Winter Squash, Waltham Butternut
Winter Squash, Waltham Butternut
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Waltham is the most popular butternut variety. Period. It was an All-American Selections winner back in 1970, meaning its been tested for best garden performance and obviously succeeded then and now, 40+ years later.
The solid 9" fruits weigh in around 4 - 6 pounds and have a very small seed cavity, brilliant orange flesh and a tan skin. The flavor is sweet, smooth and slightly nutty. Excellent for butternut squash soup, or literally any type of baking (pie too!).
Plants thrive in full sun and well-draining, fertile soil. Mulching at the base of the plant helps retain soil moisture throughout the growing season. Squash benefits from being irrigated at the soil level to prevent foliar* diseases.
*Note that most all squash varieties will get powdery mildew in our climate, but that this does not ruin the quality of the fruits...its just a fact of life around here in the Willamette Valley, because we have the type of climate that favors its growth.
Grow your vines up a trellis to save space (and grow more plants in the process!) or let them sprawl on the ground, after being planted in a "mound" formation - check out the Three Sisters Garden for the gold standard of companion planting with squash!
- Days to Harvest: 110
- Companion Plants: Beans, Borage, Cosmos, Corn, Sunflowers
- Heirloom, Open-Pollinated (OP)
- Plant Spacing: 12 - 24"
Photo Credit: Jess Page, Siskiyou Seeds
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