Crown Prince Squash Harvest and Taste | Grow Your Own UK

[@iridescenceelarinya1160]

You are doing a great job. Gardening helps you regain your health as it reminds you to reconnect with creation. I hope you get better every day

[@hopeitgrows2892]

Thank you 😊 🌿🙌

[@homegardens7682]

Conor! Be careful man cutting on your lap like that! Imagine a slip! Anyway, great squash. I might have a go at this one next year.

[@hopeitgrows2892]

Thanks Dan! In hindsight it wasn't the cleverest or safest idea! Yeah it's a nice squash, very dense flesh but nutty and sweet.

[@westmidlandsgardener5178]

It really is such a beautiful colour😍, it was my first time growing them this year too.

[@hopeitgrows2892]

Awesome, was it Crown Prince or first time with squash in general? 🌿

[@westmidlandsgardener5178]

@@hopeitgrows2892 crown prince, harvested 2 really big ones. I don't really want to eat them as they look awesome😅

[@hopeitgrows2892]

@@westmidlandsgardener5178 That's great, but yeah I know what you mean! 😅🌿

[@_Kelly3125]

did you just use olive oil? I have just got my first allotment and I am excited to try and grow these :)

[@travisbickle5584]

I grew Crow Prince for the first time this year as well, very impressed with them, also grew Honeyboat Squash which I'd reccomend.

[@hopeitgrows2892]

Awesome, thanks yeah I'll look into it 🙌🌿

[@liddivids5488]

I also grew them for the first time this year, but I grew them from the seed of a Crown Prince that I had been given by a commercial grower so I was hoping that there had been no cross pollination, anyway of the 3 plants we have harvested 4-5 from each and tonight we will open and try one!

[@hopeitgrows2892]

That's awesome, let us know if it still turned out ok, despite not being the F1 seed. 🙌🌿

[@iridescenceelarinya1160]

Hi handsome... OK here is some tips for you when you cook squashes like this one. In Chinese cuisine, we usually cut off the outer tough skin but try leave an itty bit of that green inner layer on the fruit. When you stir fry it or bake it, that softer green inner layer actually makes the whole fruit taste so much better added buttery and nutty taste. Stir fry with any other veges or make a batter with bread crumbs and deep fry them just as snacks. My goodness, the taste is heavenly.

[@Seedyp500]

You could try Boers White, it’s similar in that it’s a flat paler squash but isn’t an F1 so seeds saved come true if you only grow one type of squash. I’ve also grown sharks fin melon which is a squash not a melon - doesn’t taste of much, more like a cucumber or courgette in flavour but produces loads of edible leaves and shoots as well as several fruits per plant and is good in soup or apparently you can juice it and ferment the juice in an alcoholic drink.

[@hopeitgrows2892]

Thanks for the suggestions! 🌿🌿🙌🙌

[@AlabamaTree]

I grew Crown Prince for the first time this year too. Mine grew in the floor, after harvesting them I found out they are super heavy for their size. I’m amazed they can stay on the plant without breaking off. I grew Red Kuri squash last year which were very very nice, I heard these are supposed to be better so can’t wait to try one. I wasn’t aware that I can’t plant the seeds from it though so thanks for that info 👍🏼😉

[@hopeitgrows2892]

Hope they taste good! 😊🌿

[@alexsummersell3567]

You can grow seeds from a F1 hybrid. While the fruit will not be exactly like the original, the Crown Prince, it might still be a great squash that is similar. If you have your own seed, why not try it?

[@ЕвгенийРубащенко-в7с]

​@@alexsummersell3567добрый день, вырастить получится, вкус будет аналогичен, уже испытал.

[@errolcollins7647]

Crown prince squash are better in soups, they are meaty and hold their shape. I have been growing them for a few years now, this year i got 7 Squashes from two plants ranging from 5 to 11lbs.I will be saving my seeds for next year.

[@_Kelly3125]

Does it taste more like pumpkin?

[@hopeitgrows2892]

@_Kelly3125 I've not actually had pumpkin on its own. Tasted like a dense squash, though this was many years ago now so I can't quite remember!

[@_Kelly3125]

@@hopeitgrows2892 ah right okay. I have just got one of these Crown Prince from the local Grocer on the advice that they make the best soup :) looking forward to trying it, thanks

[@hopeitgrows2892]

Hope it goes well!

[@TheMalcolms7]

That looks like a pumpkin to me. Am sure that's what I've been growing for a couple of years now 😅

[@hopeitgrows2892]

I'm not sure if there is a definite difference between squashes and pumpkins 🤔 Awesome that they're growing well for you 😊🙌

[@TheMalcolms7]

@@hopeitgrows2892 oh yeah. They are great for soups and for roasting.