I have butternut, buttercup and "Royal Ace" squash growing in the garden. Do I harvest them in the fall, like pumkins (after all the vines are dried), or should I be picking them now?
We pick the winter squash that we want to eat now when they are young.. the older they get.. the harder they get.. but this gives them their "store-ability" for over the winter. I can eat just fried winter squash for dinner.. flipped in corn meal then fried.. mmm.. good!