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Item Number: SNV1525

Reno Winter Squash Seeds

distinctive taste, storability

$4.95
$4.95
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Description

Reno Winter Squash, a cherished heirloom, traces its origins back to the Reno area in Nevada. This cultivar has gained popularity for its resilience, flavorful taste, and long storage life, making it a favorite among gardeners and chefs alike. The plant boasts a sprawling vine with large, distinctive leaves that provide ample shade to its ripening fruit. Its fruit is oval to oblong, featuring a smooth, golden-orange rind with subtle ribbing. The flesh, when mature, has a sweet, nutty flavor, perfect for various culinary uses, from roasting and baking to soups and purees.

Variety Details

  • Plant type: Tender Annual
  • Growth habit: Vining
  • Crop category: Squash
  • Kitchen profile: Reno Winter Squash, a cherished heirloom, traces its origins back to the Reno area in Nevada.
  • Recorded feature: Open-Pollinated
  • Product format: Seed packet

Sowing & Growing

  • Light: Full Sun
  • Planting season: Summer
  • Starting location: Direct Sow or Start Indoors & Transplant
  • Recorded soil pH: 6.1 - 6.5 or 6.6 - 7.0

Sow Reno Winter Squash after the soil has warmed and frost danger has passed, or transplant established seedlings without disturbing their roots more than necessary. Preserve the recorded spacing because broad leaves and vines can occupy more room than young plants suggest. Check soil moisture at root depth and direct water toward the soil. Once fruit develops, inspect plants frequently and harvest at the stage appropriate to summer or winter squash. Use clean cuts to avoid damaging stems.

Before sowing Reno Winter Squash, review the packet alongside the current product details and note any range in temperature, germination, or maturity. Ranges reflect biological and seasonal variation rather than a fixed promise. Label each planting with its date and location, then compare emergence, growth, and harvest with local weather. This record is useful for succession plantings and for deciding whether the crop fits better into an earlier or later seasonal window.

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Shipping Information

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Shipping Weight: 0.01 lb

Dimensions: 4.5"L x 3.125"W x 0.1"H

Features

  • Open-Pollinated

Characteristics

USDA Growing Zone: 3 - 10
Approximate Harvest Time : Early Fall
Approximate Harvest Time : Late Fall
Approximate Harvest Time : Late Summer
Growth Habit : Vining
Life Cycle : Tender Annual
Plant Family : Curcubitaceae (Curcubits)
Planting Time : Summer
Seed Unit Sizes : Seed Pack
Soil pH : 6.1 - 6.5
Soil pH : 6.6 - 7.0
Starting Location : Direct Sow
Starting Location : Start Indoors & Transplant
Sun Requirements : Full Sun

Planting & Care

Soil & Water: Provide squash plants with deep mounds of organic matter, rich soil, and heavy, even water. All squash are extremely frost sensitive, so use mulch to heat soils in early spring and row covers to protect from frost at both ends of the growing cycle, especially in short growing seasons.

Planting & Growing: Start seeds indoors 3-4 weeks before the last frost, or sow seed directly once soils are at least 70°F. Use row covers to provide a physical barrier to insects.

Harvesting & Storage: Pick squash when they are 4"-7" long to keep production high, and for best flavor.

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