Hubbard Squash, Winter Squash 'Golden Hubbard'

So far my best success with these has been in a raised bed with soaker hose irrigation and full sun.

Sow seeds indoors on...Read More a sunny windowsill in late fall / winter, and plan to plant in the spring in a bed rich with compost and cow manure. Plants will emerge with golden male flowers first, then female flowers (these appear with a football-shaped node below the blossom which will ultimately become a squash if circumstances are favorable).

Plants will emit vines and may need some guidance toward clear spots of the garden. Vines have bristles similar to tomatoes but a bit stiffer. As the vines creep along, tendrils off them will eagerly loop around adjacent plants, may need to keep these in check lest they weigh their neighbors down.

Typical hard-skinned hubbard, but the shell color is a beautiful deep orange. Fruits weigh from 8-12 pounds and have thick dry sweet fine...Read More-grained golden-yellow flesh. Great keeper. 90-100 days.