wildedge
gopher
Subtropical Australian Hinterland at 100 m altitude. Humid summers, rare winter frost, 1500 mm rain.
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Post by wildedge on Jul 28, 2017 3:36:31 GMT -5
Has anyone tried Cucurbita argyrosperma? They seem like they should have great vigor and disease resistance but wonder how they go for eating quality.
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Post by rowan on Jul 28, 2017 14:25:59 GMT -5
The only ones I grow are the hulless ones for edible seed so the flesh is crap for eating. The ones I grow have a very long growing season so may mature too late for many people. I don't know if the eating ones have such a long season.
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wildedge
gopher
Subtropical Australian Hinterland at 100 m altitude. Humid summers, rare winter frost, 1500 mm rain.
Posts: 11
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Post by wildedge on Jul 29, 2017 19:26:34 GMT -5
Great to hear there is a hullless strain of this species around. Do you know if it has a named variety to make it easier to track down? I was thinking of adding a hullless C. pepo like lady godiva into my mix but a dedicated species for this function could be useful to avoid hybridising into my zucchini.
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Post by rowan on Jul 29, 2017 19:34:55 GMT -5
I have 'Silver Edge' which is not hulless but has large seeds that are split so easy to remove from the kernels, and 'Gleisdorfor Naked Seeded' which is hulless. Both C. argyrosperma.
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Post by shmack1 on Jul 31, 2017 7:23:27 GMT -5
I have 'Silver Edge' which is not hulless but has large seeds that are split so easy to remove from the kernels, and 'Gleisdorfor Naked Seeded' which is hulless. Both C. argyrosperma. Hi Rowan , I didn't know the Gleisdorfor was C. Argyrosperma ? Is it possible to Aquire some seeds of you? |
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