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Butternut Squash Seeds - Description
- Pack of Butternut Squash Seeds
- Cultivar: F1 Butternut Sweetmax
- Packet Size: 10 Seeds Per Pack
- Developed for Our Climate
- Squash Butternut Hunter F
- Trailing Plant - Will Need Space to Grow
- Good yields: 6 to 7 Squash Per Plant
- Bright Orange Flesh & Sweet Taste
Butternut Squash Seeds - Sowing Instructions
- Sowing Time: Early Spring
- Sowing Location: Start indoors
- Sow:
- Indoors: March to May
- Outdoors: May
- Transplant out once frost has passed, May to June
- Harvest: September to November
- Space 1m apart in a well prepared soil
- Water well in Summer months
Butternut Squash Seeds - Advantages
- Great Taste
- Suited to Irish Climate
- Can be grown indoors or outdoors
- Low cost
Index
- Sowing Instructions
- How to Transplant
- Crop Maintenance
- How to Harvest
Sowing Instructions
- Sowing Time: Winter squash are tender vegetables so grow under cover
- Note: Butternut squash is a Winter squash
- Squash require similar growing conditions to pumpkins
- Sow in mid Spring, ensure frost has passed
- Sow in 3 seeds per 9cm pot
- Thin later to one seed per pot
- Requires min 15 degrees to germinate - start seedlings on a heated propagator
- Once germinated, keep underc over & ensure seedlings are in a bright, frost free location
- Sowing Depth: Sow seeds on their sides at a depth of 3cm
- Using potting compost, soak compost & then sow seeds
How to Transplant
- Harden off & water well before transplanting
- Water again after transplanting
- Space plants 1m to 1.2m apart
- Position a solid support frame around seedlings
- Cover seedlings with cloche until early Summer
- Water well
- Location: Fertile soil, full sun with shelter from winds
Crop Maintenance
- Squash require regular water & feeding when growing
- Feed regularly, mulch around base of plants to keep moist
- Train shoots to grow around support frame
- Place a water bottle into the soil close to plant's roots for ease of watering
- Protect seedlings from slugs
How to Harvest
- Harvest from Late August onwards
- Fruits need to ripen on the plant before harvesting
- Wait until fruits have turned yellow before harvesting
