Butterstick squash

b54red · April 18, 2011

I set out only 3 Butterstick sqash (from Burpees) on March 14 and have already picked enough for a good meal. That is one amazing squash. It makes a large yellow zucchini type that tastes very close to an old fashioned crookneck but you only need a few plants. I have been growing it exclusively as my yellow squash for many years now and every time I plant another variety I am disappointed. Every year I have cut down the number of seed I start and the number of plants I put into the garden because these things are so productive. I always pick them young when they are a light yellow before they start to get that deep yellow color. Even at that stage the squash are really large, usually over 8 inches long and nearly 2 inches thick. Sometimes they well get over a foot long and still be in that tender sweet stage. If you leave them for a day or two too long they will get huge and look like yellow water mellons almost.

I'll have to hand it to Burpee, they have two great exclusives that I order every year and one is Butterstick and the other is Brandy Boy.

April 18, 2011	#1
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	Butterstick squash I set out only 3 Butterstick sqash (from Burpees) on March 14 and have already picked enough for a good meal. That is one amazing squash. It makes a large yellow zucchini type that tastes very close to an old fashioned crookneck but you only need a few plants. I have been growing it exclusively as my yellow squash for many years now and every time I plant another variety I am disappointed. Every year I have cut down the number of seed I start and the number of plants I put into the garden because these things are so productive. I always pick them young when they are a light yellow before they start to get that deep yellow color. Even at that stage the squash are really large, usually over 8 inches long and nearly 2 inches thick. Sometimes they well get over a foot long and still be in that tender sweet stage. If you leave them for a day or two too long they will get huge and look like yellow water mellons almost. I'll have to hand it to Burpee, they have two great exclusives that I order every year and one is Butterstick and the other is Brandy Boy.