Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Fascinating results from this trial, in the harvests of Crown Prince F1 winter squash. It’s the second planting from these three beds this year — already we had 47 kilos of turnips and greens earlier in the season. After transplanting the squash in May, they’ve now reached harvest, and the yields are intriguing.
One bed was forked last December, and has been forked every winter since 2013 It gave 16.5 kilos of squash.
The second bed, with the same compost but no dig, produced 26 kilos.
And the third bed — same size again, but with compost made from our compost toilet — has given an amazing 53.6 kilos. This compost is about 18 months old, has no unpleasant smell, and shows just how valuable this resource can be.
These squash are dense, high-value food and can store until next summer, in dry and warm conditions through winter.
You can find more details of this and other trials on my website: charlesdowding.co.uk/trials
Filmed by Adam Wood @myco_ad 8th September at Homeacres garden, Somerset UK, zone 8 climate.
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Fascinating results from this trial, in the harvests of Crown Prince F1 winter squash. It’s the second planting from these three beds this year — already we had 47 kilos of turnips and greens earlier in the season. After transplanting the squash in May, they’ve now reached harvest, and the yields are intriguing.
One bed was forked last December, and has been forked every winter since 2013 It gave 16.5 kilos of squash.
The second bed, with the same compost but no dig, produced 26 kilos.
And the third bed — same size again, but with compost made from our compost toilet — has given an amazing 53.6 kilos. This compost is about 18 months old, has no unpleasant smell, and shows just how valuable this resource can be.
These squash are dense, high-value food and can store until next summer, in dry and warm conditions through winter.
You can find more details of this and other trials on my website: charlesdowding.co.uk/trials
Filmed by Adam Wood @myco_ad 8th September at Homeacres garden, Somerset UK, zone 8 climate.
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#nodig #charlesdowding #soilhealth #growyourown #vegetablegarden #wintersquash #compost
