Characteristics

USDA Hardiness zone ^Help 2-11
Life cycle Annual
Light requirement Full sun, Partial sun/shade
Water requirement Moist
Soil type Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)
Height 0.6
Layer Herbs
Utility Ground cover
Edible True
Edible parts Flowers, Fruit, Leaves, Seed
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cucurbita_maxima
Growth Fast
Family Cucurbitaceae
Edible uses Oil
Plants For A Future https://pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?latinname=cucurbita maxima
Alternate name Hokkaido

Tags

Winter Squash "Hubbard"

Cucurbita maxima

Golden hubbard squash — 🔗 Golden hubbard squash

USDA Hardiness zone

2-11

Life cycle

Annual

Light requirement

Full sun, Partial sun/shade

Water requirement

Moist

Layer

Herbs

Plant ID: 8683 / Created at: 2022-05-08 23:29:56 UTC / Last updated at: 2022-10-30 10:15:12 UTC by Sim

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.

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In the following journals

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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