seed saving
- Moderate
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under cover | April | May | ||||||||||
| Outdoors | June | |||||||||||
| Harvest | September | October |
Notes
Needs a long warm season; plant against a south fence. Crosses only with other C. moschata.
Saving seed · Moderate
Insects cross it with other varieties. Grow one variety, isolate, or bag and hand-pollinate.
- Grow one variety of this plant, or keep 50 m from others.
- Or bag three flowers before they open and hand-pollinate.
- Leave the seed to ripen fully, then dry 7–14 days.