Winter Squash Butternut 'Ponca'

This compact, semi-bush variety is the perfect Butternut for the smaller garden. It produces high quality, smallish fruits (around 2lbs each)with creamy tan skin and tasty, deep orange flesh. It is very early, has high yields and stores well. High in beta carrotene and vitamin C.

Sowing Instructions

Sow in April or May 1cm deep in pots of moist seed compost. Place in a propagator or seal inside a polythene bag until seedlings appear. When seedlings have two or three leaves transplant them into 5ins pots and grow on for several weeks. Gradually acclimatise to outdoor conditions before planting out 90cm apart in rich well drained soil in a sunny sheltered position. Can be grown in a polytunnel. Harvest the fruits from late summer onwards. Pick any remaining fruits before first frosts and store in frost free conditions.