![]() ![]() Protect young plants with floating row cover. INSECT PESTS: Cucumber beetles, squash bugs, and vine borers are all common pests for cucurbits. If necessary, check with your local Cooperative Extension Service agent for specific control options. Avoid problems with adequate soil drainage, good air flow, insect pest control, and crop rotation. DISEASES: Common cucurbit diseases include powdery mildew, downy mildew, bacterial wilt, and Phytophthora. In-row spacing depends on fruit size and is generally: small, 18-24" medium, 24-36" large, 36-48". PLANT SPACING: Bush to short-vine habits generally require 6' between-row spacing, while long-vine habits require 12' between-row spacing. Thin to 1 plant per spacing interval after seedlings are established. DIRECT SEEDING: Sow 2 seeds at the appropriate spacing interval for the variety's vine length, 1/2-1" deep. Handle seedlings carefully minimal root disturbance is best. After danger of frost has passed, transplant out according to the spacing recommendations for each variety. Harden plants 4–7 days prior to transplanting. Thin to 1 plant/container or cell with scissors. TRANSPLANTING: Sow 2-3 seeds per 2" container or plug flat about 3 weeks prior to transplanting. Poor fruit development may indicate insufficient pollination. ![]() Row covers should be removed when plants begin to flower. Plastic mulch and fabric row covers (AG-19 grade) can aide plant establishment and exclude insect pests during the seedling stage. ![]() Buy one premade or make your own kind of like a cheesecake crust.SCIENTIFIC NAME: Cucurbita maxima CULTURE: Fertile, well-drained soil with a pH of 6.0–6.8 is best. If I were to add a crust, I would do a graham cracker crust. Those are pretty darn good odds of knowing it’s delicious! I’ve had hundreds of folks make it, and I’ve only had one person who said it wasn’t as they expected. And, please don’t skip the step of adding the Dead Sea Granola. This buttercup squash mash could certainly become your more standard pie. Using freshly grate nutmeg added that hint of spice. I just wanted to taste the delicious sweet butttercup squash and not cinnamon. You can certainly give it a more Fall’ish taste with adding cinnamon. What makes this buttercup winter squash so delicious are just a few additional ingredients to create the creamy mash. So this roasted buttercup squash mash is like a ‘pie’ but you scoop it! Buttercup Winter Squash While I didn’t want to make a ‘standard’ pie with a crust, I did want to use a pie plate. And, I did this after it had cooled somewhat. Removing it from the Dutch oven is tricky. It’s at least 45 minutes to an hour+ at a high oven temperature for this squash to be tender. So, my strategy is to cook the whole squash, steam it actually, in a large Dutch oven pot covered and in a hot oven. No way am I going to try to slice it in half or smaller pieces to cook. This buttercup squash’s exterior is like a dinosaur. There are various ways to cook squash, depending upon what kind of squash.įor some squash, you want to slice and remove the seeds, then bake, steam, boil, fry/saute’ (smaller pieces please) or roast. And, they’re perfect for baking and mashing! How to Cook Buttercup Squash No wonder the Pilgrims loved them.īutterCUP, on the other hand, are green and turban-shaped. Think cranberries and butternut squash! Oh, yes!īutternut are cylindrical shaped and a tan color. However, if you’re looking for butterCUP, then here’s a great recipe! Mashed Buttercup SquashīutterCUP is not to be confused with butterNUT. ![]() Things like acorn, buttercup, butternut, delicata, dumpling, hubbard, kabocha, pumpkin and spahgetti. And, there’s winter squash and summer squash. Now if you want butternut squash, but don’t want to go through the extra steps of buying the squash, peeling, cleaning, chopping, cooking, then take a look at this super easy butternut squash bread made with butternut squash soup! Sooooooooooooooo good! Squash Varieties No sense in risking cutting off a finger! I mean just knock on a buttercup squash and you’ll see that it’s mighty tough on the exterior! And, rather than trying to cut and slice that squash, I’m roasting it whole! But, wait, it’s healthy, so have a second helping! Roasted Buttercup Squash Recipes Easy Roasted Buttercup Squash Mash is creamy, delicious and almost like eating a dessert. ![]()
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