Vegetables Squash, Summer Squash & Winter Squash seeds
Summer and Winter Squash, Vegetable Spaghetti, Ornamental Squash Seeds
Squash
Squash are best eaten at the immature stage such as
a courgette, they should ideally be picked a few days after flower bloom, when
the fruits are young and tender. Most popular as mini veg. Sow indoors early
spring onwards into blocks/pots or modules harden off before transplanting
into final position. Sowing in situ sow 2 seeds per station after last frosts,
thinning to the strongest one.
Ornamental
See also Gourds
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Turks Turban
Cucurbita maxima
Large multicoloured striped turban-shaped fruits, very ornamental and
edible.
£1.25 Av 15 seeds
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Summer Squash
Patty Pan varieties
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Summer squash Constellation Mixed Baby Veg
A baby veg mixture of the 3 F1 Summer Squashes - Sunbeam, Total Eclipse & Moonbeam
£1.65 Av 12 seeds
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Summer squash Lunar Eclipse F1 Baby Veg
A range of excellent hybrid pie-shaped patty pan varieties, with scallop edged fruits. All mature after 45-50 days. Good flavour and texture; with a small scar. Suited for both baby veg and
standard sized fruit production.
Light green skin and pale green-white flesh
£1.45 Av 10 seeds
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Summer squash Moonbeam F1 Baby Veg
A range of exellent hybrid pie-shaped patty pan varieties, with scallop edged fruits. All mature after 45-50 days. Good flavour and texture; with a small scar. Suited for both baby veg and
standard sized fruit production.
Pale green to white skin, with pale green flesh.
£1.45 Av 10 seeds
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Summer squash Total Eclipse F1 Baby Veg
A range of excellent hybrid pie-shaped patty pan varieties, with scallop edged fruits. All mature after 45-50 days. Good flavour and texture; with a small scar. Suited for both baby veg and
standard sized fruits. Dark green skin featuring pale flecks, and white flesh.
£1.45 Av 10 seeds
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Summer squash Sunbeam F1 Baby Veg
A range of exellent hybrid pie-shaped patty pan varieties, with scallop edged fruits. All mature after 45-50 days. Good flavour and texture; with a small scar. Suited for both baby veg and standard
sized fruits.
Golden yellow skin, with minimal green colour to scar.
£1.45 Av 10 seeds
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Winter Squash
See also Pumpkins
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Winter Squash Sweet Dumpling
Cucurbita maxima
A baby squash weighing in at up to 250g, sweet tasting and small size is ideal for baking, stuffing or roasting for an individual portion. Orange flesh and creamy coloured skin with dark green stripes and mottling.
£1.95 Av
10 seeds
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Winter Squash Confection
Cucurbita maxima
A Crown Prince type that produces and average yield of 3-4 small Kabocha sized grey fruits per plant. Fruits mature in approx 95
days and have a long storage ability. Fruits have a dry taste to them once harvested which improves after a couple of weeks storage resulting in outstanding sweetness and texture.
Hybrid variety.
£1.95 Av
10 seeds
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Winter Squash Hawk
Cucurbita moschata
A small but fast maturing F1 butternut variety with fruits av. 700g Hawk emerges quickly, producing a large crop of attractive
uniform pear shaped fruits with a small seed cavity and a sweet orange- gold flesh. Good storage ability. RHS Award of Garden Merit
£1.95 Av
10 seeds
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Winter Squash Hercules
Cucurbita moschata
A large fruited F1 butternut variety producing an average of 1.2kg tasty fruits with a compact plant habit. Good internal colouring with a
strong skin. Good storage ability RHS AGM
£1.95 Av
10 seeds
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Winter Squash Hornet
Cucurbita moschata
A butternut F1 variety that produces neat uniform fruits with an average weight of 800g and a good skin finish. Internal seed cavity
is smaller producing more flesh than other varieties. Compact plant habit
£1.95 Av
10 seeds
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Winter Squash Rolet
Cucurbita pepo
10 seeds
A early maturing high yielding South African Gem squash that produces cricket ball sized fruits that are dark green in colour. Rolet matures form mid August onwards and has a trailing habit.
£1.95 Av
10 seeds
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Winter Squash Hunter
Cucurbita moschata
F1
Butternut variety, a winter squash bred for the UK, a popular
variety. Fruits average 800g to 1kg. RHS Award of Garden Merit
£2.05 Av
10 seeds
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Winter Squash Crown Prince
Cucurbita maxima
Hybrid
Winter squash attractive steel grey squash, renown for its eating
qualities. large fruits up to 4kg, with deep orange flesh and long
storage potential.
£2.75 Av 5 seeds
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Honey Bear F1
The perfect "personal size" squash. 2008 AAS Winner!
Winter Squash baby veg ideal for containers and gardens plant spreads up to 1M.
Smaller and sweeter, there is no acorn squash like Honey Bear. With its small, single-serving size and a weight of less than 500g, it's just right for today's on-the-go families. The yummy sweet taste that's much better than many acorn squashes, will have even the kids eating their vegetables. The compact, bush plant takes up no more room than a zucchini plant. High level of resistance to powdery mildew. Plant height up to 1m with 3 to 5
fruits per bush. From sowing to 1st harvest approx 100 days. Full maturity approx 50 days from pollination. Harvest when dark green and bottoms of squash are yellow to orange where it has touched the ground. Honey Bear is ideal for baking and serving in the half shell.
Do not disturb roots when transplanting, plant out at 60cm apart 1-2M between rows.
£2.15 Av 10 seeds
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Winter Squash Spaghetti Squash
Cucurbita pepo
Spaghetti squash (Vegetable Spaghetti) when cooked the inside can be
scooped out like spaghetti. Vegetable spaghetti is low in calories,
sweet and tasty. Boil, bake or microwave, there is a good selection of
recipes for spaghetti squash online for a tasty meal, many use some of
the following ingredients; toms, peppers, herbs, pesto, garlic,
parmesan cheese.
£1.95 Av 15 seeds
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Winter Squash Early Butternut
Cucurbita moschata
Winter squash with excellent storing ability, popular variety with
bright orange flesh, fruit size at maturity 20-25cm.
£1.45 Av 10 seeds
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Winter Squash Early Butternut Organic Sourced
Cucurbita moschata
Winter squash with excellent storing ability, popular variety with
bright orange flesh, fruit size at maturity 20-25cm.
£1.60 Av 10 seeds
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Winter Squash
Harlequin
Cucurbita pepo
Very attractive fruits, very popular
with supermarkets. Green, yellow and gold striped fruits. Heavy cropping
variety, early to mature with good storage ability.
£1.80 Av
15 seeds
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Winter Squash Uchiki Kuri Organic Sourced
Sow April / May Harvest October
A trailing variety producing fruits with bright orange skin and lovely
nutty flavoured flesh. Fruits weigh up to 1.5kg and store well. Early
sowings under glass, outdoor direct sowing Mid-May onwards. Also known as Red Onion Squash.
£2.15 Av
10 seeds
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The cultural
information should be used as a guide only, I have found a number of different
sowing techniques for the same seed from different sources there does not seem
to be a standard. With this in mind you should use this website as a guide
only, you probably already have a tried and tested way of sowing different
seeds. As a rule of thumb the larger the seed size the more cover it requires,
and fine seed like Lobelia Begonia etc requires no cover.
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