Ponca Butternut Squash

Cucurbita moschata Days to Maturity: 90 Ponca is a smaller heirloom butternut with the same buttery, rich flavor you expect from a butternut, packed with nutrients. Each plant yields 4-7 squashes on sprawling vines. Their thick necks and smaller seed cavity yields a lot of usable flesh.  Our Ponca Butternuts are variable sizes but tend towards the "personal-sized," mini butternut. Being smaller, they mature earlier than the longer-season butternuts, so they can be grown at higher elevations and more variable climates. This variety was developed in 1976 by Dermot P. Coyne at University of Nebraska, as a cross between "New Hamsphire Butternut" and "Butternut 23". He named it Ponca after the Great Plains tribe.  Planting Instructions: Sow outdoors after all frost has passed and soil has warmed. Plant 2-3" deep in mounds of well-draining soil. Mounds should be at least 4 feet apart. Seed Saving Instructions: Select as many of your tastiest, fully mature fruits as possible for seed saving.