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.

b54red · April 22, 2011

Here is a picture of one of the three Butterstick hybrid squash plants. With only 3 plants we have already eaten squash twice and in a day or two they will need picking again. The fruits in the picture are around 5 to 6 inches long but will be between 9 and 12 inches in two days and be ready to pick.

O.P. Mater · April 23, 2011

Thanks for posting this........will order some Butterstick squash today! :-)

b54red · April 24, 2011

I should warn you the plants tend to get really big. I try to space mine between 4 and 6 feet apart. I used to plant them close together but they would become too crowded just as they started making good. I set 5 inch tall plants out on the 14th of March and they already stretch completely across the 4 ft wide bed. I sometimes plant them directly in the ground if the soil is warm and the nights are in the 50s and then thin them out when they get 3 or 4 leaves on them.

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.

April 23, 2011	#3
O.P. Mater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2010 Location: upstate SC Posts: 147	Thanks for posting this........will order some Butterstick squash today! :-)

April 24, 2011	#4
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	I should warn you the plants tend to get really big. I try to space mine between 4 and 6 feet apart. I used to plant them close together but they would become too crowded just as they started making good. I set 5 inch tall plants out on the 14th of March and they already stretch completely across the 4 ft wide bed. I sometimes plant them directly in the ground if the soil is warm and the nights are in the 50s and then thin them out when they get 3 or 4 leaves on them.