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Bush Butternut?
What is the best bush, or compact growth variety of Butternut Squash? The
vining type I grew this year nearly took over the entire garden! Regards, Bill |
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"Bills Garden" wrote: What is the best bush, or compact growth variety of Butternut Squash? The vining type I grew this year nearly took over the entire garden! Regards, Bill You could always trellis it, or grow it on a fence? :-) How well did it fruit for you? -- Om. "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson |
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"OmManiPadmeOmelet" wrote in message ... In article , "Bills Garden" wrote: What is the best bush, or compact growth variety of Butternut Squash? The vining type I grew this year nearly took over the entire garden! Regards, Bill You could always trellis it, or grow it on a fence? :-) Actually, I tried to grow them up my corn stalks this year with less than good success. How well did it fruit for you? The variety was the heirloom Waltham strain, and it fruited the most poorly of any variety I ever planted! Was really surprised by that. Regards, Bill -- Om. "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson |
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"Bills Garden" wrote in message ... What is the best bush, or compact growth variety of Butternut Squash? The vining type I grew this year nearly took over the entire garden! Regards, Bill Bill, I have planted a Butternut Bush-type from Burpee called "Burpee's Butterbush" that plant stays close to home. The plant is manageable a bit bigger than a zucchini. Requires nothing out of the ordinary in the way of care; just a handful of balanced fertilizer worked in when planted. The plants produced plenty of small to medium size bell shaped fruits; perfect for the family needing 2 to 6 servings. I gave some away to the elderly folks in the neighborhood and they appreciated the single serving size the smallest ones provide. I like to poke with a knife and pre-bake them in the microwave till soft. After they have cooled enough to handle, cut them in half or quarter to remove the seeds then either scoop out the edible flesh or peel with a paring knife. I then either freeze this prepped squash in a freezer bag or container for later use or put in a small covered cooking dish with a pat of butter, a spoonful of brown sugar and a dash of cinnamon. Then finish cooking either in the microwave or the oven. Fran |
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"SomeBuddy Else" wrote in message hlink.net... "Bills Garden" wrote in message ... What is the best bush, or compact growth variety of Butternut Squash? The vining type I grew this year nearly took over the entire garden! Regards, Bill Bill, I have planted a Butternut Bush-type from Burpee called "Burpee's Butterbush" that plant stays close to home. The plant is manageable a bit bigger than a zucchini. Requires nothing out of the ordinary in the way of care; just a handful of balanced fertilizer worked in when planted. The plants produced plenty of small to medium size bell shaped fruits; perfect for the family needing 2 to 6 servings. I gave some away to the elderly folks in the neighborhood and they appreciated the single serving size the smallest ones provide. I like to poke with a knife and pre-bake them in the microwave till soft. After they have cooled enough to handle, cut them in half or quarter to remove the seeds then either scoop out the edible flesh or peel with a paring knife. I then either freeze this prepped squash in a freezer bag or container for later use or put in a small covered cooking dish with a pat of butter, a spoonful of brown sugar and a dash of cinnamon. Then finish cooking either in the microwave or the oven. Fran I really appreciate the wealth of information you provided in response to my question. Regards, Bill |
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Bills Garden said:
What is the best bush, or compact growth variety of Butternut Squash? The vining type I grew this year nearly took over the entire garden! Burpee's Butterbush is the shortest vined butternut that I know of. Early Butternut is semi-bush and quite good. (Spreads more than a bush-type squash, but doesn't run all the way to the neighbor's yard.) Ponca is supposed to be semi-bush, but I've never grown it. -- Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast) Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (attributed to Don Marti) |
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"Pat Kiewicz" wrote in message ... Bills Garden said: What is the best bush, or compact growth variety of Butternut Squash? The vining type I grew this year nearly took over the entire garden! Burpee's Butterbush is the shortest vined butternut that I know of. Early Butternut is semi-bush and quite good. (Spreads more than a bush-type squash, but doesn't run all the way to the neighbor's yard.) Ponca is supposed to be semi-bush, but I've never grown it. That's two votes for the Burpee Butterbush! Thanks muchly for your help regarding my question. Regards, Bill -- Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast) Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (attributed to Don Marti) |
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