Winter Squash — "Hubbard"

Cucurbita maxima

Growth conditions
USDA Hardiness zone	2-11 Learn more
Light requirement	Full sun, Partial sun/shade
Water requirement	Moist
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)
Physical characteristics
Height	0.6
Width	1
Cultivation details
Life cycle	Annual
Layer	Herbs
Growth	Fast
Uses
Utility	Ground cover
Edible	True
Edible parts	Flowers, Fruit, Leaves, Seed
Edible uses	Oil
Names
Alternate name	Hokkaido
Taxonomy
Family	Cucurbitaceae
Origin and spread
Native to	Bolivia
Introduced into	Zaïre
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Created: 2022-05-08 23:29:56 UTC
Last updated: 2023-09-22 14:17:50 UTC by permabot

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Winter Squash — "Hubbard"

Cucurbita maxima

Description

Tear-drop shape, comes in light blue/green, dark green, orange or yellow. A sweet squash with a hard skin. Can last up to 6 months in storage.

In the marketplace

Hubbard Squash $ USD

In the following journals

Persimmon guild. Planted two, 2 year old seedling persimmons last year.

This year they’re really filling out.

Underplanted with a mix of annual herbs, greens and flowers, and supplemented with lupines, bloody dock, thyme, with two currants in between.

June 27, 2024 13:11 Persimmon guild. Planted two, 2 year old seedling persimmons last y...

Harvest time! A lot of quince, three nice hubbard squashes and the first walnuts.

October 21, 2023 20:59 Harvest time! A lot of quince, three nice hubbard squashes and the ...

Hubbard squash got huge!

September 15, 2023 09:52 Hubbard squash got huge!

Ground cherries — both volunteers from last year’s leftovers — and some seeds planted around my new persimmon trees are sprouting this week. Some with 4-5 leaves.
They needed warmer soil and rain.
None of my inside starts worked well enough to plant. Direct sowing next year.

In addition, squash that were direct sown are already larger than transplants that had a 3 week head start.

Cucumbers and melons that were direct seeded are coming up with the heat and rain, but we will see if they overtake the stunted transplants. Next year I should direct sow with little plastic domes to heat the soil.

June 21, 2023 20:56 Ground cherries — both volunteers from last year’s leftovers — and ...

Hubbard Squash transplanted. A bit late since the plants lost already a bit color but hope it will be ok. No rain here though. Let’s hope they can manage a week without.

June 03, 2023 12:39 Hubbard Squash transplanted. A bit late since the plants lost alrea...

Raised bed garden updates. There will be a harvest!
So far from 6 cucumber plants we've been harvesting 1-2 cucumbers per day over the past 2 weeks with more coming so long as blight doesn't hit!
Tomatoes and ground cherries have another few weeks and beans are pumping.
Squash has another month at least, with at least (I hope) one squash on each plant.

July 27, 2022 11:01 Raised bed garden updates. There will be a harvest! So far from 6...

Sowed a selection of melons and squash into 5" pots.
Left in DIY germination chamber.

May 06, 2022 16:14 Sowed a selection of melons and squash into 5" pots. Left in DIY ...

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