Lakota squash questions

[Wishin']

The local vet surprised me with some Lakota squash, the envelope says "Lakota squash, like Hubbard" I looked them up and they appear to be winter squash. Does anybody have any advise as to when to plant them and how to care for them, I have never grown squash, and there are only two seeds, I would hate to waste them. Thanks in advance

 

[Smart Red]

In zone 7, you should be warm enough to plant them outside now. They do like very hot weather. I would have to plant them inside and take them out once they are big enough. They don't like being transplanted, so either start them in the ground or in a container where you can remove the bottom at planting.

Their care is identical to pumpkin. I like to plant them on black plastic or landscape cloth to keep the weeds down until the branching out is rampant. Then I try to redirect the branches back toward the center or at least around the edges of the plastic.

Someone sent me some Sibley Squash. I'll have to check on line about it, but it looks to be a bigger, winter squash by the size of the seeds. The homemade packet says they need lots of space. Anyone want a few seeds? I can't use all that I have and could easily quarter my supply and send 6-8 seeds to three other adventurous gardeners.

*"The Sibley Squash, which is also known as, Pike’s Peak, was obtained from an elderly woman in Van Dinam, Iowa who had grown it for more than fifty years. Hiram Sibley & Company of Rochester, New York introduced it commercially in 1887. It is a Hubbard type squash with moderately vigorous 12-15 foot vines. The slate blue teardrop-shaped fruits have very shallow ribs and weigh from 8-10 pounds. Its medium-thick orange flesh is flavorful and sweet. The flesh becomes drier and richer with storage, reaching its peak right after turn of the New Year."

It is offered by Bakers' Creek.

 

[TheSeedObsesser]

@digitS' @Hal

I think that either of these two will know. I love squash but don't plant much of it, the vines take up a lot of room (unless it's bush, not very many bush winter squash).

 

[digitS']

I grew Lakota squash for only one season.

If you can get 2 nice vines from those seeds, it will be a wonderful introduction to winter squash for you, @Wishin' . I only had 1 vine and it had only 1 very, very pretty fruit.

Interesting history and a tasty squash . . .

Steve

 

[Ridgerunner]

I grew it last year. I don't know how many vines I had but I probably got four or five squash per vine. I am in a different climate than Steve. I know I took a photo of some but I can't fine it. They did keep really well if they matured on the vine.

They were fairly big really pretty squash. They had a fairly thin wall so there was not as much flesh as I thought there would be. The flesh was orange, but there was a green layer just under the rind. That green flesh tasted fine too but I really didn't expect to see it. From what I read they are really good to make soup, though I never tried that.

Red's right, plant them like you would pumpkin. I planted them in a hill with maybe three seeds per hill. Those vines ran like crazy, easily 20 feet, probably more. They were in my corn so the vine acted like a living mulch.