Winter squash ‘Uchiki Kuri’
Cucurbita maxima · Vegetable · No. 8
- Sow under cover
- Apr–May
- Sow outdoors
- Jun
- Harvest
- Sep–Oct
- Germination
- 5–10 days
- Spacing
- 120 cm in the row, 150 cm between rows
- Days to harvest
- 90–110 from sowing
- Sun
- Full sun
- Seed saving
- Moderate
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under cover | April | May | ||||||||||
| Outdoors | June | |||||||||||
| Harvest | September | October |
Notes
Orange onion squash, 1–2 kg. Trailing. Cure fruit 2 weeks in sun, then scoop and wash seed. Crosses only with other C. maxima.
Saving seed · Moderate
Insects cross it with other varieties. Grow one variety, isolate, or bag and hand-pollinate.
- Grow one variety of this plant, or keep 50 m from others.
- Or bag three flowers before they open and hand-pollinate.
- Leave the seed to ripen fully, then dry 7–14 days.