FREE: Blue Hubbard Squash Seeds

The listing, Blue Hubbard Squash Seeds has ended.

This auction is for 10 organic seeds!

■Sun: Full sun
■Harvest Size: 15 to 30 pounds
■Days to Harvest: 110
■Plant Size: Long vine

An heirloom known for its huge size, funky shape, blue-gray color, and hard skin, Blue Hubbard squash is fun to grow and great for pies and soups. While the skin is bumpy and blue, the flesh inside is orange, sweet, savory, and fine-grained.

Winter squash is frost-sensitive. Plant in late spring after all danger of frost is passed. In cooler regions, warm the soil first using black plastic, then cut holes for planting. Harvest squash before the first frost.

Plant spacing: 4 feet apart. Plants per person: 1 for fresh, 2 to 3 for fresh and storage.

Blue Hubbard squash boast a healthy amount of vitamin A, beta-carotene, and potassium.