"SWEET DUMPLING" WINTER SQUASH SEEDS - ORGANICALLY GROWN 1-2 LBS EACH & 3-5” ACROSS
This winter squash is known as
"SWEET DUMPLING" with colorful striped skin. It is ribbed with a green & yellow &
orange striped skin. 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 sweet nutritious squash from your garden
for months after the last harvest. The taste is similar to butternut squash. This
vine gives you numerous 1-2 pound delicious yellow-orange fleshed squash..
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 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. |