How to Grow, Cure and Store Amazing Squash | What Varieties I Grow
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- Today I want to share with you everything I've learned about growing squash. Even if you're growing in a short season like I am you can still grow beautiful squash!
The pumpkin was 107lbs!
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In this video I share my favourite squash, one of them being the Gete Okosomin. I mistakenly showed you a Georgia Candy Roaster instead. The Gete looks similar but is more orange when fully ripe. I apologize for that.
Is that Candy Roaster squash also called a banana squash? And can you can a banana squash?
Anyone have any guesses on the size of the pumpkin?
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107lbs! Definitely our largest ever!
Hope you have a wonderful day!
112 pounds
About couple hundred pounds I’m assuming 😂
120 pounds
I love this video and all of the squash you grew! We ended up with hundreds of squash on our farm this year, because we fed some to our sheep during the winter. Then lo and behold, we got a ton of volunteer pumpkin and squash plants!
Oooooohhhhh my goodness! Mabel is adorable! She is just the SWEETEST! She wants mom’s attention in the worst way! 😂❤
I grew 1 plant of butternut squash this year. It gave me 9 nice squash with 3 more on the vine still. Good to know that I have to I can pick and the will finish ripening inside by a window. The others are now all currently being stored under my couch. I live in a mobile home so growing and storage space are both limited. That one plant was grown in a xlg pot and for 2 months I checked every leaf daily for squash bugs/eggs.
That’s wonderful! You really can grow food almost anywhere!
One of our favorite squash is the Delicata. Sweet and taste like it is loaded with butter. They are small for a big family, but you can't go wrong with them. It is the one on number 5 in the squash description. Thanks for sharing.
A group I'm in on Facebook shared this video and the timing couldn't be more perfect! I'm in zone 5a in Idaho, USA and we're expecting frost in a day or two. I harvested 25 pumpkins. Only six I planted, they are Sugar Pie pumpkins because I LOVE making pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving and Christmas! The others were volunteers that grew in my compost pile! The are great shape and Come in greenish white, a pale yellow and a perfect pumpkin orange. I've cooked one whole in the oven already for dog treats, but had no idea how to store them or cure them. Thank you for your insight! Now I only need recipes!
You’re welcome!😊
I grew lots of Buttercup squash and a pumpkin called Winter Luxury. Curing them now and will give some away and likely can the rest and perhaps save a few for short term storage.
I just found your videos on TH-cam and I love your web site. Do you have recipes for winter squash? I was watching today and I believe you had a recipes for carnival squash dough for a pie. Please share your recipes and especially the squash dough recipes. Thank you for sharing your experiences growing and using squash.
I grew Dill's Atlantic Giant too this year I have about 4 growing and the zone is 3 I have been covering often at night as it has been close to freezing here also. Our average frost date is September 9 but we have been lucky to have had a bit of a heat wave in NW Ontario. Woot woot! We had terrible drought conditions all through from your way through the prairies and most of Ontario as well. Tough for all things that love water. The squash have done well considering. I watered all through June July and August 2 x / day. My cucumbers just started producing a bit but very sparce. Brassicas were a challenge with the +40 C days most days. Tomatoes were very very productive as were the beans and peppers. Peas done well. So I have Canadian Yellow Crook Neck Squash, Butternut Squash, Buttercup Squash all a mass of tangled tendrils sprawled on a black felt ground cover. Eggplants with finally some fruit starting ( too late ) and Bittermelons ( small fruits coming they are about 4") Bakercreek Seeds. My biggest Dill's is about 1/2 the size of yours. Still covering and trying to extend the season as long as possible.
I hope you will let us see the pumpkin after the kids carve it. It would be a treat for Halloween. Also, how are your bees doing. At one point you lost them entirely I think I remember, but you have referred to them since then and I wondered did you re-start them from a nuc? Have you rendered honey? That would be interesting to see. Finally, thank goodness you have Kate. What a great help she is to you.
I caught two swarms this summer that are doing awesome! I did buy a nuc but it’s not doing well. I lost the queen early in and wasn’t able to request until mid summer.
The giant one you showed us, is that the same thing that we call a banana squash? Can you can it and use for things like pumpkin muffins, bread and pie?
I became a fan of squash after watching your videos. In Ukraine squash was traditinally used as food for animals and birds. Now it is changing as squash is being used in cooking. Do you wash squash before curing or storing and what do add to water before washing your squash? Best regards!
Another convert to team squash!!😁
Wash with a little vinegar and water.
Great review. Thanks
So sad about the sound on your video 💔 I always look so forward to ALL of your harvests and thank you so much for sharing with us 😁
107 pounds!!! Holy cow 😯❤️😂
I know! I almost cried - it was a fun video! Thankfully we still have lots more to do in the garden.
Hi Chelsea, I have a question. I planted winter squashes last year. 6 Plants were great, producing large leaves and male and female blossoms. BUT worms attack them and kill them all. Is there a way I could protect them or is there a squash that is bug resistant that I could plant? Im in zone 7. and next month I must get started I'll appreciate your help. Thanks, darling.
How do you enjoy your butternut squash? Recipes please!
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Could you please list out the pumpkins and squash names…some are hard to sound out. Thanks
How do you keep the squash from cross pollinating?
I grew up on Banana squash but it cannot be found in stores or nurseries down in California. Your giant squash looks like it is about the right shape. The produce guys would cut them up.
What breed is your dog? I want to pet it!
Where did you find the Baby Blue seed?
West Coast Seeds - link in the description above.
@@LittleMountainRanch Thanks. I was busy while listening, must have missed you mentioning the links, sorry.
Oh no, don’t worry about it.
It’s a fruit
Tip: if you wait until the vine is completely dead and turned to yellow and dry, they store substantially longer
We can’t do that here because once the frost hits the surface of the squash they don’t store well. We get early frosts here.
I harvested butternut before a complete dry down and I had squash that lasted a entire year and were still good. I do plan to let the vines die down more this time to be more careful.
I know this an older post but I’d appreciate info on making the larger paper pot you mention.
I fenced off a 24x16 foot section of my property this year to start a garden and figured that was plenty of space for everything I wanted to grow. Turns out it doesn't take very many squash plants to completely eat up that space. Got lots of squash and the beans managed pretty well, but the cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, melons, etc were all overwhelmed. Looks like next year I need to put squash somewhere else.
A friend told me to create an arbor and grow your squash on that. He showed me pictures and the tendrils wrapped around the arbor and the plant just took off. The squash were beautiful and grew quite nicely. I am going to try that this next season.
Growing in New Zealand’s South Island thanks for the tip it’s getting close to harvest and some great advice for a first year grower, I have 19 butternuts and stoked with there progress and looking to add to the family next year😊
You can prune your vines down at the grow tip to leave only a few squash per plant. This is how I need to do it in my smaller garden. I dont need 20 squash, but I do appreciate the large 3-4 per plant
They are all so beautiful! For the first time I grew butternut squash this year and I am hooked. I want to grow more varieties of squash next year. Thank you for this great video. I got a better understanding about squash. Can’t wait to put more on the ground!
Yay, another squash fan to add to the team!
My acorn and butternut squash easily last 4-6 months in my basement storage. I think they taste even better after they have cured in storage a couple months. Hubbard squash doesn't store as well (2-3 months) but for doing "stuffed pumpkin" cooking in your oven or open fire pit -- it's one of the best.
In Australia we call them all pumpkins. As you can imagine we have thoroughly different growing environment, with summer days occasionally hitting 50°c and higher. I plant my pumpkins along dripper irrigation lines. You should see my garden on days over 40°. I go out early in the morning and throw as many bedding sheets as I can over the more sensitive plants and then run the irrigation system to wet the sheets.
Love the video thank you. I found out my dogs love cucumbers this year and its hilarious because my ducks and dogs will eat any cucumbers I happen to miss or have extra. I grew way too much in my backyard this year but its a good problem to have. Looking forward to curing all the pumpkins, spaghetti squash and kobocha.
I live in northern CA and haven’t had frost issues. Can I plant my butternut squash say October-November?
I was just thinking about when to bring in my squash and I thought I would get some advice on TH-cam, Wonderful video, thank you, and so lovely to see your crop of squash! My favourite is Crown Prince which I grow in Cornwall in the UK.
Galeuse d'Eysines : IS pronounced 'galoze d'ayzeen' more or less... Best regards Chelsea !
How many children do you have in your lovely family? Love your channel.
Thankyou for all the information on the squash. 1st time growing butternut, love them. Now I know how to cure the ones that are still a little green. Great Video.
Great harvest! We've got an incredibly long season and our squash are just going nuts! Great video! Cheers from Minnesota!
I’m wanting to can squash and puppy this year but I’ve always been told that you can’t. Can you please share with me how you do it? Thanks
Very informative video! Have you ever grown Orangetti spaghetti squash? It is now my favourite spaghetti squash! Matures into a bright orange colour. Do your squash ever cross pollinate?
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Do you save seeds for planting, and if so, how do you handle cross-pollination? I can spread plants out some but don't want to spread them to far. I've ended up with some interesting crossed varieties from using last year's seeds sometimes.
I was encouraged by you to grow squash this year! I live in Northern Manitoba (zone 1b) and I had a GREAT HARVEST thanks to your tips! So thank you!
That is awesome!
Loved this video, but I do NOT love the darn vine borers! I cannot seem to get past them...arg. I basically just plant buttercup and butternut. Can anyone give me some advice?? I tried wrapping the stems to no avail...lol.
Wonderful video..do you have any cross pollination issues growing different squash around the same time?
Do you have any information on picking or ensuring the squash is sweet? We tried the sweet dumpling squash a few weeks ago and it was amazing. Cooked up on this week… yuck! Idk they looked the same… not sure id there is a trick?
Great video, I say the pumpkin. weighs 125. butter baby butternut squash from Johnny seed is ready in 50-55 days.
107lbs, which is pretty big for us. I’ll shooting for even bigger next year! 😁
The sacrifices your dog does :)
Cube & boil VS split in 1/2 & bake . I only split in 1/2 & bake , the same way I would if I just wanted to cook it as a side dish ( mashed ) . So much more easy , no pealing , just scoop out the cooked meat & mash .
100% on team split and bake.
Hello very new to ur channel. I grew or am growing butter nut squash for the first time this year and I was just wondering when to know when to pick or harvest a squash if it’s ready from the vine or do I cut it off at a certain point and wait like seven days to eat it. Ty
Wow, so many varieties! How do you deal with cross-pollination?
How do you know when your buttercup squash is ready to harvest? Im worried that im going to mess it up and do it wrong.
My butternut squash had small scabs/warts on them this year...none last yr. Not sure if its because of all the rain we had in summer?
Hello there, please advise us how to actually plant the seeds, do we put them in water first how many hours and then we directly put them in the groud standing up or flat or it does not matter. etc thank you
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Hi. Thanks for the vlog, very well done :) ! Just wanted to mention that I - kinda grew up with this I guess- usually don't have the majority of my squash ripe enough in time for our 1st frost, so, I cover it all with blankets and tarps etc. . Usually works fine. Ideally one uses upturned buckets or things to help keep it off the plants a lil better, esp. if a definite hard frost may occur, as otherwise it may still freeze whatever's touching the covers, with the wetness of the dew making it transfer I think.
Since we'd often have even several weeks of good weather after a frost or 2, this really helps me get a lot more ripe ones.
I'm in West Central Wisconsin, zone 5a actually now I think, moved to different rental last year to be closer to hubby's job, nearer the St. Croix river valley and it's supposedly a warmer zone here and it did seem great last fall ! I grew up one county east tho, sorta on a line between zone 4a & 4b, but also on a ridge-top. Much better than the valleys for avoiding early frosts !
Thanks! Loved watching you go from seed to harvest. Always rooting for your harvest and grateful for all of the information that you share🥰
Be well and happy preserving!😊
Do you contend with any squash bugs or other pests on your squash?
Yikes. Where did you get the seeds to the monster squash?
How do you deal with squash vine borer? I have tried just about everything. Lost about 30 plants this year 😢
We don’t have them up here, but I’ve heard one of the only ways is checking multiple times a day and picking them off.
Thanks for sharing such a great video! I would love some recipes for how you use each of these different types. Thanks again!
I’m on it!🙂
Great video !!
Thank u
Great harvest! Great video! We here over in Germany also had the greatest pumpkin harvest ever. It seems to be a pumpkin year :) We had lot`s of rain so they are growing beautifully. Thanke you for sharing all of your great knowledge! Greetings from Germany
Greetings from Canada!😊
Next to tomatoes, I love growing pumpkins. Cinderella is our favourite as well. What was the variety of the white "warty" pumpkin?
I was going to guess around 80 lbs, wow that’s a lot of pumpkin! Great video. My mom planted some acorn squash for me. We had our first one for supper last night😋
That is awesome!
Please do not confuse ripening with curing butternut squash. Two very different processes.
Yes, but generally ripening and curing go hand in hand in my garden.
Thank you for the good info.
How you deal with squash bug? I have really hard tlme with squash bug.
We don’t have them, thankfully.
I love roasting squash and I heard you mention soups. What other ways do you cook squash or recipes for different ways to cook it? Do you cook it b4 canning? I freeze some of mine, pureed, are there other ways to keep it? I do not have a cellar.
I am new to your videos, love them. I did find your squash video on cooking and canning squash. It answered all my questions. 🙂
Thank you for this video. It was very helpful to see all the different kinds of squash you grew and harvested. Very inspiring. Thank you for all you do.
I have golden Hubbard seeds to try and grow next year. I wanted the blue Hubbard, but they were out. What is the growing time for the Georgia candy roaster? I heard it tastes like a sweet potato....does it? Have a great day.
I’m not sure what it says in the package but I start mine in the beginning of may and have fruit by the end of August, early September. Yes, similar to a sweet potato.
Your Gete Okosomin looks an awful lot like the N. Georgia Candy Roasters that I grow here in the southern US (Tennessee), especially with that blue green tip. The way you described their texture and flavor is also very similar.
Thank you so much for pointing that out. You are absolutely right! I’ve added a pinned comment to explain that.
@@LittleMountainRanch You are welcome. I wasn't sure if they were the same thing, but they sure looked the same!
Thank you for the information! How do you keep squash bore worms n bugs off your squash??
Thankfully we don’t have squash bugs up here.
Your squash harvest is amazing - so many beautiful varieties. I just came in from harvesting our pumpkins and squash. Last night was 1 degree at the airport (5 at home) and frost is possible tonight. We grew the peanut pumpkin a few years ago and loved it! We like to try new varieties as well. Enjoy your winter squash meals.
Can you can little sugar pie pumpkins, If so how do you do it? I tried and for some reason three of my pint jars popped and it oozed out made a real mess. I put the other two in fridge to try and save them. Thanks for all your help.
Can as you would squash, in chunks and make sure to leave them in the canner for 10 minutes before pulling them out.
Do you ever have problems with cross pollinating?
I don't usually save seed, so no it's not an issue for me.
Well done and congratulations on growing so many different varieties of pumpkins. Xxx
thank you for your informative videos .. i am learning alot and would absolutely love to know if you happen to sell your seeds please and thank you so much
Thank you so much! No, I don’t sell seeds, but West Coast seeds carries most of what I grow.
What kind of light do they need? I live in Atlanta Ga and our summers get hot and dry so was thinking of growing under some trees to help with keeping heat off them.
They like the heat!
That was a great squash commentary. I love squash! That is quite an awesome harvest Chelsea!
That was one massive pumpkin!! I know the kiddos were excited about the size of it, you had a great growing season on your squash.
Thanks!
When you plant all these varieties do you space them out throughout your gardens so there’s no cross contamination?
That would only matter of I were seed saving, but if I were it would be important to do that for sure.
I seeded 15 acres of squash. How many ?? Will grow
Holy moly!!! I have no idea, but A LOT!
14:13 You left us curious as to the weight of the ginormous pumpkin... it wasn't on the screen ;-)
107lbs! 😁
Ab-so-lute-ly-ma-zing!
Wow what a harvest. I want to try pumpkin next year once our forever garden is completed. Glad you got your harvest in before the frost. It certainly starting to look and feel like fall. Thanks Chelsea, great video
That's my dog 🐕
What do the baby Hubbard squash taste like? Do you can them?
Like a meaty, sweet, squash. I store mine whole for the most part but do can some.
How do you spell the one very large squash it started with a g like geek something, thanks
GETE OKOSOMIN
Its going to be 0 Celsius already? Oh I'm so sorry. So very very sorry.
Lol, yup.
Is it best to can them in chunks or in the paste for pies, if you can, can them? Thanks again.
Chucks is recommended for safe canning.
Do you grow extra squash for goats and other animals?
Not usually although this year for sure!
Do you sell seeds of all the pumpkins you grow
No, I don’t, I’m sorry.
*_VERY GOOD HARVSET, BLESS_*
I have a 3 month growing season. This year we had a really early frost late August. I have been trying to grow squash and pumpkins for several years now and don’t have a great harvest. I have good soil, start them under grow lights, fertilize them with castings, chicken manure and castings tea diluted. I harvested three decent size hubbard squash and several small that will be decorations then chicken feed. I would like a better harvest but not sure where I’m going wrong. Any tips would be appreciated.
Get them out as early as you can and use frost blankets or row covers for the first month they are out. That should give you a good enough start.
@@LittleMountainRanch thanks, I will try that. Wish me luck!
Nice harvest. Maple is a sweetie.
we eat a LOT of pumpkins and squash, its a great way to have fresh veggies in winter lol :) I love them but my OH hates squash he makes me laugh as he never ever notices them.
Wow
Would love to know how you cook the squash, recipes, maybe canning techniques. I grew the Georgia roaster that looks like a banana and am wondering the best way to cook it. Also can you cook the squash before it cures? Unfortunately I had a few break off from the stem and fell on the ground so will need to use up before it rots.
Roasted! Yum.
Yes, you can eat them uncured.
Yesterday I did roast one of the Georgia candy squash and made squash bread from some of it, yummy! It is a more moist than a pumpkin or butternut but quite tasty.
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Biggest issue I historically have is the dreaded vine borer larva. I'll get great strong vines going and make sure to pick off all the little red eggs that show up (or spray with neem, inject BT, etc.) but some will still hatch and absolutely destroy my crop.
I'm so grateful we don't have them up here. I'm sorry, that sucks!
I grew Galeux d'Eysines this year also. I only had one squash make it. Fought squash vine borers all summer. It's beautiful and I can't wait to taste it. Will definitely grow again next year!
Just taste tested it and it's trill excellent!