Vegetable Description: Watham Butternut is the most popular butternut, more uniform shape and size with fewer crooknecks as well as better interior texture and color than older varieties! Fruit weigh from 3 to 6 pounds. Smooth light-tan skin color, and flavorful, fine textured flesh! This variety is easy to grow and has high yields! Stores great for the winter! This plant has average water needs.

Vegetable Botanical Name: Cucurbita moschata

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Vegetable Duration: Annual

Vegetable Days to Maturity: 100

Vegetable Seeds Per Oz: 380

Vegetable Height: 12” to 18”

Vegetable Spacing: 4' to 6'

Vegetable Planting: Direct sow outside after danger of last frost. Plant in hills of 2-3 plants per hill at 4' to 6' apart, and 1“ below soil surface.

Vegetable Seed Saving: Allow squash to ripen on plants; then collect seeds. Clean and dry the seeds before storage in cool dry conditions.