Early Butternut Winter Squash: Growth Habit & Growing Tips

Key facts

Growth habit

Vining

Breeder

Petoseed/Seminis Vegetable Seeds

Listed for

United States

Overview

Early Butternut (PSX 3673) is a Petoseed F1 hybrid that took AAS honors in 1979 as an early butternut type that avoids the crookneck seen in some older strains. Vines are medium length, and the variety is widely adapted, making it a sensible butternut for gardens with a shorter warm season. Grow like any butternut: warm soil, full sun, and cure after harvest.

Early Butternut traits

• Early butternut type without crookneck fruit
• Medium-length vines
• F1 hybrid from Petoseed, widely adapted
• 1979 AAS winner

Good for

• Roasting and soups
• Storage squash
• Short-season gardens

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Early Butternut 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.

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• 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.