Omelet wrote:

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z wrote:

On Oct 5, 5:55 pm, PennyMay
wrote:
Hello

I'm new to this site and new to gardening. I have a butternut squash
that has taken over my very small plot. I have a few small ones, and
one large one. Only thing is, I have no idea when to pick them. The
large one is still green. Will it turn colour? Is there anything I
should be looking out for?

Any advice gratefully received.

PennyMay

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PennyMay

like the other guy said.
however, note that the differences between winter and summer squash
are more of detail than basic; in other words, if the thing doesn't
lose its green before winter comes, there's no reason you can't pick
them and treat them like giant zucchini.

Baby pumpkins are delicious steamed.

I had a butternut that was picked green at the end of the season, I left
it in a semi shady area on my kitchen counter for some six months and
amazingly enough over that time it turned to the "normal" ripe color.
After those six months I cut it in half and finding it looked perfectly
normal I cooked it and it tasted perfectly normal as well.