favorite winter squash?

[tjg911]

thanks for the replies. i am looking for squash that are 2-6 pound range. my biggest waltham butternuts are about 7-8 pounds and they make a lot of squash. a 20 pound squash once cut i suspect would not keep that well besides how do you refrigerate such huge squash once cut? i don't bake hardly ever, tho i will with the delicata, as peeling a scalloped squash is pretty hard. i usually steam or saute butternut. i love butterCUP but being a hollow stemmed variety i have had no luck growing them, i used to buy them in the store. excellent dry sweet flesh!

i think covering young plants with frc will be a total success as it'll keep the SVB from being able to lay eggs at the base of the plants. as i said, here the SVB moths are dead by july 4th and then i can uncover the plants and let them spread. i have a 100' roll of FRC from JSS so i guess i should start to use it. i find FRC to be a total pita to use so i seldom use them.

i just started my yellow squash seeds yesterday and will put them out on july 4th.

sweet meat always sounded good but i refrained. i tried blue ballet and red kuri but they were dead by mid july! gave away all those seeds.

i have 5 or 6 quarts of cooked butternut squash from the 2008 season frozen, i never got around to eating it prior to the 2009 harvest. i just ate 1 quart the other day and it was good especially as i have not had any for several weeks.

tom