How And When To Harvest Winter Squash And Curing Winter Squash For Storage

[@Vgardener]

squash looks so beautiful. I will plant them next year. Like 4

[@diyhomeandgardening]

@@Vgardener many thanks for watching and your message, much appreciated. Squash are such a good value vegetable and are so useful to have over winter. Enjoy growing them next year 🎃🌻

[@RawLondonGardener]

I'll give em a try next season

[@diyhomeandgardening]

@@RawLondonGardener definitely do. I don’t think you can match the taste of home grown butternut squash when bought from a supermarket. Home grown flavour is a whole next level. Enjoy the rest of your vegetables 🌶️🍎

[@magspies]

great vid, thx! 1st time growing winter squash. they're not quite ripe yet, but the temps are dropping. gona be 1 degree c night temp over next couple of days...should i harvest them now anyway?

[@diyhomeandgardening]

@@magspies Hi. Many thanks for watching the video and for your message. The squash will still be okay down to that temperature for a short while but my advice would be to cover the squash over night to keep the fruits warmer and protected should there be a night frost. You can use some horticultural fleece, hessian or an old duvet over night but will need to take the covers off as the temperatures rise in the day, and also to allow the fruits to be exposed to sunlight. If the squash are very close to full ripeness then you can harvest to prevent loss. Earlier harvesting isn’t necessarily bad but it just means that the fruits may not store as well. I hope this is of help to you 🎃🪴

[@magspies]

@@diyhomeandgardening this definitely is of help to me, thanks! yes, it's so 'obvious' just to cover them, but it didn't think of it at all for this. growing new things is all about learning...so thanks for adding to the education :)

[@diyhomeandgardening]

@@magspies happy to help. I’m also on instagram under the same name if you want to make contact for any other growing help. All the best 🪴🌸

[@magspies]

@@diyhomeandgardening great, thanks!