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Squash "Butternut Hunter" - 9cm x 3 Plants

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Botanical name

Cucurbita moschata 'Hunter'

Other names

Squash 'Hunter', Butternut squash 'Hunter', Winter squash 'Hunter'

Genus

Cucurbita

Variety or Cultivar

'Hunter' _ 'Hunter' is a tender, trailing annual grown as a vegetable crop with broadly ovate to kidney-shaped, velvety, mid-green leaves and yellow-orange flowers in summer followed by elongated, pear-shaped, edible, pale brown fruit with yellow-orange flesh, ready for harvest from late summer into autumn.

Native to

Garden origin

Foliage

Deciduous

Habit

Trailing

Awards

RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)

COLOUR

Flower

Yellow in Summer

Foliage

Green in Spring; Green in Summer; Green in Autumn


HOW TO CARE

Watch out for

Specific diseases

Grey mould , Powdery mildew

General care

Propagation

Sow indoors approx. 3 weeks before the last spring frost date. Needs a minimum of 13C(55F) to germinate. Plant out once danger of frost is past. Direct sow when soil is at least 18C (65F).

Propagation methods

Seed

WHERE TO GROW

Cucurbita moschata 'Hunter' (Squash 'Hunter') will reach a height of 0.45m and a spread of 2m after 1 year.

Suggested uses

Add to salads, Beds and borders, Flavouring food and drinks

Cultivation

Plant in deep, fertile, sandy, and preferably slightly acid soil in a sunny, sheltered site. Grows best when temperatures are 18-21C (64-70F). Feed regularly when fruit begins to swell. Approximately 95 days to maturity.

Soil type

Loamy, Sandy

Soil drainage

Moist but well-drained, Well-drained

Soil pH

Acid, Neutral

Light

Full Sun

Aspect

South, West

Exposure

Sheltered