Waltham Butternut

Cucurbita maxima

Classic large fruited butternut with a long growing season but unsurpassed for beauty and flavour! Highly productive plants have uniform fruits with deep orange flesh and a small seed cavity, making food for millions:) Can store for a year given the right conditions. Be sure to harvest before frost. Sow in a tray or pots in a greenhouse in April and plant out 2.5-3 feet apart in May, or direct seed three seeds per spot and thin to the strongest plant. Produces best with fertile soil. 110 days.

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