Butterscotch Hybrid Squash Winter Squash: Growing Tips

Key facts

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United States

Overview

Butterscotch (listed here as Butterscotch Hybrid Squash) is a small hybrid squash sized for two people, and a grower's note rates it extra sweet with a good yield of six to seven fruit per plant. In that same garden, planted alongside radish seed, it had no trouble from squash bugs or mildew. Those are single-garden observations rather than trial data, but they point to a compact, productive squash for small households.

Butterscotch Hybrid Squash traits

• Small two-person fruit
• Extra sweet flesh
• Six to seven fruit per plant (grower report)
• No squash bug or mildew trouble in one grower's planting

Good for

• Small households
• Roasting

Compare with other winter squash varieties

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Butterscotch Hybrid Squash 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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• 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: Cornell University (CALS Garden-Based Learning)

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.