Eight months eating butternut squash

[allaboutliverpool]

My stored butternut squash are still fine after starting to eat them at the beginning of September last year.

I have added new photos and notes to my site

http://www.allaboutliverpool.com/allaboutallotments_Vegetables_squash_butternut.html

[allaboutliverpool]

[Digeroo]

I am impressed with your storage sysstem.  I have kept them in hte kitchen but it is too humid and they go mouldy after a while.

[1066]

well done they look impressive. I remember hearing Bob Flowerdew saying a good way of storing pumpkins and squash was to store them in tights and hang them up! Was planning on giving this a try this year......
1066

[Columbus]

Well done, thanks for the idea I will try that.  ;D

[Teej]

Wow - fab site!  I'm trying Butternut for the 1st time this year - hopefully will do ok as I'm in the North too & I've read a few things saying they're difficult up here.
I've got 2 on the go - thought I'd start them early to get them to a reasonable size before planting out.  I'm thinking about trying 1 as a climber & 1 as just flat (prob not the correct term?) so should be interesting to see how everyone else does.

[vegging out]

Thats a great idea,storing them in the attic!.I'm very lucky if any of mine last till March.I will try that this year.
  Thanks for the tip!

[kt.]

Impressive!!     I am trying butternut as a first this year.  I have Harrier F1 ( A bush type, early to mature),  Avalon and Hunter (Trailing types)

[Hector]

Impressive!!     I am trying butternut as a first this year.  I have Harrier F1 ( A bush type, early to mature),  Avalon and Hunter (Trailing types)

I am trying similar ( Hunter and Harrier) in the set up Allaboutliverpool shows :)

[adrianhumph]

Hi all,  :D
             Great idea storing in the loft, I bet not a lot of people know that 8)
I still have 2 squash`s left from last year, a red kuri & a blue kuri. In my opinion the blue has a much better, nuttier flavour & is the one I will grow this year. A tip from the much missed Jeannette,  :'( is to dry the squash in the sunshine for a couple of weeks before storing & to wipe the skins with a cloth soaked in a  mild bleach solution  when putting then away. Mine have been in my garage on a shelf & I only lost one to mould all Winter.
                                                                                              Adrian.

[realfood]

I still have several Winter Squash and some butternuts left in store in my cool, unheated back bedroom. I think that cool and dry are the best conditions for storage of squash.

Of my Winter Squash, the best storers are proving to be Crown Prince and Festival. My Red Kuri, Uchiki Kuri and Bon Bon had to be used up early, although they had had the same growing conditions, hardening and storage as the others.

A real surprise has been the good storage potential of Zapallito del Tronco, a winter squash that is reckoned to be the best tasting courgette when eaten young and tender. I left a couple to mature and I still have one in storage. The last one I tried from storage was still good as a courgette.

[Mushy Pea]

Hi Liverpool,

I'm impressed by your efforts in squash production.

Can I ask what kind of mulch you are using? It looks like small bark chippings in the pictures.

MP