Butternut Squash, Winter Squash 'Greek Sweet Red'

I would like to echo the comments that this squash is remarkably pest and disease resistant, and vigorous. I didnt have a lot of trouble...Read More directing the vines, however, they were obedient.

The vines set lots of quite large fruit, much larger than most butternuts I have had, and with a rounder seed cavity than many butternuts.

The flesh was deep orange and very good tasting and sweet, and, unexpected for me, it was kind of "spaghetti squash" like in texture, not dry and grainy like a hubbard. It was delicious though, and I am not sure (as this was my first year growing) if it always has that texture, or if it is because I grew it right next to spaghetti squash.

Anyway, it is a marvelous squash, easy, dependable, and I will certainly be growing it again.

This is the best winter squash that I have ever grown. It deserves to be planted in more garden. I save seed and share it with new people...Read More every year. Everyone that grows it is amazed by how well it performs. The vines are strong. Very resistant to insects and not much to note in the way of problems. Sorry to hear about the guy who did not have any luck the first year he tried it. Sometimes the odds are not in your favor. I think that we all could agree that each year our gardening experiences and outcomes are different. Overall I have nothing but good news to share about this wonderful heirloom variety offered by Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. The squash are late to set fruit but when they do they are amazing! These vines really pump them out! Some of them get huge! They are very beautiful. They are great keepers! I have had them last from September/October harvest until March the following spring only because we eat the last one! They would keep much longer. When cut open they smell somewhat like a melon. I use them in soup, pies, breads, pastas, and oven baked like any other butternut / winter squash. After years of growing many types of squash I am happy to have found a winner that will forever own a piece of my garden and a piece of my heart as I plant each seed in spring. I have decided to be a seed saver to help protect this variety since it is so rare and in danger of being lost. It is the only variety of winter squash that I will grow in future gardens.

At first we didn't think this plant was going to set squash, but then boom, it did, although we still only got about 7 squash. Very rich...Read More butternut squash taste.

Every plant of this cultivar died from disease (probably bacterial) in the early summer.