Pumpkin Butternut


Vegetables

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Effective Price : Regular price $0.60
Botanical name:  Cucurbita moschata Usually available:  Spring Life cycle:  Annual Size:  H 40cm L 2-3m Position:  Full sun Soil preference:  Moist, well drained Size supplied:  40mm tube WE DO NOT OFFER SHIPPING. COLLECTION ONLY FROM HARVEST MARKET, LAUNCESTON ON SATURDAYS OR FARM GATE MARKET, HOBART ON SUNDAYS. Come and see us direct at the market to purchase...

Botanical name:  Cucurbita moschata

Usually available:  Spring

Life cycle:  Annual

Size:  H 40cm L 2-3m

Position:  Full sun

Soil preference:  Moist, well drained

Size supplied:  40mm tube

WE DO NOT OFFER SHIPPING. COLLECTION ONLY FROM HARVEST MARKET, LAUNCESTON ON SATURDAYS OR FARM GATE MARKET, HOBART ON SUNDAYS.

Come and see us direct at the market to purchase our tube seedlings.

A versatile pumpkin with a sweet nutty taste. They have few seeds and a short club shape with bright orange flesh. Great for roasting or steaming. 

Pumpkins love a good feed so dig in plenty of compost and well-rotted manure before planting. They need plenty of space to meander. They will grow along trellising, but ensure it can support a lot of weight. Hand pollination may be necessary if you are short on pollinators. This can be done by removing a male flower and rubbing the stamen against a female (the one with the mini fruit forming below). Harvest when the vine has died back and the part attached turns woody and corky. Leave around 5-10cm of stalk on the fruit and cut with secateurs, don’t tear. If the ‘handle’ breaks off the pumpkin, it will cause the fruit to go mouldy within days.