Southern Harvest
Quality seeds for kitchen, flower and native gardeners
Xmas & New Year Break: We are closed from Thursday 19th December 2024, re-opening on Wednesday 8th January 2025.
We will still be taking orders and mail them out upon re-opening. Have a great Xmas & New Year : )
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Botanical Name
Cucurbita maxima
Am I squash or am I pumpkin?? This versatile vegie can be eaten when immature (steamed or baked) in the warmer months, tasting of a mix between potato & pumpkin. Left to mature it produces a dry fleshed, long keeping pumpkin. Mature pumpkins have a dark green, ribbed skin with orange flesh and weigh up to 3 kg. Treated seed (thiram). 8 seeds.
Sunlight
Full
Frost Resilience
Tender
Lifespan
Annual
Climate
Cold
Temperate
Hot Arid
Tropics/SubTropics
Sow Method
Direct or Transplant
Sowing Periods
Cool Climate Periods
Sep 1st to Nov 30th
Temperate Climate Periods
Sep 1st to Jan 31st
Tropical & Sub-Tropical Climate Periods
Jan 1st to Dec 31st