Days To Maturity
90
Mature Height
3 Feet
Sun / Shade
Full Sun
Fruit Weight
8 OZ
Honeybaby Hybrid Butternut Squash Seeds
Honeybaby Hybrid Butternut Squash Seeds
Grow it in containers
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Description / Honeybaby Hybrid Butternut Squash Seeds
Days to Maturity: 90 from direct sow
All-America Selections (AAS) Winner 2009
Yes, it's true—you can grow this super-compact winter squash in a patio container. Honeybaby hybrid received a national All-America Selections award for its delicious flavor, space-saving habit, and quick finish. You'll love just how easy it makes growing squash.
Honeybaby sets lightbulb-shaped fruit with a hard creamy beige shell and bright orange flesh. It reaches about 6 to 7 inches long and weighs 4 to 8 ounces, making it a good size for one to two servings. The flavor is really exceptional—it's meatier and more complex than others, with that nutty, sweet overlay that makes butternut such a great choice for baking with a little butter and sugar. The seed cavity is small, so you'll get an extra bite or two out of every Honeybaby, too.
And this compact fruit size matches a space-saving plant habit. Honeybaby sets about 9 fruits per plant, and if you want to grow it in a container, just get a big flowerpot, tub, or other decent-sized container and train it up a trellis, chain-ink fence, railing, or other vertical support. Tie the fruiting stems as the squash begins to emerge, and it will dangle like enormous lights from the branches. You'll like "air grown" squash better too—there's no bad side and less danger of rot from too much moisture, holes from nibbling crawlers, etc.
Honeybaby has been billed as a great choice for the southeast because of its powdery mildew resistance. In humid climates, some squash simply mildews out—very annoying to gardeners have been assured it's so easy to grow. Honeybaby withstands long, humid summers better than most others. Terrific mildew resistance improves the yields every time.
Give Honeybaby a try in any sunny spot, and enjoy homegrown butternuts all winter long . . . if you can bear to keep from eating them the minute you bring in the harvest, that is.
Grow Honeybaby the way you would other winter squash. In the garden, sow the seeds 1 inch deep after all danger of frost, spacing the seeds of this compact plant should be spaced 4 to 5 feet apart. (You don't have to trellis it in the garden, so it sprawls comfortably—yet still remains compact.) Harvest the fruit when the plants die back or just before frost. Cut and cure the fruit in a well-ventilated area, then store at 50 to 55 degrees Fahrenheit.
Product Details
| SKU | 52743-PK-P1 |
|---|---|
| Genus | Cucurbita |
| Species | moschata |
| Variety | Honeybaby Hybrid |
| Product Classification | Seeds, Vegetables |
| Sun / Shade | Full Sun |
| Foliage Color | Dark Green |
| Habit | Compact |
| Days To Maturity | 90.00 |
| Harvest Season | Early Fall, Late Summer, Mid Fall, Mid Summer |
| Resistance | Heat Tolerant, Humidity Tolerant, Powdery Mildew |
| Characteristics | Award Winner, Direct Sow, Easy Care Plants, Edible, Trellises |
| Uses | Beds, Containers, Cuisine, Outdoor |
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That was weird… 1 people found this helpfulSomething different must have been in our seed packet. The squash produced were whales. The two that matured before frost were two feet long. Those that didn’t finish in time were three feet long. We count on a good harvest and were disappointed that most didn’t make it. Probably not going to take a chance on this variety again.
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To Louanne L from MA - Use it in the small green stage for Zucchini 2 people found this helpfulMany backyard "organic farmers," like me, here in the "deep south" of Florida, where Squash Vine Borers and melon worms are fierce, early, and unrelenting, can no longer grow C. pepo type squashes of ANY kind due to pest pressures, (and most of the typical "summer squashes," like Zucchini and yellow squash, are C. pepo types). Butternuts, however, are a C. MOSCHATA type, so many of us who are unable to get a C. pepo fruit before the Vine Borers and Melon Worms get it, now grow ONLY C. Moschata type squashes, like the typical open pollinated Butternuts and "Seminole" type "winter squashes," and simply harvest the immature green fruits, while still small and tender, to use as our "Zucchini" (substitutes). Immature tender green little Hubbards work great in our steamed veggies, and soups; just as tender and sweet as any C. pepo type we've ever grown, but SO MUCH EASIER to keep alive long enough to first fruit harvest! Squash Vine Borers seem unable to penetrate the stems of most C. moschatas; and melon worms, at least so far, seem to not yet recognize the earliest C. moschata immature fruits as food, or perhaps, are not in our area when when our C. moschata type squashes are producing their first harvest-able tender green "zucchini" (we're currently harvesting our first green hybrid early butternut "zucchini" in the second week of September, here in Zone 9, Central Florida, from seeds planted in late Spring). So, if you, like me, and find it impossible to get a typical c. pepo type "summer squash" or "zucchini" to stay alive long enough your garden to live to first fruit harvest, due to too much pressure from Squash Vine Borers, caterpillars, melon worms, etc., try a C. moschata type "winter squash," like the Early Butternut, and harvest some tender, sweet "zucchini substitutes," while the Hubbard fruits are still small, tender, and green! Try it; you'll like it, and if you're like me, there's no going back....no more C. pepo "summer squash" heartache, frustration, and loss for my garden!
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Beautiful Foliage and Fruit! 0 people found this helpfulI am am beginner gardener. I made little newspaper cups and bought a led grow lamp and grew these indoors from seed. I did not harden them off very well, I took the critters in and out for like two days. Who has time for that!? I also did not have a fan on the plants when they were growing inside. Transplanted them and they are growing like gangplanks! I have four plants, and about 10 squash so far and more on the way. The foliage is stunning 7 inch leaves with variagated silver. They look like hostas! I have them in my flower bed in the front and with the leaves and the large yellow flowers, my veggie garden looks like beautiful landscaping. Seedlings went into ground ion May 15 at about 4 inches small, in average soil. SLC Utah here, it's been 95-100 almost all July. Plants don't seem to mind! Watered every morning with sprinklers for 6 minutes, and almost every evening by garden hose. SO BEAUTIFUL!
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Not as described - no response from Parkseed 1 people found this helpfulThese grew about/over two pounds apiece, only a couple had the shape in the description. Have tried on multiple occasions to contact Park seed, but they refuse to respond. I was excited for these. The first year they were large, mostly classic butternut shape, some with long 'necks', none weighed less than 1 1/2#, production wasn't great - about 3-4 per plant. I tried the following year, thinking maybe the area or soil had an effect on my results. The second year I grew it with Honeynut squash - which were amazing (not from Park Seed) they were extremely productive, the Honeybaby from park seed yielded one squash, with a long neck, over 1#. Maybe I got a bad batch, but it would have been nice for the company to engage in a conversation with me.
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Best Producer 0 people found this helpfulI have never had such success growing winter squash. From 2 plants I got 18 sweet, yummy, perfect personal size butternut squash. I plan on growing this EVERY year. Now if I can find a zucchini that would produce more than one!!
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Bad seed 0 people found this helpfulOrdered these squash thinking they looked great started them indoors in Jiffy pots but not a single seed germinated don't waste your money
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Not what I expected, but delightful! 0 people found this helpfulKeep in mind Ohio's growing season was oddly long this year, so I planted these the first week of May and am just now pulling the vines out on October 12th. That's like 25 weeks, or 175 days. This plant wasn't what I expected. I planted 2 hills per the directions. It did not have any powdery mildew, even when my nearby watermelon, zucchini, and pumpkin vines did, so that is absolutely wonderful! These butternuts were not compact for me--the grew up my chainlink fence...and 15-20 feet the other direction. I had to mow the ends and edges of my butternut patch 4 times because it took over a third of my yard. I suspect if I hadn't mowed the ends and edges there would have been another 10 feet of vine, just based on how much I mowed off each time. These plants were wonderful producers but the butternuts didn't look like the pictures. They are identical to the ones at Kroger, if a little bigger than the ones at Kroger. They are the tastiest butternut I've ever had. Off of those 2 hills I have about 30 butternut. I only lost 2: the first ripe one because my dogs found it and ate part of it (they love butternut and sniffed them daily as they ripened LOL), the second because it grew on the vertical fence-trellis line and disconnected from the vine before it was ripe, so it rotted. I am saving seeds and plan to grow these again, but I also plan on getting a trellis and growing them vertically. These will be a yearly addition to my garden for their low maintenance growing habits and high yield. Not at all what I expected, but I am delighted!
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Wonderful Little Squash 0 people found this helpfulTried this squash for the first time this year. I have only a small space to have a garden. I planted these in containers with a sturdy trellis for it to climb on. It was very easy to manage the vines. These squash are very tasty & flavorful, and just the perfect size. I will be planting these again next year.
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unbelievable producer 0 people found this helpfulWe have a small garden and have to choose our varieties carefully. This was our first year to try the Honeybaby Hybrid and I have to say that we are thrilled with the results. We have been enjoying sweet butternut squash for weeks now (each squash is just enough for two servings), and it's still producing like crazy! The vines are easily controlled. A perfect variety for a small garden.
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