11 varieties of WINTER SQUASH - our biggest harvest yet!

[@Stef.with.an.F]

A medium size pumpkin can sustain my family of two 7-8 meals! Here are some of the pumpkin dishes we had this year: 1 : Red braised Chicken with Chestnuts and Pumpkin 2: Braised tenderloin and pumpkin in black bean sauce ^^ 3: Pumpkin glutinous rice pancakes (also called pumpkin mochi cakes) 4: Hot and Sour Soup with julienne pumpkin 5: Vietnamese red fried rice (with pumpkin) 6: Japanese milk stew (similar to chowder) with pumpkin 7: Tomato pasta with pumpkin 8: Steamed pumpkin mochi with Lindt mini chocolate truffles as fillings 9: Pumpkin bread rolls 10: Pumpkin sourdough 11: Pumpkin croquettes with katsu curry 12: Hobakjuk (Korean pumpkin porridge) You can simply not add the meat or replace it with Pleurotus eryngii mushroom (we can them chicken drumpstick mushroom as they have very similar texture to chicken drumpsticks) if you're vegetarian ^^. I hope this can help with you coming up with some yummy dishes with you lovely squash harvest!

[@janicegame2372]

How wonderful! Thank you so much for all recipes, I make soup, lasagne, roast, also cut into small dice mixed with pot barley small cannalini beans on the side with salad and dressings and spatchcock chicken also ratatouille. You have just given even more ideas!!❤

[@GrownToCook]

So many creative ways to use winter squash! Thank you! Very curious about the mochi!

[@quantafitness6088]

I love these reviews, thank you! This was my first year growing pumpkins and winter squash. Your videos helped me succeed! So proud to say that I grew lots of tasty fruits and our first halloweenpumpkin.

[@GrownToCook]

That's so nice to hear, Katarina! Congratulations on your first squash harvest!

[@Carlie_flower]

I love these videos

[@GrownToCook]

Thank you so much! I love experimenting with new varieties every year

[@Carlie_flower]

@@GrownToCook I'm growing winter squash for the first time this year and your videos have been so helpful ❤️ will you be doing it again this year? 😁

[@TheTravelingCanadianFoodie]

Yyyyyeeeeeeeesssssss!!! Your squash videos as well as your policulture videos are my absolute favorites.... What a treat but this has come out this year

[@GrownToCook]

Thank you!!

[@wi54725]

Just bought your book in December, and it immediately became my favorite garden book ever. We have grown 3 sisters before, but this year everything we do will be permaculture. You are truly a garden muse.

[@GrownToCook]

I am so happy to hear my book inspires you! I hope you have a wonderful growing season!

[@Emeraldwitch30]

Very beautiful! I've had my buttercup not have the light green turbin bottom before. Its a normal variation-at least in my gardens. I only grew one type this year as I have limited space. It is a mini buttercup type called honeynut in my household all my adult children have moved out and there is only myself and my husband so tge small size us perfect. But it was so productive I can always cut open several for when I have company. But the flavor is extremely creamy/nutty/sweet its quickly become our families favorite. Its suitable for baking-for soup-for gnocchi and ravioli fillings I've even made bread with it. I grew 12 plants this year and harvested 24 perfect squash (about one pound even) and over 15 of the smaller or weirdly shaped squash but, so far all have been edible even the very tiny ones that are the size of an elongated large duck egg. I even bake it and use it for pie 🥧 it makes a lovely creamy smooth "pumpkin" pie. I have never grown the pink French warty one but I have bought it here many times. It makes a very nice cooked pumpkin and also sweet enough to go into pie filling. My grandkiddos like to carve it for Halloween. Once again beautiful harvest, you will have many fine meals this winter.

[@nicolasbertin8552]

From a few years of testing too , I would say the best one is Melonnette Jaspée de Vendée. It's so productive and one of the best tasting, very good chesnut flavor, and keeps for a while too. The name is super long though, "melonnette" means little melon because of the size and shape. It's the only one that grows so well in my alkaline clay soil.

[@charlottalindgren8484]

I also love butternut squash. I have grown Waltham Butternut Pumpkin. It is ideal in size, not too big or too small. I think it is so sweet in taste that it can be eaten raw. I have stored it indoors now for over 1 year without any problems. With me in the Stockholm archipelago, it does not have time to mature completely outside but changes color indoors and is, as I said, very good.

[@melstill]

I was wondering if it would finish ripening indoors because mine aren't fully ripe yet either. So thanks for that information. This is my third year to attempt growing butternut but the first to actually get any harvest. So I'm really curious how they will be.

[@melstill]

Eleven varieties! You've really outdone yourself but I'm glad you did. You always present a wealth of useful information that I can learn from. So thank you for that.

[@GrownToCook]

Thanks so much, Mel! I love trying new varieties every year and sharing what I've learnt!

[@marnawilliams8367]

Thank you, I enjoy your channel very much. I have grown the Galeux d'Eysines a few years ago and love the variety. It has a very thin skin, so you get a lot of flesh to cook. The taste is very nice and the colour of the flesh a beautiful bright orange. I moved to a different area of South Africa in the last couple of years and started my own permaculture garden. Growing conditions are very challenging, but I hope to grow this variety again very soon.

[@richiejody]

I always look forward to your yearly winter squash review! Keep them coming! - Jody

[@Bolletjehopla47]

Hi Vera, thanks for yet another wunderful winter squash video! I am growing them on the compost heap; learned that from you actually. We had a plentyful harvest this year. The only problem we had was slugs munching on the stems of the fruits, which means that they have a much shorter shelf life now. Next year I will try to grow the Fictor and the Anna! Looking forward to it.

[@GrownToCook]

So nice to hear you had a good harvest🎃

[@joejoe3185]

I Love your videos, keep up the great work!

[@josephchlewicki8005]

You did a Wonderful Job !!!

[@C3Voyage]

Can you give the seed source for Anvers? I don't see it anywhere online. Thank you.

[@GrownToCook]

I got mine from here bit don't know whether they ship to your location: jansenzaden.nl/shop/46005-anvers-376?

[@toysovore1589]

These reviews are fantastic, real passion going on here. Cheers from France !

[@GrownToCook]

Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed the review :)

[@toysovore1589]

@@GrownToCook and by the way your pronunciation of "Galeux d'Eysines" is perfect

[@GrownToCook]

@@toysovore1589 Thank you!! I wish I knew more French, I only know a bit, never had any lessons but my boyfriend in uni was studying French and also my sister so I picked up a little :)

[@wesh388]

Very helpful information about all the different varieties. Awesome video!

[@GrownToCook]

Thank you, Wes! I'm thinking about posting an update on how the varieties store

[@wesh388]

@@GrownToCook that's a great idea! That is one of the most important factors I consider when picking what to plant. I would definitely be interested in that video

[@Idontwantachannel67]

Hi there, you got quite a haul off your pumpkins!!! I had to throw some out from last year recently that went bad (we had a LOT) but this year, we only have four. I grew Tahitian both last year and this, and they are very prolific if you can get them to fruit. This year I think spring was too wet and cold. Anyways, I have also tried to grow Lakota for three or four years now and I have only gotten some to just germinate, and then they died. SO I have never gotten one fruit. Needless to say, that one will not be attempted again. Your Fictor looks very interesting!! Love the Galeaux, but didn’t know the name meant that, how disgusting!! You will have a wonderful winter bounty to enjoy through the next year!

[@ingeleonora-denouden6222]

No experience yet. But now I rent an allotment garden. I'm most interested in the squashes (pumpkins, what's the difference?) that grow in the Dutch climate. I think it will be Fictor (probably Ekoplaza sells those seeds, at least they do have De Bolster seeds). I do have a freezer and I like to make 'pumpkin soup' for several meals, eat one cup of soup and freeze the other portions.

[@Tigger4747]

I've grown Burgess Buttercup for several years and have had fruits like the odd shaped one in this video and much more "normal" round ones. It tastes excellent but is a bit unpredictable as regards productivity. I shall be growing it again this year (2023) as it tastes very nice, but I'm also going to try "naked seed" ones - Kakai and Retzer Gold.

[@joannathesinger770]

I found your channel last month when looking for information about winter squashes, but NEXT year will be my first attempt at growing them for myself. I've enjoyed watching your previous videos, so was delighted when this one was released today. I'm unable to purchase some of the varieties, being in the US, but plan on growing some myself next year!

[@GrownToCook]

Good luck with your winter squash next year!

[@quantafitness6088]

I grew them for the first time this year and they really are great vegetables. Also, something you rarely hear about is that those that do not mature can also be used in the kitchen. But give them some time inside to see if they mature even after harvest. If still not maturing, depending on the variety you may use it like you would a cucumber or a zucchini. Some are sweet and delicious and can be used the same way you would a mature one. Just something I wish I knew from the get go since I do not like throwing food. 😋😊

[@jeanwatson189]

Another great video, thank you! I live in a part of Australia where we get punishing heatwaves in summer, but we also have early and late frosts so we have a short growing season for summer vegetables. With summer vegetables I tend to look for Canadian and Russian varieties that have been bred for short, intense summers. My best pumpkin is Potimarron, which looks like Fictor but a bit smaller. It always does well for me and it's really delicious. I agree with you about the one-meal principle! Small is definitely better for squash. I'd be interested to see if I can find some of your moschata varieties here - I've tried growing standard butternuts here but they struggle to get enough growing days.

[@Emeraldwitch30]

A new variety here in the US is becoming the new small favorite it is called Honeynut its a standard butternut shape but only about a pound in size. But has a very sweet/dry/dense but yet creamy flesh. Mine also started ripening quickly in michigan. Im not sure if the seeds are available in Australia or even outside the US yet but keep an eye out. Even the fruits that haven't turned fully tan/gold will still finish ripening in the house after a freeze. Happy gardening.

[@mydanishgarden3112]

As promised, another vlog. I saved it for my Sunday morning, when the house is quiet, cup of tea, dog lying next to me and cat in my lap, bliss. Thank you for listing the varieties, where do you buy some of your seeds from, I'm always looking for seed suppliers that aren't the normal big seed companies. Are we going to have to wait a long time before the next vlog, or do you have a squash cook off in the wings?

[@Simsplayer1000]

We need a reboot!

[@josealvarado9858]

Hi Lady . Very interesting your video about different varieties of pumpkin . I love it. Here in Kennesaw Georgia is hard to cultivate pumpkins but i always plant some seeds and got some. How i can buy those varieties of heirloom pumpkins. Let me know please. And thanks for share that great video.

[@rashmiendenburg5115]

Wow ! More than 100kg !!! Congratulations !

[@karenandriancontainergardening]

I love the music. That is a nice squash collection. It has been a while since I have been on your channel, so I will try to watch some of the back videos. Thank you. Take care.

[@GrownToCook]

Thank you, Karen! I have not filmed any videos over the summer due to a social media burnout, but am back now and enjoying making videos again! Thanks for watching!

[@carolg5800]

Congratulations on the harvest. Enjoyed the squash review.

[@GrownToCook]

Thank you, Carol!

[@markstevenson9080]

Love your programs! I learn so much. Thank you!

[@zoeward4555]

Interested to know how many of each variety you grew, it seems that the yield per plant is very variable. I was also wondering if you could do a video on how you store your food without a freezer. Thanks for all your videos, very glad you are back!

[@jenn6838]

I was just wondering this myself!

[@GrownToCook]

Thank you Zoe! Sorry I did not mentioning the number of plants, it was 1 or sometimes 2 plants per variety. I usually mention the number of plants in my reviews but this year I was less well organized due to my burnout :(

[@zoeward4555]

@@GrownToCook Thanks :) We all need a rest sometimes!

[@mywoolmitten]

Great information! Thank you

[@gregorye.219]

This is a wonderful video.

[@Pixieworksstudio]

Thank you for such a great video. I love squash and all of its magical shapes and sizes. There is something about getting something so wonderful near the end of the year. The warty pumpkin is amazing! thank you for showing it, I have just bought some from Just Seeds in Wales. There is another red warty too called Victor that I want to try now. I don't know if I'll hug it or eat it 😁. Thanks again.

[@laceymiles8455]

You have given me so much valuable information . I also am looking for 1 or 2 meal ( for 2 people ) squash that are on the sweeter side. Your Awesome.

[@GrownToCook]

So happy my video helped you!

[@Stevenantel]

I am french Canadian and I approve of your pronunciation!

[@GrownToCook]

Thank you 😁

[@lambsquartersfarm]

Interested in the Anvers variety, but I see no seed companies selling, are they extinct?

[@barah.7140]

Dobrý den Evo, thanks for sharing your experience and succeses with pumpkins. Can I ask, which one is in your opinion the best for long term store? Thank you, a krasný podzim, Baruš

[@sherylintheraw]

I love your variety videos.

[@GrownToCook]

Thank you for watching!

[@stacyk.3402]

We grew 76 winter squash this year🤣. It was a crazy year. Our favorite that I think you should try is Black Futsu. It is the perfect size, prolific, and a lovely flavor. We get about 10-12 per plant. The other one we like is Delicata. It’s a favorite like the Futso because you can eat the skin. We just scoop seeds out, slice it, and roast it.

[@ofrecentvintage]

Wow, 76! Did that take a tremendous amount of growing space?

[@stacyk.3402]

@@ofrecentvintage well it took up about a 12 foot wide by 50 foot long space but at the end the vines started climb up and over some raised beds🤣

[@ofrecentvintage]

@@stacyk.3402 😳 WHOA‼️

[@ofrecentvintage]

@@stacyk.3402 That's bigger than my entire growing space!

[@christya.9329]

Does anyone know another name for the Anver Squash she said was a favorite? Or a variety that will be available in the United States?

[@Frosteyez86]

Been looking forward to this yearly tradition! :) //Swedish Fan

[@GrownToCook]

Thank you!! Are you able to grow winter squash in Sweden? How far to the north are you?

[@Frosteyez86]

@@GrownToCook I think we have more or less the same growing climate where I live in sweden as you have. (maybe differs with a week or two of growing season) This year we grew 3 varieties: Baby Boo, got like 80 small ones from 3 plants, a new variety for us this year. Very cute with plenty of decoration use and we thought it was tasty aswell. Uchiki Kuri, maybe 15 from 2 plants. Blue kuri, where we got around 12 from 3 plants. We wanted to try the butternut "hunter" but couldnt get our hands on seeds in time. But maybe we should try with one of the other ones you tried this year.

[@quantafitness6088]

@@Frosteyez86 wow, Samuel! What is your secret to such productive plants?

[@Frosteyez86]

@@quantafitness6088 put down all of last years compost in a long row, mixed with some horse manure. Planted seedlings there in May. Full sun all day. They really thrived this year and tried to take over our entire lawn. I did not mind tho!

[@quantafitness6088]

@@Frosteyez86 Thanks! I put mine on a hügel bed. I am thinking perhaps the breakdown of logs stole some nutrients. More manure next year, then 👍

[@jateam5506]

Like your episodes, also like your farm table 😂

[@donbirkholz6842]

For the Fall Sweet, I bake them and put the baked squash in the refrigerator for a day and it dries up somewhat and tastes a lot better than if the squash is eaten right after baking.

[@GrownToCook]

That's a good tip - thank you!

[@nitelite78]

Wonderful selection. I thought the grey one in the middle (the Ukrainian one) was crown prince variety. They look very similar. I wonder if the Ukrainian variety is one of the parents of crown prince squash. I love the fact that squash last such a long time. So good for storing for food over the winter. I grew crown prince last year and found the taste was much better after storing a couple of months. Do you find this? And if so does it apply to all the winter squash varieties?

[@GrownToCook]

Than you - I should try growing these two side by side to see whether they are different! The Chersonskaya has an excellent sweet taste and keeps very well. And you are right - most winter squash become sweeter after a while!

[@cody481]

Thank you

[@MathijsHerremans]

Which specie would you recommend for seed producing? (I lost the name of your Dutch channel ;-))

[@TheGreenMarksman]

I wonder if the roughness on the sweet fall is caused by the same thing that causes the warts, and the conditions of the seed Co. picture was just grown in different conditions.

[@GrownToCook]

It could be but it looks different than the ‘warts’ - I’ll see whether I can find more info!

[@annettevanderklippe1653]

I grew uchiki kuri last year but found that they spoiled so fast. Maybe I harvested too soon but frost came early for us last year (we are in Ontario). It can be tricky to know the best time to harvest - for me it can be tempting to cut them too soon.

[@grueziimgarten8521]

The green hokkaido looks suspiciously like the korean danhobak, which is _excellent_ tasting. Good choice there 😉 So nice you're back to KZbin! 🤗

[@estherhanko1457]

Your pumpkin reviews are always such a joy to watch :) Thanks for sharing this. I'm curious: Are these yields from one plant per variety? We grew Honeynut and Aunt Thelma's Acorn this year. For next year, I'm also considering the man with scabies. You're absolutely right: it's gorgeous!

[@GrownToCook]

Thank you, Esther! Sorry I did not mentioning the number of plants, it was 1 or sometimes 2 plants per variety. I usually mention the number of plants in my reviews but this year I was less well organized due to my burnout :(. I have not grown acorn squash in years - I should grow some next year!

[@tannenbaumgirl3100]

Hokkaido and Kuri are the same (both red onion shaped winter squash).

[@teresamexico309]

Useful info, thank you!

[@Lillystromhollow]

This is great information!

[@markus_selloi]

Lovely video!! Please tell us how the ones taste that you didn‘t eat yet :)

[@GrownToCook]

We'll be eating the first Green Hokkaido tonight :)

[@tamararozen6239]

Vera, I'm curious, how many plants did you grow of each variety? We had hoped to grow many pumpkins this year. However the wet spring (also in the NLs) led to manh slugs and many of our young plants didn't survive after transplanting. And most pumpkins that we did grow did not get very big (~200g). Only the spaghetti squash did well. But we'll enjoy what we have :)

[@GrownToCook]

Oh no! Slugs can be a problem for young plants - sometimes it works to surround them with something slugs don't like to crawl over, like cocoa shells or coffee grounds. I grew 1 or 2 plants per variety but my records this year are not as good as usual because I was pretty burnt out most of the growing season - sorry!

[@gardentours]

You have such a nice variety of winter squash every year. Do they not cross polinate?

[@GrownToCook]

Yes, they will cross pollinate but that does not affect the fruits in this generation of plants. It is only a problem when you want to save seed for next year - then cross pollination will result in getting different fruit from the fruit you saved you seed from. Hope that makes sense :)

[@gardentours]

@@GrownToCook Yes it makes sense. I'm saving seeds and normally it's no problem but this year we have 3 pumpkins that are different. I've read that they can be dangerous. I wonder if that's just what the seed producers are saying or if it is really not safe to eat them.

[@uppanadam74]

We grew some Butternut pumpking that grew so many of them!! 12 months later we are still using them!! LOL!!

[@GrownToCook]

Haha, we'll also be eating winter squash for months - luckily there are so many ways to use it!

[@nastienastieful]

The variety Lakota is soo funny to me because in slovenian the word lakota means to be hungry. You really would be hungry if that was the only variety you planted. I always love this video of yours. :)

[@GrownToCook]

Haha, that is a funny coincidence!

[@janking2762]

It’s a Native American name

[@annab3952]

Do you feed your squash during the season, or just the mulch on planting?? I just don’t get the sizes you achieve. 🎃

[@GrownToCook]

Hi , Anna, sometimes I feed my squash plants with homemade fermented nettle& comfrey liquid fertilizer, but this year my plants got no feeding at all. They were grown on the remains of our hugelbed (I have a video about how and why we got rid of it, if you'd like to see more), so there was plenty of compost in the ground. Another good solution is growing plants on a compost heap ( I talked about that in this video:kzbin.info/www/bejne/omfboYSsotOYe5I)

[@lostinsomerset6002]

Bit jealous of your crop! Thanks for this though, some ideas to try for next year. Enjoy!!

[@GrownToCook]

Thank you! Winter squash on the menu tonight :)

[@marie-pierberrouard7725]

One of my Musquée de Provence also had bumby skin rather than smooth! I wonder why that happens. You’re right with the meaning of galeux. Needless to say, it’s not a word we use every day :)

[@GrownToCook]

Hah, thanks for letting me know!

[@HandleisTaken]

where do you get your squash seeds from? I'm in the UK and it seems many of the more interesting varieties are hard to find. :)

[@GrownToCook]

Almost all of the seeds came from this seed company:www.jansenzaden.nl/pompoenen. They have an amazing assortment of winter squash but I'm afraid they do not ship to the UK. Almost all seed companies stopped doing that after Brexit because it got pretty much impossible for them :(

[@FoodbyFaith]

Beautiful squash. I grew red kuri squash, this year. You must try that variety. I have a video on it.

[@GrownToCook]

Thank you! I have grown Red Kuri some years back and it does well here, but not as well as Victor which I grew this year and which looks and tastes pretty much the same :)

[@smsfmastergardeners]

Thank you for sharing your bounty of squash! Will you store them inside your house at room temperature?

[@GrownToCook]

Thank you! We store all our winter squash in an unheated bedroom, in crates under the bed - our house is small :)

[@pamelacorsi]

I would love to know how you control pests that attack winter squash. The squash vine borer got most of my Buttercup squashes this year. I tried spraying and injecting with BT but lost them anyway.

[@tamararozen6239]

For as far as I know we don't have those in the Netherlands. Or at least, I've never seen then in our garden

[@Blackhuf]

Great video! It would be even greater to know, how many plants there were per variety ;) That way we would know, how productive they are :)

[@GrownToCook]

You're absolutely right and in my previous videos about winter squash I did a better job. This year though my records are less perfect because I was rather burnt out most of the growing season. I grew 1 or 2 plants per variety - Sorry for not being more precise! Will do better next year :)

[@shaguftanadeemfoodsecrets6457]

Nice 👍👏 god bless you ☺️

[@ofgrid]

Thank you very much for video. It was so nice to hear about kind Chersonskaya, because it is the kind from my country Ukraine, I guess (we have the city with it’s name)

[@GrownToCook]

That's so nice! I could not find much information about this variety apart from it being from Ukraine - but the taste was very good!!

[@ronniebrace2917]

I very much enjoyed your video, thanks! I grow and store different squashes because I have a dog that can only eat RX food but is supplemented with veggies especially his favorite squash. You could help solve your over abundance of large squash by adding it to your dogs food. Just try a little first to make sure they’re not allergic. Thanks again!

[@JohnDoe_88]

Very cool. Thanks alot for doing this!

[@GrownToCook]

Thank you, John!

[@foorlife632]

Your flat top squash looks like a buttercup squash.

[@GrownToCook]

Thanks!

[@crowellovecraft7289]

Whoa , I saw the same pajamas worn by the geriatric ward nurses the other day

[@pattylangel2699]

Ya right. As soon as she mentioned bio I’m out of here!