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Heirloom Kabocha squash?
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Posted by bella_trix z7(?)SE PA (My Page) on Fri, Nov 17, 06 at 15:48
| 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 |
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RE: Heirloom Kabocha squash?
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| 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. |
RE: Heirloom Kabocha squash?
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| 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. |
RE: Heirloom Kabocha squash?
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| 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 ???? |
RE: Heirloom Kabocha squash?
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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. |
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