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["JPitts" <thepitts AT localnet.com>]

well not knowing where you are at I'd just say use the 100 days as a 
guideline and certainly harvest before frost, the skin should be quite hard 
and, vines dying and a yellow/orange color to the spot where they touch the 
ground, store in a dry well circulated area and enjoy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
To: "Homestead List" <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 11:59 PM
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
>
> --
> "Never expect magic from no where"  Baringo (Kenyan) working motto
> http://erthnsky.blogspot.com/
> EarthNSky Farm, NW Georgia, USA
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