Tahitian Squash
When we visited Nancy Redfeather’s farm, she generously gave all of us a wide variety of seeds she harvested from her own crops. These included something called ‘tahitian squash’, which reportedly doesn’t attract fruit fly problems (or doesn’t attract them as much) as the other cucurbits. We planted them, they grew vigorously, and now we have a good number of green squash. Now the question is, what sort of squash is this? Some googling seems to imply that ‘tahitian’ is a hard winter squash, in which case we should wait months for it to turn hard and tan. (Some places put it in the same cultivar with butternut, and call it ‘tahitian winter squash’.) But, it looks like a summer squash, in which case we should eat it now, like zucchini.
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August 13th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
I’m growing these squash too right now! Down in sunny Kalapana. I got the seeds from “seeds of change” and they were labeled “tahitian squash”. They are doing great and are a winter type which turn yellow and their stems harden when they are ready. Just tried my first one this week and it was very yummy. I am mostly growing them for a ground cover and they are prolific. I will be interested to see if your chickens will eat them(maybe if you bake them first). I love your blog! thanks
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