Burgess Buttercup Winter Squash

Read reviews or write a review

95 days to harvest Cucurbita maxima

HEIRLOOM If you like sweet potatoes, you’ll love the incredibly sweet and lusciously creamy Burgess Buttercup! She’s impressively prolific and her abundance, well-cured, will surround you ’til spring. A little secret: Our pumpkin pies are generally Burgess Buttercup. Give it a try and enjoy every bite!

Would you love to receive these seeds? Rather than selling and shipping, we share seeds as an embodied gift practice.

Visit Our Blog

Organic Burgess Buttercup Winter Squash

Planting Method: Direct Sow or Transplant

To Direct Sow: After last frost, sow 2 seeds every 3-4 feet in rich soil, thinning to one.

For Transplanting: Start seedlings 3 weeks before final frost in peat pots or soil blocks for minimal root disturbance. Transplant after last frost.

Plant care: Plant with plenty of rich compost and allow for them to vine up fencing. Protect from cucumber beetle with floating row cover – remove when the plants start flowering.

Seed Depth: 1 inch Days to Germination: 5 days at 80°F

Sun Needs: Full Height: Full Vine

Spacing (after thinning/transplanting): 3-4 feet

Days to Harvest: 95

Harvest: Harvest just before fall frost and cure in a warm, dry place with good airflow for two weeks. To maximize storage life, keep in a cool, dry place all winter.