Squash Zimbabwe

$4.90

FAMILY: CUCURBITACEAE
GENUS: C. SPECIES: pepo

Categories: All Vegetables, Plant Now, Pumpkin, Pumpkins, melons, cucumbers etc, Seeds, September Tags: pumpkin, seeds, spring, Squash, squash zimbabwe, Vegetables R - Z

Description

Description

Heritage Status: New Zealand
Bio-Region of Origin: Koanga collection since 1987
Number of Seeds: 10

Description: Very similar to Zambesi Gem, but obviously originally from Zimbabwe. These small (large orange size) round pumpkins came with our ancestors on the early ships, and were picked up in South Africa on the way around the cape! They are sweet, but moist and nutty, and well worth trying. Zimbabwe squash skins stay green when mature.

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Planting Instructions: Sow seed into tray after danger of frost. Prick out at 6 cm diagonal spacings when first leaves appear. Transplant into garden at 50 cm diagonal spacings once soil temp reaches 15-16 degrees C.