{"id":361,"date":"2023-01-24T10:25:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T16:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trippyacres.wordpress.com\/?p=361"},"modified":"2023-02-25T11:53:55","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T17:53:55","slug":"winter-squash-butternut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/24\/winter-squash-butternut\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Squash &#8212; Butternut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Scientific Name<\/strong><\/td><td><em>Cucurbita moschata<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Growing Days<\/strong><\/td><td>100-110<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Varieties We Grow<\/strong><\/td><td>Waltham; Orange<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Growing Notes<\/strong><\/td><td>Butternut squash does great on a trellis as well as along the ground.  Give it lots of room to spread!<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Battle of the Bugs<\/strong><\/td><td>Butternut squash is resistant to squash vine borers so that makes it one of the hardier squashes.  Squash bugs do take their toll though.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Fun Fact<\/strong><\/td><td>Butternut squash was developed at the Waltham Experiment Station in Massachusetts, which was is the oldest agricultural experiment station in the United States (est. 1871).&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Don&#8217;t Waste It!<\/strong><\/td><td>Enjoy it roasted, steamed, mashed, or pureed.  Don&#8217;t forget to roast the seeds too!<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/img_3629.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-592\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientific Name Cucurbita moschata Growing Days 100-110 Varieties We Grow Waltham; Orange Growing Notes Butternut squash does great on a trellis as well as along the ground. Give it lots of room to spread! Battle of the Bugs Butternut squash is resistant to squash vine borers so that makes it one of the hardier squashes. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/24\/winter-squash-butternut\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Winter Squash &#8212; Butternut<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-what-we-grow","no-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":920,"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361\/revisions\/920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trippyacres.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}