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Squash (Winter) - Queensland Blue
Description
Description
The Queensland Blue Winter Squash (Cucurbita maxima) is an Australian Blue pumpkin with beautiful blue-green skin, gray foliage, and bright orange flesh that’s fragrant, meaty, and sweet. Deeply ribbed, slightly flattened, and can weigh 8 lbs-20 lbs. Dependable producer with a vining growth habit. Keeps for up to 6 months under proper storage conditions. Great for baking, canning, and roasting.
- Sweet and firm
- High yields
- Dependable producer
- Good keeper
SEED PLANTING TIPS
- Botanical name: Cucurbita maxima
- Hardiness zones: 3-11
- Planting season: Spring, summer
- Squash size: Large
- Growth habit: Vine (6'-10' long), trellis support or generous bed/ground space
- Depth to plant seeds: 1" deep
- Spacing between plants: 10'-12' apart
- Spacing between rows: 10'-15' apart
- Days to germinate (sprout): 5-10 days
- Germination soil temps: 70F-85F
- Soil needs: Loamy, rich, moist, well-drained
- Soil pH: 6.0-6.8
- Sun needs: Full sun
- Frost tolerant: No
- Days to maturity: 100-120 days
Good companion plants: Bean, Dill, Epazote, Marigold, Pea, Pepper, Sage, Thyme
Though considered a vegetable in cooking, botanically speaking, squash is a fruit (being the receptacle for the plant's seeds). Squash can be served fresh (in salads) and cooked (squash stuffed with meat, fried squash, baked squash).

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