buttercup squash

[tjg911]

i grew buttercup squash last summer. planted 2 hills, 5 or 6 plants in total. i used to buy buttercup squash years ago and loved it's dry texture and nice taste. so i got 3 squash, only 1 was normal size the other 2 very small and 1 was starting to rot. 2 of the 3 tasted bland, i have the big one left. what a waste of space and had to keep them under floating row covers until july 4th to keep the squash vine borer from killing them which is unnecessary for butternut squash.

i always grow butternut squash and for the space wasted on buttercup i could have had at least 8 or 12 more squash. and all my butternuts that are left are still in good shape and as usual taste great.

i wonder why the buttercup squash are so disappointing when i always have excellent results with butternut? any ideas?

tom