Growing Tip: Red Kuri Squash Harvest
The last time I told you about my Squashes, a litlle over three months ago, I was very happy about my growing Red Kuri Squash, and hopeful about my butternuts...
It turns out no butternut squash grew from these beautiful flowers in my Bean and Squash Square, but my Red Kuri Squash got slightly bigger and heavier, and a deeper orange colour over the Summer and the beginning of Autumn.
I kept watering it regularly, oftener when it was hotter, never directly on the vine (or the fruit), but at its feet. Over time, the vine browned; I kept the squash on it nonetheless. It seemed happy!
And today, I finally cut it from the vine and harvested my first (and only) squash, a beautiful 475-gram/1.05-pound Red Kuri Squash!
Given the proper Adventure growing Squashes has been over the past few years, I am absolutely delighted with my little harvest this year. I have learned, I have been patient and I have persevered, and I have a gorgeous little squash as a reward!
And, as growing this one has taught me heaps more, perhaps next year’s crop will be even more successful!