Sale

Squash, Lofthouse Buttercup

  • $5.00

Description

Cucurbita maxima

Early maturing winter squash selected for cool-season climates.
An early winter squash, selected for its small size, sweet flavor, and dry flesh. Fruits weigh 2-3 lbs. You can roast the entire squash and then blend it, skins and all, in to a puree. Selected by Joseph Lofthouse to thrive in subsistence level growing conditions without needing pesticides nor fertilizers. OSSI-pledged variety can never be used for patenting!  

Squashes are a part of the vast agricultural and culinary legacy of this continent, with indigenous seedkeepers in modern-day Mexico and Central America cultivating some types at least 10,000 years ago. Along with their sisters corn and beans, they spread throughout the western hemisphere through the loving care of Native Americans and by the time European colonizers arrived on the continent, many varieties of squash were being grown by farmers from the southwest to the northeast. We owe an enormous debt of gratitude to the original stewards of the nutrient-packed, long-keeping, healthy-seed-spawning miracle that is a squash! 

OSSI-pledged.

Seeds grown by Swift River Farm in Salmon, Idaho.

15 seeds.

Directions: Direct sow after last frost. Plants do not transplant well. Seeds will germinate as soil warms.

Planting Depth

Seed Spacing

Days to Germination

Days to Maturity

3/4"

3'

7-14

75-90 days


Sale

Squash, Lofthouse Buttercup

  • $5.00

Description

Cucurbita maxima

Early maturing winter squash selected for cool-season climates.
An early winter squash, selected for its small size, sweet flavor, and dry flesh. Fruits weigh 2-3 lbs. You can roast the entire squash and then blend it, skins and all, in to a puree. Selected by Joseph Lofthouse to thrive in subsistence level growing conditions without needing pesticides nor fertilizers. OSSI-pledged variety can never be used for patenting!  

Squashes are a part of the vast agricultural and culinary legacy of this continent, with indigenous seedkeepers in modern-day Mexico and Central America cultivating some types at least 10,000 years ago. Along with their sisters corn and beans, they spread throughout the western hemisphere through the loving care of Native Americans and by the time European colonizers arrived on the continent, many varieties of squash were being grown by farmers from the southwest to the northeast. We owe an enormous debt of gratitude to the original stewards of the nutrient-packed, long-keeping, healthy-seed-spawning miracle that is a squash! 

OSSI-pledged.

Seeds grown by Swift River Farm in Salmon, Idaho.

15 seeds.

Directions: Direct sow after last frost. Plants do not transplant well. Seeds will germinate as soil warms.

Planting Depth

Seed Spacing

Days to Germination

Days to Maturity

3/4"

3'

7-14

75-90 days