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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

Bev; it may be different in the South, but here in the north, we wait until 
frost kills the vine to pick any winter squash. They seem to keep better 
that way. But then they generally aren't completely ripe (i.e. the skin 
becomes hard) until then. If you pick them now, will they keep all winter?

Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
To: "Homestead List" <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 12:59 AM
Subject: [Homestead] Butternut Squash


> I'm growing Waltham Butternut Squash.  I sowed the seed on March 5 and
> transplanted it to the garden, in hills, on April 12.  It is supposed to
> be about 100 days.  I'm never sure whether you count from seeding or
> from transplanting on something like this, but either way, I have
> ripening squashes on the vine.  I was going to pick them until someone
> told me that I should wait until right before frost, that they need the
> cold, like sweet potatoes.  So now I am confused.  I have lots of ripe
> looking squashes out there, should I leave them alone or pick them and
> store them inside?
> Conflicted, but leaning towards filling up a couple of laundry baskets,
> I am.
> My acorn squash got a late start and is just now blooming.  I'm hoping
> that they will ripen before October...they should, but it has been a
> strange year.
>
> Is anyone growing Hubbards or other winter squashes?
>
> B
>
> --
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> http://erthnsky.blogspot.com/
> EarthNSky Farm, NW Georgia, USA
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