I listen to this fun podcast called Geek.Farm.Life and I once heard them talking about cushaw squash. Being naturally curious (though nothing compared to my brother George), I decided to embark on the Cushaw express to see what delights lay ahead. I knew winter squash can grow pretty large but I had not really considered what that meant. They shot up pretty little heads, just like the nearby summer squash. They vined out early, just like the summer squash…but then, something happened. I am certain a genetic mutation occurred or some sort garden demon hexed them and caused them to send vines 20 feet or so through summer squash and zucchini and nearly to the peppers!
 It was madness watching these cutsie little squash grow into gigantic green and white striped widow-makers! We harvested these when the skin became tough and they basically stopped increasing in size. I have read that they can keep a very long time so we will have some time to experiment. I will post again with details of how they taste and how we use them.  In the meantime, beware of these garden whales!
Cushaw
Posted September 3rd 2008 at 8:00 am by warren
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OMG!! Killer squash!!
I’ll be interested in finding out how they taste, how you cook ‘em, and what size chainsaw you used to open ‘em up!
Never seen such a squash! Look forward to seeing what you do with them!
I tried a bit of the squash when they were the size of a cucumber and they tasted “green”. I hope it has a better taste when fully ripe. We may try to cook some up this weekend. Never seems to be enough time with that work junk getting in the way during the week!
Holy moley! You could feed a whole family for a month with one of those! “Widow-maker”… haha, you made my day man.
If they do taste good, I might have to try me some of those. Assuming I even dare try to grow cucurbits next year… the squash bugs have been unbelievable this year! We were lucky to get a good harvest before they invaded.
Ron
Look at that!! Those are some monster sized squash, perfect for Bigfoot and his family
I’m interested to find out how they taste also, we love winter squash!
Holy Crap! Those are enormous! But what beauties, eh? Do you know the history of these Squash? That names sounds very Cherokee/Creek…
I know nothing of them but should find out for next year (well, especially if they are good!) so I can talk more intelligently about them. I plan to process some this weekend so we’ll see! Thanks for visiting!