Autumn Crown Squash Harvest

Hi All,

I sowed 5 seeds of Autumn Crown Squash earlier this season and planted them out early June.
2 of the 5 plants had a poor start and never really recovered. We had a poor August weather wise but a great September.  I fed all the plants on Phostrogen up until a  month ago when I couldn't get to them because the foliage was so dense, we've had a few cold nights recently so I thought I'd better get them indoors.

This is my Harvest from five plants! The flesh is a lemon colour inside and we are cooking one as I type so hoping they are nice.

Looovely 

They may be even nicer after storing them for a while 

Fantastic crop  lovely colour & shape,well done

I built a lasagne bed last year & this,then planted through weed suppressant membrane,with a bottomless 2 litre bottle planted at the side of each plant to water through. I fed once with the dregs of my comfrey barrel. Worked very well,see my diary or the pumpkin competition.

they look lovely - well done 

Those Autumn Crown look great Lardman.

  Do what now ?

Quote from: sunshineband on October 15, 2014, 16:57

Those Autumn Crown look great Lardman.

  Do what now ?

Fatbelly,  Lardman  (only laughing at the name mix up! honest)

An update on these Squashes.

They are best in a stew, they make the stew quite thick and glutinous because they 'melt down' quickly.

By themselves as a Veg the taste isn't good as Crown Prince or Butternut squash and they don't taste that great roasted, but in a stew they are great.

So far they are all storing okay with only one showing signs of rot. But I cut out the bad on that one and stewed the rest and it was fine.

In my previous post I gave them 7/10, I would now give them 7.5/10  and will definitely be growing them next season.