Squash 'Tatume'
Squash 'Tatume' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Highly productive, rare Mexican heirloom round squash; it can be eaten as a zucchini when cricket ball sized or fully ripened a rich golden colour & used as a pumpkin. Versatile in the kitchen with firm, sweet, white flesh & tender green skin; flowers are edible too. Hardy to pests & diseases & very heat tolerant. Resists the fungal problems common in the subtropics.
Product: Squash 'Tatume'
Product type: SEED ()
Botanical name: Cucurbita pepo
Syn.: Syn. Calabacita, Mexican Calabash
Highly productive, rare Mexican heirloom round squash; it can be eaten as a zucchini when cricket ball sized or fully ripened a rich golden colour & used as a pumpkin. Versatile in the kitchen with firm, sweet, white flesh & tender green skin; flowers are edible too. Hardy to pests & diseases & very heat tolerant. Resists the fungal problems common in the subtropics.
Plant type: Warm season annual vine; grow on a trellis if space is limited
Sow when: Germinate best at 21 - 35°C soil temp.; seed will rot in cold, wet soil; rodents and birds often steal seed, protect with an upturned pot
Temperate: Spring to early summer
Subtropical: All year if frost-free; avoid periods of high humidity
Tropical: Unlikely to do well
Germination: 7 - 14 days
Depth: 15 - 20 mm deep
Position: Full sun
Sow where: Directly into garden beds
Soil type: Fertile, well-drained soil, pH 6 - 7.5; add plenty of compost, keep moist
Harvest: 45 days as a zucchini; 65 days as a pumpkin with skin fully coloured
seeds per packet
Cucurbita pepo
Syn. Calabacita, Mexican Calabash