Bake it, mash it, make it into pie—the Sunshine squash (a variety of Kabocha winter squash) is creamy, sweet, smooth, and stringless. This All-America Selections (AAS) winner has a reputation for being the best winter squash of all the varieties available. It’s a relatively compact plant (as squashes go) and should produce a healthy yield of bright red-orange fruits weighing in from 3 to 4 pounds.

Sun Exposure

• full sun

Soil pH

• 6.0 to 6.8

Hardiness Zones

• 2 to 9

Spacing

• 6 to 8 feet

Moisture

• at least 1 inch per week

Notes

• sweet, nutty flesh
• ready to eat right at harvest
• 95 days to maturity

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