What mixed breed of squash is this? - Ask Extension
We planted Burpee brand Butternut Squash and the photo is what we are
producing. There are a couple of butternut on vines but mostly these.
Burpee do...
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What mixed breed of squash is this? #595522
Asked September 09, 2019, 9:58 AM EDT
We planted Burpee brand Butternut Squash and the photo is what we are
producing. There are a couple of butternut on vines but mostly these.
Burpee doesn’t seem to have a way of sending photos to them.
Help!
Thanks,
Mary and Mike
Beltrami County Minnesota
Expert Response
Hello. I'm glad you've turned to AaEx.
I think that if you're seeing butternut squash near this squash plant, they are on different plants. How a 'mixed breed' plant occurs is if the plants were not carefully pollinated in a prior year that yielded the seeds with mixed up genetic material that you bought. Sometimes we can tell the two apart as in a squash that had a pumpkin bottom with a top formed into the shape of a zucchini. In your case, I can't tell. Oftentimes these mixed up squash do not taste very good but you could try it. I certainly wouldn't save the seeds from this one because it probably has cross-bred with the other butternut squash plants in your garden; and, likewise, I would find the seeds of the other butternut squash to be suspect as well.
I hope this information helps.