Different kinds of winter squash vary as to how long they take to cure after harvesting, how long before they achieve peak eating quality, and how long before that quality declines. Learn the optimal curing and storage times for your winter squash, to enjoy them at peak flavor.
Learn how characteristics of the best tasting winter squash – sugars and Brix, starch and dry matter – plus being sure to harvest at the correct time, relate to eating quality. Follow these 5 steps to produce the best flavor and eating quality in your winter squashes and pumpkins.
Guidelines, specifics, and variety recommendations on best storage practices — temperature, humidity, and optimal shelf life — for enjoyment of classic storage crops such as roots and tubers like rutabagas, beets, turnip, cabbage, winter squash, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and leeks, well into the winter months.
Johnny's Selected Seeds' Winter Squash Product Manager Pete Zuck identifies what makes each of 7 types of winter squash a unique and enjoyable eating experience, with tips on preparation methods and best time to consume.
Information for all stages of vegetable production, from planning and choosing varieties and site selection, to planting, cultivating, growing, harvest, and post-harvest marketing and preparation, from the vegetable experts at Johnny's Selected Seeds.
In a series of illustrated steps, we walk you through how to start your sweet potatoes from slips; from the day your slips arrive, we show you what to do should you need to hold them over until you are able to plant them in the ground, lay the mulch, space your holes, dibble in the slips, and why it can make a difference to add a protective layer of row cover. Johnny's research and trialing team provides easy-to-follow tips and photos showing what to expect and do, to assure your sweet potatoes take off from the get-go.