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Cucurbita Moschata
PUMPKIN-JAP has excellent firm bright yellow flesh. Delicious and tasty round pumpkins with excellent flavor and good storage ability. Plants perform well in poorer soils as they prefer lower nutrient levels than most vegetable crops
Plant seeds in hills sowing seeds 10cm apart. Cover seed with 12mm of fine soil well firmed down. When new plants are about 10cm tall carefully thin or transplant to 3 healthiest plants per hill. Plant in Spring.
Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
Plant Height
30 - 60
Season of Interest
Spring / Summer / Autumn
Temperature Range
20 - 30
Determine / Indeterminate
Annual / Perennial / Biennial
Annual
Frost Hardy / Tender
Tender
Full Sun / Part Sun / Shade
Full Sun
Sow Direct / Raise Seedlings
Sow Direct / Raise Seedlings indoors 3-4 weeks before last frost
Soil
Well-drained soil with plenty of organic matter
pH
5.5 - 7
Soil Temperature
20 - 30
Seed Preparation
Soak seeds in warm water overnight before planting to speed up germination
Sowing Depth
2 - 3
Plant Spacing
60 - 90
Row spacing
150 - 180
Watering
Regular watering, keep the soil moist, but not waterlogged
Germination Time (Days)
7 - 14
Harvest Time (Days)
85 - 120
Good Companion Plants
Corn, Beans, Radish, Lettuce, Onion, Garlic, Marigold, Nasturtiums, Radishes, Sunflowers
Bad Companion Plants
Potato, Tomato, Fennel, Sunflower, Cucumber, Brassicas (cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, etc.)
Pests
Diseases
Powdery mildew, Downy mildew, Anthracnose, Fusarium wilt, Cucumber mosaic virus, Squash mosaic virus, Zucchini yellow mosaic virus, Phytophthora blight
ABSeeds is an Australian owned business trading under the umbrella of Direct Compost Solutions which is owned and managed by Victoria Brun.
We as a company endeavor to provide to the public, Organic, Old Fashioned, Heritage, and Open-pollinated seeds that have not been genetically modified.
We purchased the business in November 2018 and renamed it to ABSeeds (All ‘Bout Seeds) to make the title shorter and represent what we hope to achieve with this business in the years ahead.
Seeds that we can’t grow ourselves we will acquire from people who grow for us, or we may purchase seeds from reputable heritage seed companies.
ABSeeds is an Australian owned business trading under the umbrella of Direct Compost Solutions which is owned and managed by Victoria Brun.
