Those things get huge! This was my first year to grow them and I was really happy with them. I planted probably 6 or 8 seeds and got about 40 squash. I think I’m going to plant them next year instead of butternut squash . . I probably won’t plant acorn or butternut squash next year.
Yesterday I pulled out all the remaining candy roasters. I had read that they would get up to 15 pounds but I thought that might be an exaggeration. It was not!
Georgia Candy Roaster
This one was not the largest one I grew but it’s the largest one I have left. It’s a bit over 25″ long and it weighs 12 pounds.
They can be used in most any recipe calling for winter squash or pumpkin, including pies. This recipe for Spice Roasted Butternut Squash is my favorite so far. We’ve used this same recipe with the sugar pumpkins and we love that also. In fact, if the same spices were used on Georgia Candy Roaster, sugar pumpkin or butternut squash, I would have a hard time telling which was which. The candy roasters and pumpkins were much easier to grow than are squash. Both send out vines all over the place, make a ton of squash/pumpkins and they’re done . . pulled up and gone! The squash produces a few at a time and keeps producing . . which means I have to keep watering and pulling weeds. I’m happy to get it all done and over with. All three should keep for months, especially if I had a root cellar or a basement, which I don’t have. I’ll spread them out on a sheet in an extra bedroom and we should have squash and pumpkin for at least 6 months.