Group/Class:  Winter Squash

Description:

Low maintenance and easy to grow, this compact bush variety is perfect for full sun gardens; small 4" rounded fruit with yellow skin, featuring flecks and stripes of orange; sweet light yellow flesh, great for baking, stuffing, and soups

Edible Qualities

Celebration Squash is an annual vegetable plant that is commonly grown for its edible qualities. It produces small yellow fruit with orange variegation and yellow flesh which are typically harvested when mature. The fruits have a sweet taste and a firm texture.

The fruit are most often used in the following ways:

• Cooking
• Baking
• Freezing

Planting & Growing

Celebration Squash will grow to be about 3 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 4 feet. When planted in rows, individual plants should be spaced approximately 24 inches 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 type or pH. 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.