Ferry-Morse 1384 Squash Seeds, Butternut (3.7 Gram Packet)
An All-American Selection! One of the best, most popular varieties of winner squash! Its sweet, dry, orange-colored flesh makes it ideal for baking, as well as for pies. Very productive. High in vitamin A. Don't cut winter squash from the vine until firmly ripe (when you have a hard time making a dent in the shell with your thumbnail). Harvest before hard frost. After all danger of frost, in a sunny location, sow 5 seeds spaced evenly over a hill 9 to 12 inches tall and 2 feet across. When plants are 3 inches tall, thin by cutting to the 3 strongest seedlings per hill. To avoid weeding, mulch heavily around plants and in the rows.