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These are the 2 winter squash varieties that I grow in my garden. Oddly, they look a lot alike :/.
The ones on the left are Burgess Buttercup. The ones on the right are Cha-Cha Kabocha.
Of course, you can see that they are the same winter squash species: Cucurbita maxima. The buttercups I have had in my gardens for many, many years. They have never failed me
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There have been orange kabocha squash and grey kabocha squash - neither have matured well. So, they have had a very limited shelf-life after harvest. The Cha-Cha has filled the bill. The difference is the "button" or the "cup" on the blossom end. The buttercup squash have quite a large button. The kabocha's do not and therefore have more of the interior filled with something good to eat! There is a tradeoff, however. The kabocha squash do run a bit small and it still seems to be a variety that won't have as many mature squash at the end of each season.
So, even tho' they are almost identical - I just have to grow both!
Steve
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The ones on the left are Burgess Buttercup. The ones on the right are Cha-Cha Kabocha.
Of course, you can see that they are the same winter squash species: Cucurbita maxima. The buttercups I have had in my gardens for many, many years. They have never failed me
.There have been orange kabocha squash and grey kabocha squash - neither have matured well. So, they have had a very limited shelf-life after harvest. The Cha-Cha has filled the bill
. The difference is the "button" or the "cup" on the blossom end. The buttercup squash have quite a large button. The kabocha's do not and therefore have more of the interior filled with something good to eat! There is a tradeoff, however. The kabocha squash do run a bit small and it still seems to be a variety that won't have as many mature squash at the end of each season.So, even tho' they are almost identical - I just have to grow both!
Steve
edited to make predicates agree with subjects
