What color is acorn squash is right to grow?


Question:when growing into my garden and it looked like changed colors and how long it will grow and when it will be ready to be pulled it off.

Answers:
Here is a photo that will give you some idea of what a ripe acorn squash looks like.
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/im...

This, I think, is the best way to prepare acorn squash:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/acorn-squas...

Enjoy


Acorn squash (Cucurbita pepo) is a winter squash with distinctive longitudinal ridges and sweet, yellow-orange flesh.

Roughly 85 days after germinating, acorn squash are ready to be harvested. Curing takes a week to ten days in a sheltered area outside, or a warm dry place such as a garage, protected from frost.
acorn squash should be a deep, forest (very dark) green when it's ripe..
There are a few types of acorn squash so it depends on which you are growing. White, Yellow or regular (dark green with orange/yellow stripes).

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