Butternut and Acorn ?

[AlittleSalt]

This year, we trying a bunch of different squash varieties. I haven't grown Butternut or Acorn squash before. I don't know if they do better sprawling on the ground or on a trellis/fence? I plan on planting around 15 plants of each. I'm guess on a trellis/fence?

The Butternut variety is Waltham.

The Acorn variety is Table Queen.

Unrelated - The other varieties of squash I'm growing this spring/summer are:

Seminole pumpkin/squash - from a Tomatovillian
Gialle Nostrale - from a Tomatovillian
Tatume - from a Tomatovillian
Early White Bush Scallop
Early Yellow Straightneck
Dark Green Zucchini

[Worth1]

Salt I will answer your question with a picture and a question.

They are about the same size but not the same variety.
My rule of thumb.
If it climbs then use a trellis.

What do you think?

[AlittleSalt]

That is beautiful!

[peppero]

Worth to use an overused word; AWESOME.


jon

[Worth1]

I wish it were mine.

[Starlight]

Wow and double wow!!!!!!!! Not only beautiful to see, but so easy to pick.

ALittle Salt... Acorn squash is really yummy. Very easy to bake too. Cut in half. Coat the cavity with some butter and brown sugar and lay in a piece of bacon or a sausage link and bake til tender. Tastes like your eating a sweet potato.

Butternut and Acorn can get kind of heavy, so if you go up, have some strength. I have seen where folks have trellised them up and then they put like a small board in the air as a platform of the squash to sit on.

I don't know about the first 4 on your additional list, but the Early Straightneck and the Dark Green Zucchini are going to make a bush type plant. They won't climb. If you can hill up about a 3 foot wide patch, and just plant down it. The Straightneck and the Zucchini will make all their fruits near the main stem.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

This year, we trying a bunch of different squash varieties. I haven't grown Butternut or Acorn squash before. I don't know if they do better sprawling on the ground or on a trellis/fence? I plan on planting around 15 plants of each. I'm guess on a trellis/fence?

The Butternut variety is Waltham.

The Acorn variety is Table Queen.

Unrelated - The other varieties of squash I'm growing this spring/summer are:

Seminole pumpkin/squash - from a Tomatovillian
Gialle Nostrale - from a Tomatovillian
Tatume - from a Tomatovillian
Early White Bush Scallop
Early Yellow Straightneck
Dark Green Zucchini

I've grown the acorn and butternut ones you named and would never trellis them.

I had snow fence posts and strung netting down the length of those posts and did trellis small melons and cukes, and I think some long vine peas as well, but IMO squash that size do best inground,

I've grown the White Bush Scallop one as well, and would just forget about that one, not much taste to it, and there are other scalloped ones that have much better taste.

I thought I might have grown the Tatume one as well, just couldn't remember, but when I did a Google search nope, I didn't grow that one.

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=tatume+squash

For seveal years I had a 250 ft row that was ALL squash, both winter and summer varieties, and yes, I love squash, from the time we used to grow lots of it on the farm where I was raised.

Carolyn

[AlittleSalt]

Carolyn, that is a LOT of squash. A 250' row...wow. Squash is the one vegetable that all my family and friends agree on liking.

I had a feeling about the White Bush Scallop variety not having much taste.

The reason why we are trying 8 types this year is because we always grow the same two. Yellow Straightneck and Zucchini. They always produce really well for us, but we're wanting to try different types.

[Worth1]

The yellow crook neck has better flavor and the grey zucchini is better the the green.
Worth

Worth, where did you find that photo? I would love to see more like it...

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by JoParrott

Worth, where did you find that photo? I would love to see more like it...

I just googled squash on trellis images and found it.

Worth

[AlittleSalt]

Originally Posted by Worth1

The yellow crook neck has better flavor and the grey zucchini is better the the green.
Worth

I like the crookneck squash too.
But Gray Zucchini has no taste whatsoever.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

I like the crookneck squash too.
But Gray Zucchini has no taste whatsoever.

I eat it raw in salad so it tastes like blue cheese to me.
I hardly ever eat summer quash cooked unless it is fried and then only about 3 times a year.

Worth

[drbobintx]

I'm impressed that you guys can grow squash to any degree in Texas. Squash vine borers always kill my plants before I get any significant harvest.


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[Worth1]

Originally Posted by drbobintx

I'm impressed that you guys can grow squash to any degree in Texas. Squash vine borers always kill my plants before I get any significant harvest.


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Uh they love it here to.
You need to wrap your vines in foil around the base of the stem and keep a sharp eye out for the tell tale holes.

There is a clay stuff you can spray but the name of it escapes me.

Worth