Description
Winter Squash ‘Potimarron’ – French Heritage Variety
10 seeds
A much-loved French heritage squash, Potimarron produces small, round to teardrop-shaped fruits with smooth, red-orange skin and deep orange flesh. Renowned for its naturally sweet, chestnut-like flavour, it is one of the finest squashes for eating.
This traditional variety is easy to grow, highly productive and stores well into the winter.
Key characteristics
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French heritage winter squash
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Small, round to teardrop-shaped fruits
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Bright red-orange skin
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Smooth, deep orange flesh
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Sweet, nutty, chestnut-like flavour
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Botanical name: Cucurbita maxima
Growing information
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Sow under cover in late spring or direct sow once frost risk has passed
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Grow in fertile soil in a warm, sunny position
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Compact to semi-trailing vines
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Harvest in autumn when skins are fully coloured and hard
In the kitchen
Potimarron is superb roasted, baked or made into soups and purées, with a rich, sweet flavour that needs little seasoning.
This packet contains enough seed to produce enough for the whole family , These seeds will be packaged in clear sealed bags, fully labeled with all EU seed requirements, photo, quantity of seed, packaged date etc. These will then be enclosed in our pictorial envelope together with growing tips and hints and suggestions for successful germination
- .All the seed we supply is professional quality seed which has been fully tested for germination and we grow every single variety ourselves to test viability, taste, special growing requirements and of course customer popularity.
- Delivered from our French organic Farm
- Non treated Non GMO seed Cucurbita pepo
- Beautiful unique JandL Packaging and growing instructions
- Approx. 10 seeds per packet — open-pollinated, heritage variety
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