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Butternut Squash — Vegetables

Cucurbita moschata

Full sun, moderate watering — frost tender — shelter over winter.

Photograph of Butternut Squash
iNaturalist / GBIF
Sow
Apr
Plant out
Jun
Harvest
Oct
In flower
Jul, Aug, Sep
Sun
Full sun
Water
Medium
Difficulty
Demanding
Hardiness
H2
Season
summer
Height
50–100 cm
Spacing
800 cm
Pets
Safe around pets
Grows well with
Sweet Corn — Butternut squash can take the squash place in a three sisters bed, sprawling between the sweetcorn and covering the bare soil.

Growing notes

Grows to 0.5-1 metres. Space about 400-800cm apart. In flower Jul-Sep.

Butternut Squash — Vegetables