Peter Pan Winter Squash: Growing Tips

Key facts

Breeder

Petoseed/Seminis Vegetable Seeds

Listed for

United States

Bushy Fruit Color (Harvest): Light green

Overview

Peter Pan is a 1982 AAS-winning pattypan summer squash from Petoseed (Seminis), grouped here with winter squash. The bushy plant, suitable for containers, produces light green, disc-shaped fruit with distinctly scalloped edges, up to about 5 inches. Flavor is mild and slightly sweet with a nutty note; pick at 3 to 4 inches before the fruit turns seedy. Its early, compact habit (roughly 24 to 36 inch spread) suits small beds. Direct sow after frost.

Peter Pan traits

• Light green scalloped pattypan fruit up to 5 inches
• Mild, slightly sweet, nutty flavor at 3 to 4 inches
• Early bushy plant with compact spread
• Suitable for containers
• 1982 AAS winner from Petoseed

Good for

• Sauteing and stuffing
• Container growing
• Small gardens

Compare with other winter squash varieties

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Peter Pan FAQ

Sowing, care and common problems

Sowing times, care and common problems are the same for every winter squash variety, so they are covered once in the growing guide.

• Winter Squash growing guide
• Training Pumpkin Vines: Laying Out Runners and Pinching Tips
• Growing Pumpkins Vertically: Trellis, Slings and Small-Garden Squash
• Hand Pollinating Pumpkins: Timing, Technique and Why Fruit Abort
• Pumpkin Growing Calendar: From Sowing to the Curing Shelf
• Pumpkin Pests and Diseases: Vine Borers, Squash Bugs and Mildew
• When to Harvest Pumpkins: Ripeness Signs, Curing and How Long They Store
• All 219 winter squash varieties

Source

Source: All-America Selections

The text on this page is our own summary written from the published variety record, not a copy of it.

Written byYasuGrowing vegetables and fruit in Chiba, Japan, and building Gadenin. Corrections are welcome. 15 years of growing.