Winter Squash

[jal_ut]

In the past week I have cooked a Hubbard and a Yellow Banana squash. Both were excellent. I am going to plant these again. What is your favorite winter squash?

[DoubleDogFarm]

Burgess Buttercup with just a pad of butter. If you like it even sweeter, a drizzly of maple syrup or brown sugar, but it really isn't needed.

Delicata is a favorite of mine also. Technically a summer squash.

I will be growing no summer squash for myself this year. I really don't like any of the summer squashes.

Eric

[DeborahL]

Baked Hubbard with butter and brown sugar in the middle !

[soil]

I love red kuri for the smaller winter squashes, excellent flavor.

ill be trying a few more from this site again. the few I tried last year were excellent.

https://www.nativeseeds.org/index.php/component/redshop/47/0/seeds/squash

[cynthia_h]

Kabocha.

Cynthia H.
Sunset Zone 17, USDA Zone 9

[gixxerific]

somewhat new to the winter squash but Butternut did great for me last year. I may branch out to some more this year but I have a LOT of tomatoes going in and room is scarce.

Where there is a will there is a way though.

[jal_ut]

Butternut is a great choice. They are the best keepers. They are also of a size that you can use easily. With the Hubbards, you cut it up and go visit the neighbors. I have another Hubbard in the garage that has pumpkin pie written all over it.

Another thing I like about Butternut is that they will come true to type year after year when you keep seed. They do not hybridize with the other squashes and pumpkins.

[DeborahL]

Oh, wait, did I mean butternut? It's the one shaped like an hourglass, and beige color.

[DoubleDogFarm]

Oh, wait, did I mean butternut? It's the one shaped like an hourglass, and beige color.

Yes peanut.

Eric

[Richard L.]

One of the items I grow each year is butternut squash, also acorn squash. We do grow yellow squash in early Summer mainly to ad to home made soup.

[DeborahL]

[digitS']

Burgess Buttercup with just a pad of butter. If you like it even sweeter, a drizzly of maple syrup or brown sugar, but it really isn't needed.

Delicata is a favorite of mine also. Technically a summer squash.

I will be growing no summer squash for myself this year. I really don't like any of the summer squashes.

Eric

I should have looked thru this thread earlier. I can just ditto Eric!

A problem was that after growing Delicata for, I guess, 4 years and only having the fruits fully mature once, I gave up on it!

Burgess Buttercup always comes thru for me. I'm continuing to try kabochas and Cha Cha did okay for me during the last 2 seasons. Hope to try some more from the buttercup/kabocha group.

Steve

[Avonnow]

I ENVY all of you who have the room and ability to grow winter squash, I think it is one of my favorite(s) I still have to buy them, the only thing enjoying squash in my garden is bugs. I have NO LUCk at all, none - I have every seeds packet you can imagine - I just keep trying, but bugs and disease get em all. I Love butternut and Delicata, they are so good in curry dishes - wihich we have about once a week, or just by themselves. My kids won't touch them, and yet I think they are so much better then a potato - Oh well their taste buds will grow up one day.

[Artemesia]

Kabocha Gold Nugget is also pretty good.
Tatume is very drought and disease resistant.
I am a big fan of Turks Cap, Rouge Vif d' Etampes, Red Kuri, Mini Red Turban, Golden Delicious, Victo, etc.
They are all red and contain some lycopene.

[MaryDel]

Hubbard "squarsh" are my favorite. It's hard to find a finer grained winter squash anywhere. I like them whipped, as in whipped potatoes. A blob of butter and maybe a splash of gravy......mmmmmmm


It's a shame they are so hard to grow here

[dustyrivergardens]

lol ditto on Erics picks. very good