Storing squash

[ChodeParticipant]

Hi Charles

I have just harvested my Crown Prince and Potimarron squash, as advised in your October update. I’ve never had success with them before, so this question has never arisen before – what are the best conditions to store them in? Do the skins need to be cured first? I have them sitting in my greenhouse at the moment.
Regards

Chode

[charlesModerator]

 Best bring them indoors, they keep longest and in best condition when the air is dry, and in a temperature of 10-20C.
Nice that you had a good harvest!

[ChodeParticipant]

Thanks Charles,
I suppose you could call 4 squash a ‘good harvest’, when my previous baseline was zero!
Chode

[devonstewParticipant]

Hi,

I have also just harvested all my squash, looks like a good harvest…

Wondering what to with the beds now?

should I put some green manure in…vetch? or just leave the beds bare?

thanks

[charlesModerator]

 Or you could plant garlic, or broad beans in a month.

"Leaving beds bare" is not really the right description as when they are mulched with compost of any kind, that is food and protection for the soil surface.

A green manure to sow now is white mustard, very fast to grow, then usually killed by hard frost. Whereas vetch is harder to deal with next spring. 

[devonstewParticipant]

Thanks, I’ll ponder those

[Pete BuddParticipant]

I find Grazing Rye very versatile for winter cover. Sow in rows between Sept upto early December depending on the weather.

Pete

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