Crown Prince Squash

Hi all

 I've got five Crown Prince plants in six inch pots busting to get out into the ground at some point this weekend. I've not grown these before and was wondering about plant spacings. What distance to allow between plants and for how long will they trail? If they just keep going how long before I pinch out the end for best results?
 Many thanks for any help 

I leave minimum 3 ft each way.  Give them a goodly dose of manure round the planting site ☺

I give about 3ft, and make sure that there is plenty of room for them to ramble.

Ditto what jaydig said. They are really tasty and store well. I grow mine between sweetcorn.

                                I grow mine between sweetcorn.

 Might try that next year as mine are all in now, thanks for the tip.

 Really wasn't liking the winds on Saturday or the cooler temps forecast so had to cloche with
bamboo canes/Debris netting. Popped in the Lotty last night and they all looked fine. A member
a few plots up had planted out courgettes and butternut squash and I was sorry to see they
weren't looking very happy at all. Hoping the temperature is going to pick up sometime soon.

 @ Jaydig

  As you've tried loads of winter squashes,  I'd like to ask if I may, if you were to grow a winter squash you could save seed from that was comparable to crown prince (i.e great flavor/storing ability), what would it be?

 Many thanks

by far my most favourite squash and I always have them on the plot.

What I do is to dig a hole around 2 foot deep and around 3 feet in diameter, fill with well rotted muck and cover with a light covering of soil then make a small hole in the centre and plant and back fill with compost and puddle in. I plant mine around 3 feet between plants, on average i get around 30 ish squash off 4 plants and as above they store really well if kept cool.
Amongst many uses they make fantastic bread which is full of flavour.

I'd like to ask if I may, if you were to grow a winter squash you could save seed from that was comparable to crown prince (i.e great flavor/storing ability), what would it be?

Queensland Blue, Jarrahdale and Whangaparoa Crown are all purported to be similar to Crown Prince, but are open pollinated varieties so you would be able to save seed if you hand pollinate.

I've grown both Queensland Blue and Crown Prince and found them to be similar in taste. I didn't keep the QBlue for many months as I was wanting the seeds for a seed circle. I have some spare if you want to try them.

Many thanks for all the replies, suggestions and tips 

 No need to apologies Jaydig, thanks for the reply. I'll save some seed from Crown Prince and see what results. Thanks for the suggestion.

 Thelma Sanders is now on my list for next year, thanks Sunshineband, sounds like a really good winter squash.

 Queensland Blue is also on the list for next year, I've made a note of Jarrahdale and Whangaparoa Crown to try also at some point, wish I had enough space to grow them all.
 Many thanks Surbie for the suggestions and offer of seeds for QBlue. I would PM or Email but I'm not sure how to do that on this forum? Maybe I can't as I'm a new member with very few posts?

 I'm really impressed with the amount of growth my five Crown Prince plants have put on in just a week, two of them got planted directly into the compost pile and mulched with straw, looking very good so far