The Moon Squash is a pale squash that ripens by night. It grows by day too, but more than 3 times faster at night than at midday, so it suits a gardener who is out after dark. A ripe Moon Squash glows a soft, pale blue in the dark.
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In-game description
A pale squash that ripens by night. It is faintly cold to hold.SHOWN ON ITS CARD IN YOUR PACK
Growing
- Sow it with the Hoe in a tilled bed and keep the bed watered. It takes about 4 days to its first harvest in clear weather.
- It grows by night: day and night, but much faster at night.
Harvest
Reap it with the Sickle. A harvest gives 1 Moon Squash and 1 to 3 seeds back (1 more seed at Heirloom), and releases 2 Water, 1 Fire spirits at Plain grade (more at finer grades: see Crop Grades). Left in the ground more than 3 days after it ripens, it rots.
Where to get seeds
Flowers, heather, thistles and yucca you pick after dusk (14%), new ground you till after dark, and traders in the Tundra and the Haunted Wood. See Seeds.
Notes
- It likes a clear night. Cloud lowers its grade score; a sunny day does not count against it.
- Under snow it keeps growing at half pace like a hardy crop, but frost still hurts it in an open bed.
Growing it
| Days to grow | 3.5 |
| Light | Grows by moonlight (at night) |
| Hardy | No |
| Harvest | 1 to 1 |
| Seeds back | 1 to 3 |
Seeds from: Flowers you pick after dusk · tilling at night · traders. See Seeds.
How to get it
| Source | Amount | Chance | Where / how |
|---|---|---|---|
| Growing it | 1 to 1 | HARVEST | Grows in 3.5 days, by moonlight |
Uses
Cooking
| Dish | Needs |
|---|---|
 Moon Squash Soup | 1 Moon Squash, 1 any brown cap |
Grinding
The Grinder turns 10 of it into:
| Grinder | Share | From 10 |
|---|---|---|
| Grindstone | 50% | 12 Earth |
| Treadle Grinder | 70% | 16 Earth |
| Spirit Mill | 90% | 21 Earth |
Trading
Village traders pay about 2 spirits for one. Prices change a little by land and by the spirit you pay in: see Traders.
