PUMPKIN-SWEET DUMPLING
PUMPKIN-SWEET DUMPLING
A$3.50
Availability: In stock
Cucurbita pepo
PUMPKIN-SWEET DUMPLING for fruits with delicious, light-golden flesh and fine, sweet texture when baked. The 8-10cm squat fruits weigh about 400-500g, just right for an individual serving and that makes them positively ideal for stuffing & baking. Sweet Dumpling squash is very productive & good keepers. Shaped like small, flat-topped acorn squash. Sweet Dumpling produces eight to ten little fruits per plant. Sweet as honey and small like a dumpling.
Sow seed directly into the garden. Plant in the sunny location in rich, well-drained soil. Keep fairly well watered & fertilize monthly, but avoid constant overwatering & continual use of high-nitrogen fertilizers. An outstanding easy to grow squash. For continued harvest, pick fruit regularly when young.
| Germination Time (Days) | 8 – 16 |
| Harvest Time (Days) | 100 – 140 |
| Sowing Depth (mm) | 15 – 20 |
| Plant Spacing (cm) | 100 – 150 |
| Row Spacing (cm) | 100 – 200 |
| pH | 5 – 7.5 |
| Soil Temperature (°C) | – |
| Hardy / Frost Tender | Frost Tender |
| Sow Direct / Raise Seedlings | Sow Direct |
| Seed Preparation | – |
Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
Plant Height
30 - 45 cm (1 - 1.5 feet)
Season of Interest
Autumn harvest
Temperature Range
18 - 30 °C
Determine / Indeterminate
Annual / Perennial / Biennial
Annual
Frost Hardy / Tender
Frost Tender
Full Sun / Part Sun / Shade
Full Sun
Sow Direct / Raise Seedlings
Direct sow, or start indoors
Soil
Fertile, well-drained loamy soil
pH
6.0 - 6.8
Soil Temperature
20 - 30 °C (68 - 86 °F )
Seed Preparation
No special preparation needed
Sowing Depth
2.5 cm (1 inch)
Plant Spacing
60 cm (2 feet)
Row spacing
1-1.2 meters (3-4 feet)
Watering
Moderate, avoid waterlogging
Germination Time (Days)
7 - 10 days
Harvest Time (Days)
90 - 100 days
Good Companion Plants
Beans, Corn, Radishes
Bad Companion Plants
Potatoes
Pests
Squash vine borers, Aphids
Diseases
Powdery mildew, Anthracnose
More About Us
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.
