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Heirloom Kabocha squash?

bella_trix
17 years ago

I had kabocha squash in a thai pumpkin curry dish and since then, have been planning to grow it when I had room. That day has finally happened - I've gone from a 4x16 plot to a full back yard. Are heirloom varieties of Kabocha squash available? Do you have a seed source (including SSE, I just joined)? Are the heirloom versions as sweet as the hybrid? And, since I'm already out of control on the amount of plants I plan on growing, could you suggest any other very sweet, preferably nutty type of heirloom winter squash?

Thank you!

Bellatrix

Comments (5)

  • galina
    17 years ago

    Sweet and tasty heirlooms - Uchiki Kuri (just about old enough to be called 'heirloom') and Buttercup. A very sweet acorn squash (recently bred but delicious) is Tuffy.

  • zeedman Zone 5 Wisconsin
    17 years ago

    Bella trix, Galina is on the right track - "Kabocha" squashes are usually C. maxima, buttercup type. Generally, the blossom end does not protrude. Besides the Asian kabochas, the gray Austalian squash "Queensland Blue" & many of the buttercups have similar quality. Sand Hill Preservation & Baker Creek are both good sources for kabocha & similar.

  • llnda_mami
    17 years ago

    Im looking to find where they harvest this Kabocha Squash at Im in California do you know of where I can find this squash or who grows them ????

  • galina
    17 years ago

    The biggest selection of hybrid (not heirloom) Kabocha squashes is stocked by Kitawaza seeds:
    http://www.kitazawaseed.com/seeds_winter_squash.html

    similarly Evergreen
    http://www.evergreenseeds.com/

    Synergy seeds stock a heirloom Kabocha, open pollinated, not hybrid
    http://www.redwoods.quik.com/webteck/george/vines.html

    Also Kokopelli seeds stock open pollinated Kabocha, if you can get seeds from France.

  • rareseed
    12 years ago

    I'm about to order some open pollinated Kabocha. Check it out! I'll be growing these in a my three sisters and a foreigner(the Kabocha)garden.

    Blue Kuri
    Cucurbita maxima
    A traditional open pollinated Japanese kabocha squash that has globe-shaped fruit with blue-green skin. The flesh is thick, yellow and very sweet. Fruit matures to 2-3 lbs and is 6-8" in diameter. The plant has a vine growth habit.
    http://www.kitazawaseed.com/seed_043-187.html