Tennessee Sweet Potato Pumpkin

out of 10 seeds i planted only 4 came up they grew half way across my garden i got 7 pretty big squash my wife took them for halloween decorations so i did not eat them everyone asks what kind of pumpkins are they. they make good decorations

We've had drought the past four springs, which means our short season (zone 4b) loses about a month. Our summers are cool. I planted three winter squashes (butternut, buttercup and red kuri) and the Tennessee Sweet Potato pumpkin this year and only the pumpkin did well; the others yielded about the size of a baseball or less. We planted the pumpkin against the chain link deer fence and it loved the trellis; this vigorous vine had several big pumpkins hanging in mid-air. As to the taste and texture, it is nothing like a sweet potato; it's closer to a yellow summer squash. The skin is hard and it remains hard after steaming, but the flesh scoops out easily. The flavor is delicate and mildly sweet, not bitter at all (as opposed to the luck of some other reviewers), but nothing you'd consider to cook like a pie pumpkin, or really any pumpkin or squash recipe I can think of. After puzzling what to do with it (because it grew well and I have a lot!), I found that if you mix it with potatoes, butter and cream, it makes a terrific version of the Irish dish Colcannon.

Was excited to try these. Cooked one up to make a pie. Tasted fit as the fruit was lighter than a “squash”…… BITTER!!! Very disappointed. Absolutely not even close to sweet potato

First time we've grown these pumpkins, and we are mightily impressed. The vines are sturdy, and looooong! The deer and insects did not bother them at all. <br><br>Don't know how well they will store, because this is our first year growing this, but I am fairly confident that they will do well.<br><br>Neighbors are already asking for seed. :)

Grew these for first time this year. This was easy to grow, handled weed pressure well and produced very large fruit. I will definitely grow this again.