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Height: 18 inches
Spacing: 3 feet
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Hardiness Zone: (annual)
Group/Class: Winter Squash
Description:
An eye catching and unique variety that is easy to grow and easy to harvest; produces uniform, flattened round squash; interesting gray skin leads to deep orange flesh; nutty and sweet, perfect for baking, mashing and steaming
Edible Qualities
Grey Ghost Squash is an annual vegetable plant that is commonly grown for its edible qualities. It produces gray round fruit with orange flesh which are typically harvested when mature. The fruits have a sweet taste.
The fruit are most often used in the following ways:
- Cooking
- Baking
- Freezing
Planting & Growing
Grey Ghost Squash will grow to be about 18 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 6 feet. When planted in rows, individual plants should be spaced approximately 3 feet apart. This vegetable plant is an annual, which means that it will grow for one season in your garden and then die after producing a crop.
This plant is typically grown in a designated vegetable garden. It should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. This plant is a heavy feeder that requires frequent fertilizing throughout the growing season to perform at its best. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in rich soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone over the growing season to conserve soil moisture. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.
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