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table queen acorn squash Table Queen Acorn Squash

Cucurbita pepo

A variety of acorn squash

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Sun requirement for table queen acorn squash: Plant in Full Sun

A small (about 1 kg), early, acorn-shaped squash, said to have come from the Arikara of North Dakota; an old packet was sent in by a member in the 1990s. The flesh is sweet and nutty, like delicata. It is best eaten dark green, within two to three months of harvest, before it turns golden. A heavy cropper in good conditions. Transplant at 1 m.

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Lifespan

Annual living and reproducing in a single year or less

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Ecological requirements

Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Cucurbita pepo L.

Family / Taxonomy Magnoliopsida
Dilleniidae
Violales
Cucurbitaceae
Optimal temperature 17 - 30 °C
Absolute temperature 6 - 40 °C
Optimal rainfall 600 - 1500 mm/year
Absolute rainfall 300 - 2800 mm/year
Optimal soil pH 5.5 - 6.8
Absolute soil pH 4.5 - 8.3
Crop cycle 40 - 100 days
Max altitude 1000 m
Life form herb, vine
Life span annual
Habit climber/scrambler/scadent
Optimal soil depth medium (50-150 cm)
Optimal soil texture medium, organic
Optimal soil fertility moderate
Optimal soil drainage well (dry spells)
Optimal soil salinity low (<4 dS/m)
Photoperiod short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Optimal light very bright

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) ECOCROP, the crop ecological requirements database. Version 1. https://data.apps.fao.org/catalog/dataset/ecocrop. Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/ecocrop_1/.

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