Bush Delicata Winter Squash, Organic

High Mowing Organic Seeds - Compact, tidy plants with sweet, oblong fruits.

Delicious smooth, nutty flesh with hints of butter and brown sugar. Skin starts creamy white with green stripes and flecks, curing to striped light yellow. Compact plants spread only 4-6 feet. All-America Selection (AAS) winner bred by Molly Jahn and George Moriarty at Cornell University. This variety is Plant Variety Protected. 

Characteristics: 

• Semi-vining habit
  
• 1.5-2 lbs
  
• AAS Winner
  
• PVP
  
• Open-Pollinated
  

• Intermediate Resistance: Powdery Mildew

Instructions:

Plants need loose, fertile, well-drained soil with plenty of nitrogen and a pH of 5.8-6.8. Fertilize seedlings with fish emulsion if leaves are yellow. 

Days to maturity are from direct seeding. The optimum soil temperature for germination is about 85ºF. 

• Plant 1/2-1" deep 
• Plant Spacing: for bush varieties 18-24”, for vining 24-36”
• Row Spacing: 5-6' 

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