RED KURI – "JAPANESE SQUASH" WINTER SQUASH SEEDS - ORGANICALLY GROWN 3-7 LBS EACH & 6-8” ACROSS
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This winter squash is known by many names including "RED KURI" or "JAPANESE PUMPKIN." The reason it is called winter squash is that it develops a thick skin that allows it to keep for months into the winter (in a cool place). You can continue to enjoy this extremely sweet nutritious squash from your garden for months after the last harvest. It has a taste that is sweeter than butternut, somewhere between pumpkin & sweet potato. This vine gives you numerous 3-7 pound delicious very dark yellow fleshed squash. It has a hard deep red-orange skin and is shaped like a tear drop. Winter squash provide complex carbohydrates, fiber, iron, potassium & niacin. The orange flesh is high in beta carotene (vitamin A) & vitamin C. The darker the orange color, the more beta carotene it has. A 4 ounce serving has about 29 - 43 calories. Maturity: About 90 Days EASY PLANTING DIRECTIONS: Plant seeds 1" inch deep in the garden in the spring when there is no danger of frost & it is warm in your planting zone. Plant 6-8 seeds in a small hill or mound of soil & space them 3-4' feet apart. If you started them outdoors, thin the hill to the 3 healthiest plants. *You
can start seeds indoors in individual peat pots indoors 2 to 3 weeks
before the last frost. Just cover the seeds with 1/2 - 3/4"
inch soil. Transplant them outdoors when there is no chance of
frost. Squash love rich, well drained soil & lots of SUN!! Water well, but DON'T OVERWATER or use much high nitrogen fertilizer HARVEST: Before frost when the skin is dark orange and hard. ** CUT THE STEM** (DON'T SNAP IT OFF) LEAVING AS MUCH STEM AS POSSIBLE ATTACHED so it will store longer in winter KEEP the harvested squash for about a week in a warm, dry spot in the sun to cure & harden the skin it so it will store well into the winter
IDEALLY Store & ripen for 2 weeks at about 75°F, then in a place where the temperature is from 45°- 55 ° F. The flavor reaches its peak in about 1.5-3 months after harvest. |