Argonaut Hybrid Butternut Winter Squash

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Botanical Name: Cucurbita maxima 'Argonaut'
Spacing: Plant 6 seeds per hill in hills about 6 feet apart.
Depth: 1 inch. (see planting instruction sheet above)
Spread: Vigorous vines.
Sun/Shade: Full sun.
Yield: Heavy yields.
Color: Bright gold colored fruits.
Foliage: Green foliage.
Blooms: Summer.
Fruit: You'll love Argonaut's honey-sweet flavor and meaty texture; tastes much better than older butternut types like Waltham! Enormous butternut type, bright gold fruits are 15 - 27 inches long and weigh 30 lbs. or more.
Days To Maturity: 140 days. This squash must be started as early as possible. Because it is so large, it takes the full 140 days to mature. See the sheet above if you have some squash that did not have time to ripen before frost.

Form: Annual.
Soil Requirements: Well-drained, humus enriched soil.
Growth Rate: Medium to fast growth rate.
Seed Count: Approximately 25 seeds per packet, 1/2 oz. is approximately 110 seeds.
Comments: Argonaut's plant is a vine with a strong canopy and very vigorous. The fruit is cylindrical in shape and bright gold in color with a hard, tough rind which has a smooth texture with sutures. Argonaut's interior is a medium orange color with a very sweet flavor and excellent meaty texture. Suitable for the home garden, this variety has a long shelf life and a small seed cavity on the blossom end. Under proper conditions this squash will store up to 8 months.

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Plants will be shipped at the proper planting time for your area of the country using the shipping timeframes outlined below. We continually monitor weather conditions for extreme hot or cold and adjust shipping schedules as needed. Due to hot weather conditions, we are unable to ship most plant items in July and August.

2017 Fall Shipping Schedule
ZONE	Blueberries	All Other Fruits	Perennials, Bulbs & Flowers	Trees & Shrubs	Encapsulated Earthworms & Lady Beetles	Seeds
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9A-10B	9/20 - 11/3	9/5 - 11/3	9/5 - 11/3	9/5 - 11/13	6/20 - 11/3	6/20 - 11/3
Last Order Date	All Grow Zones: Oct 30, 2017

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BIG squash

May 21, 2016 | By Andy

These things get huge. They do need a longer growing season than most squash. They are more watery than a butternut or buttercup. I like to slice it about 1 thick, rub with olive oil, season and then put on the grill. The slight smoke flavor they get on the grill is great and the grill takes care of the extra moisture in the squash. Do not peel the skin off otherwise you will have a mess in the bottom of your grill!!

Argonaut Hybrid Butter Nut Squash

Jan 30, 2015 | By Clara Pugh

I planted these with great expectations--It will be the last time I take up garden space for these squash.I have baked them- boiled them and steamed them, trying to find a way that they were not so watery. Nothing helps.Besides being watery, they are very stringy..The man that thought they crossed with his Spaghetti squash will probably find they are just the same even if he plants them in another field.. My husband says they are related to what they used to call an old watery COW punkin. The taste is not so bad but not anywhere close to the Waltham Butternut I usually plant..

great tasting/ sweet

Nov 4, 2014 | By Dan veilleux

This squash was a surprise due to its size and candy like sweetness. We cut the sugar additions in half. They did have to be started very early in large pots due to out short mountain season zone 6a. They are possible to grow in this area and I removed the new squash after August 1. The green squash are great eating and resemble a seedless zucchini but much sweeter. When the temperatures dropped below 60 degrees I gathered them together and placed a large plastic flower pot with apples that had fallen off a wild tree and covered with a brown plastic tarp which trapped the ethylene from the apples and helped them ripen. These squash have a butternut flavor with a slight pumpkin flavor. I think anyone in a zone 7 should try this squash.It is a great producer and if you grow for a food bank or community kitchen this is a great squash.

Great Squash

Oct 11, 2014 | By Mary

Our weather is hot and dry. I plant in shade, but the vines wander in the sun. They grow huge and delicious. One thing I really appreciate is their lack of appeal to squash bugs.

Argonaut Butternut Squash

Jul 10, 2014 | By Ryan Robertson

I have been planting these squash in my garden for 3 years now. Best and largest butternuts I have ever tasted! Make great pumpkin pies and people just rave about my bread. Love the dark green leaves and wide veins!

Make sure you have a lot of room!

Apr 15, 2014 | By SONJA H. HANSEN

These vines took over the whole garden. The squash were huge. We just laughed every day because you could almost watch them grow. We filled the whole truck to overflowing and distributed them around the neighborhood and beyond. The meat is very sweet and delicious, but much too watery for the pies I like to make. We are going back to the standard beloved butternuts!

Excellent Tasting Squash

Dec 14, 2013 | By Sandy

These squash have a wonderful flavor and will be a family favorite since planting them in 2013.

amazing squash

Nov 18, 2013 | By alan

I live in northern pa. we don't have a real long growing season but I decided to try to grow this squash. I started one plant inside in early may in the first part of June I planted it in my garden by mid summer vines grew to about 20ft. by October I had 11 giant squash. I then harvest them and put them in my cellar to keep from freezing. the second week of November my wife cooked one and that is some of the best squash that we have had. we will have plenty of squash for the winter now. I will order more of the same squash seeds next spring.

Winter Squash, Hybrid Argonaut (Butternut)

Oct 28, 2013 | By Lynda Schripsema

Amazing huge squash, even after planting late. Just baked the first one and it tastes great, but having planted right next to my spaghetti squash, the Argonauts (butternut) must have cross-pollinated because the cooked flesh comes apart in strands just like spaghetti squash! Will try again next year, far from each other.

BIGGEST BUTTERNUT EVER

May 13, 2013 | By Chris

ever see invasion of the body snatchers? nuff said!

excellent keeper too

Apr 19, 2011 | By Colin

Giant squash that keep extremely well. I picked some that weren't ripe (due to the 140-150 days maturitiy) and we have been eating them all winter. I still have one remaining that I picked in October and it is just about 100% orange now. No signs of spoilage and it has been 6 months!

Fabulous !

Oct 15, 2010 | By BethP

Absolutely ginormous butternut squashes. Friends thought these were watermelons. They *smell* like watermelons when you cut them. They're just that sweet! One smallish one (25lbs) took up 2 half sheet pans with slices when I cooked it. Kids love these cooked in pancakes & so good for them! wonderful grilled too. 250lbs of squash from one vine is a bargain for the space. Next year we'll take even better care of them and hopefully get even more. That 250lbs was w/o watering, mulching, fertilizing or really weeding. We let it wander on the lawn. Still about 40lbs of squashes left on vine. Hope they get ripe before frost. We'll use frost cloth if things get iffy. The days to yield (140 days) is the truth, though. We'll start these even earlier, in peat pots, next year. Definitely planting this one again. Friends will be planting this one as well, they were simply amazed.

THIS BUTTERNUT ROCKS!!!

Mar 12, 2010 | By Marc Richter

This is one of my favorites! I have been growing it since Gurney's introduced it! It is all that is promised. In 2008 my largest fruit was 25 pounds! It lasted a full year and I ate it August 2009! It made a delicious Butternut Squash Bisque.

Bigger and better

Mar 10, 2010 | By Lee

Wow! I'll never waste garden space on butternuts again. Argonauts are HUGE on healthy, aggressive vines. My vines climbed my 6-ft tomato cages & sprouted 2-ft,fat squash, which happily hung there thru Iowa's notorious walls of wind & tornado gales. Spring was cold, I planted late, I harvested green 'uns & they ripened over time in my kitchen (~68 degrees, usually). Made pies with the last ones after Christmas. These are a great leap forward in getting the most food from the least space.

First time

Jun 28, 2009 | By Caroline King

First year for Argonaut. Walthams have always been good crop each year but this year we placed them in a different area of the garden and they all but died and produce small fruits. The argonaut have been very successful and large. They are about 4 weeks from harvest. I only have one concern, mine are still green in color and large but not one bit orange like the picture.

Oh My God!

Jan 6, 2008 | By Toni

All the taste of a butter nut, but twice the size. Just one of these was enough for three dinners, after being cooked. This plant will be a fixture in my garden from now on.

WOW

Sep 16, 2007 | By virginia

The squash to grow for a lots of meat. Thick, very sweet and enormous. Our favorite winter squash now! Especially good for large families.

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