THE MOST PROLIFIC BUTTERNUT SQUASH VARIETY WE'VE EVER SEEN! 

Great harvest , about how far apart did you space your plants ? I'm gonna grow these but I'm limited on space gonna try these in a 6 ft x 10 ft area any suggestions

@@citylotgardening6171 These plants are aggressive. In a good way. It's easy to control the growth by simply pulling them up where you don't want them. i planted two vines about 2' apart, in a 30' garden row. They took over that row, the paths on either side of the row, and wandered throughout one half of my garden, which is 75' x 25'. They even wandered out of the garden area into the yard. I have no idea how far they would have gone if I let them. I would definitely grow them even if you have a small space since they are so prolific and taste wonderful. Mine grew up nearby tomato cages, so you might try to grow them vertically. The tomato cages I have are large and sturdy. I am in Zone 9a, high humidity. I have battled squash vine borers, squash bugs, leaf footed bugs and pickle worms on squash for years. South Anna doesn't seem to be too bothered by any of those pests. It also hasn't suffered from all of the rain we're having, which has been just about every day for the past two months. Try it. You will not be disappointed.

How big were the plants?

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Glad it was helpful!

Glad it was helpful!

We don't have chipmunks, but do have squirrel issues occasionally.

Exactly! 🤣

There was way too much foliage to pull it all by hand. So we mowed it down several times and "scalped it" the last time. We'll wait on the vines to die, rip up the drip tape, till the plot and cover crop it.

@@gardeningwithhoss What did you cover crop it with specifically? Also, what if the weather drops below freezing in your open barn? Wouldn't the produce freeze and go bad?

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Any of your traditional, non-hybrid, squash varieties will be prickly. Something like Early Crookneck.

We liked it when we grew it last year. Very tasty. As with any Brussels Sprout variety, they take quite a bit of patience.

Awesome

You are lucky.I wish i could get some seeds herein Africa.I would really make great profit with them even at 13 butternuts a vine ,its awesome returns.

@@ndangariromaketiwa4560 If you give me an address I'll mail you a few seeds. You can save seeds from your first harvest and then you'll have plenty. And while I realize you could be a total scammer, heck it's Christmas. I won't give you my name or email, you'll have to post an address here. Merry Christmas.

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Planting Depth: 1/2 Seed Spacing: 18-24″ Row Spacing: 5-6′

get a 16 ft cattle panel, make into an arch stabilized with 4 T=posts. train vines up the arch and you'll have tons of squashes! also can plant below the archway with lettuces etc and some flowers next to the t-posts to attract pollinators, like snapdragons, calendula, etc

Shaded front porch would be fine. Usually a few weeks is good for curing.

@@gardeningwithhoss thank you!

We have a hive of bees on our property, but also have a good bit of native pollinators due to all the flowers we plant amongst the vegetable garden plots.

We have two barn cats that do a great job keeping the critters under control.

We just have ours underneath the pole barn, which is usually about 10-15 degrees cooler than the direct sun this time of year.

Yes we do. You can see them both here: hosstools.com/product-category/premium-garden-seeds/winter-squash/

We like to put them 2' apart along the row. But as we mentioned in the video, you want to give them plenty of room between rows.

@@gardeningwithhoss I'm just worried the corn will be hard to access being surrounded with pumpkins or squash. I reckon I can try it and see. If its a nightmare, well then I won't do it again.

I planted my winter squash next to my corn. It is doing great! I have kept one path cleared.(had to sacrifice a squash plant.)

Yes it is.

Oh yeah! Should have them on the site in the next couple months. Just waiting for them to be germ-tested.

check out this growing guide for our recommendations. growhoss.com/blogs/growing-guides/winter-squash

You would have to support the squash as they can be heavy.

Butternut and Royal Acorn squash are generally resistant to squash bugs.

@@gardeningwithhoss are those both good sweet frying squash. You said in the video that particular one wasn’t real sweet. I only fry with mine. I like the sweet white scallop squash but the squash bugs run me crazy. I’ve been watering my squash and mashing bugs all morning. Plus collecting their eggs with tape. I saw a giant wheel bug in my squash patch. Maybe it will eat some of them. They may taste and smell too bad. I raise honeybees and don’t like spraying insecticides. I’ll spray them with soap at dusk once a week with a backpack sprayer.

Two barn cats named Chloe and Tiger.

Didn't count them.

I know this sounds like an outrageous lie, but I got 175 pounds of South Anna butternuts off of only 2 vines this year. Good sized ones too. And there's still at least another 25 pounds of ones not quite ready. Don't know if they'll have time. I know it sounds crazy. I'm amazed. They're sweeter than regular butternut too. This is definitely the one for production and flavor. (Augusta, GA)

You may be dealing with a pollination issue. Do you have flowers planted to attract pollinators into garden?

@@gardeningwithhoss I do but they have not bloomed yet. Thinking of putting sugar water out. Thoughts??

Send us an email to custserv@hosstools.com and we will get you taken care of.

Too heavy

I had a couple vines grow up our stockade fence and they were fine. Fruits hung there til ripe.

Yes. This is an open-pollinated variety, so you can save the seed and they'll be true to variety.

Yes, tastes like a butternut squash.

They're sweeter.

Never ate squash leaves.

Hoss Tools try them I think they are delicious. Cut them up and season them like any other green kale, mustard or spinach you can even mix them (they do have to be cooked). I marinated mine for about 48 hrs in balsamic vinaigrette, onions and garlic. They’re all kinds of recipes on google.

@@reginagibson1908 I agree. They're delicious. My daughter loves them too.

No we do not, just tools.

That would be good to know, but I didn't feel like counting them.

My Waltham butternuts seem to always give me one nice fruit and then stop. So frustrating! I have 8 plants this year with 3 fruits total so far... 😞

I know this sounds like an outrageous lie, but I got 175 pounds of South Anna butternuts off of only 2 vines this year. Good sized ones too. And there's still at least another 25 pounds of ones not quite ready. Don't know if they'll have time. I know it sounds crazy. I'm amazed. They're sweeter than regular butternut too. This is definitely the one for production and flavor. (Augusta, GA)