Seminole pumpkins are great but the fruit is a bit small, the size of a grapefruit. The vines are pest resistant and grow vigorously, rooting at the nodes and slowly conquering your garden. The plant almost "walks" across the yard, leaving the older, exhausted vines behind and moving forward with the newer leaves. It can grow year-round in South Florida as part of a tropical permaculture area. The fruit is bright orange inside and very sweet. What is not to like? This bring us back to the beginning - the fruit is small for a pumpkin. This larger-fruited seed variant promises to fix that, and it is available from the online retailer Southern Exposure Seed Exchange:
http://www.southernexposure.com/seminole-larger-fruited-pumpkin-3-g-p-1720.html
Seminole, Larger Fruited Pumpkin 3 g, Retail Price: $2.75. Heirloom Southern Eco (C. moschata) 95 days. Strain selected by NC grower Dan Zipple. An interesting strain of Seminole, with fruits up to 8-9 lbs., along with Seminole’s usual vigor. Alabama grower Tim Fields measured a vine up to 36 ft. long! Pkt. Catalog #: 53610
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Calabaza, The Tropical Pumpkin grows well in Florida summer
Calabaza (West Indian pumpkin) is a large winter squash (Cucurbita moschata) that resembles a pumpkin and is typically grown in the West Indies and tropical America. The term is also used loosely for a variety of gourds from Africa, the Americas and the Caribbean.
Calabaza are squash-like vegetables that look like pumpkins and taste like sweet potatoes.
The word calabaza is derived from the Persian term for melon (kharbuz). The French term "calabasse", and hence the English "calabash", is based on the older Spanish. In common use "calabash" refers to a gourd native to the African continent, while "calabaza" refers to a gourd native to the Americas. In North America, the word "calabaza" refers to any of several species of tropical gourds of the genus Cucurbita.
First cultivated for food in pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica as one of the "three sisters" of squash, maize, and climbing beans (typically tepary beans or common beans). Cultivated species produce gourds in a variety of shapes. However all are creeping, annual tropical vines with large lobed leaves and branching tendrils. The skin color reflects hybrids, varying from dark green to light yellow. The flesh can also vary in color, but most common is bright orange or yellow. Varieties differ in taste and texture.
Vines grow to 50-foot lengths. Set the pumpkins on a dry surface to protect them from bugs and worms.
Not only the fruit, but the blooms and several parts of the plant are edible.
Unlike the Seminole pumpkin, calabaza vines are susceptible to downey mildew and encounter a disorder called silverleaf caused by the sweet potato white fly. Both Seminole pumpkin and calabaza are comfortable in hot weather conditions. The leaves are green with mottled grey markings. It requires 3 months from seedling to harvesting the fruits.
References:
Calabaza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://bit.ly/1B8BUSX
Calabaza: Grocery Store On A Vine | Not Dabbling In Normal http://bit.ly/1B8D6pp
In search of a patch of calabaza pumpkin/squash - cape-coral-daily-breeze.com http://bit.ly/1B8DQuz
Florida Survival Gardening: Beautiful winter squash/Kobocha pumpkins http://buff.ly/1fbvkro
The Pumpkin Of The Tropics Likes Florida, Too, Research Shows » University of Florida http://buff.ly/1IQbxYD
Calabaza are squash-like vegetables that look like pumpkins and taste like sweet potatoes.
The word calabaza is derived from the Persian term for melon (kharbuz). The French term "calabasse", and hence the English "calabash", is based on the older Spanish. In common use "calabash" refers to a gourd native to the African continent, while "calabaza" refers to a gourd native to the Americas. In North America, the word "calabaza" refers to any of several species of tropical gourds of the genus Cucurbita.
First cultivated for food in pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica as one of the "three sisters" of squash, maize, and climbing beans (typically tepary beans or common beans). Cultivated species produce gourds in a variety of shapes. However all are creeping, annual tropical vines with large lobed leaves and branching tendrils. The skin color reflects hybrids, varying from dark green to light yellow. The flesh can also vary in color, but most common is bright orange or yellow. Varieties differ in taste and texture.
Vines grow to 50-foot lengths. Set the pumpkins on a dry surface to protect them from bugs and worms.
Not only the fruit, but the blooms and several parts of the plant are edible.
Unlike the Seminole pumpkin, calabaza vines are susceptible to downey mildew and encounter a disorder called silverleaf caused by the sweet potato white fly. Both Seminole pumpkin and calabaza are comfortable in hot weather conditions. The leaves are green with mottled grey markings. It requires 3 months from seedling to harvesting the fruits.
References:
Calabaza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://bit.ly/1B8BUSX
Calabaza: Grocery Store On A Vine | Not Dabbling In Normal http://bit.ly/1B8D6pp
In search of a patch of calabaza pumpkin/squash - cape-coral-daily-breeze.com http://bit.ly/1B8DQuz
Florida Survival Gardening: Beautiful winter squash/Kobocha pumpkins http://buff.ly/1fbvkro
The Pumpkin Of The Tropics Likes Florida, Too, Research Shows » University of Florida http://buff.ly/1IQbxYD
Seminole pumpkin is a perennial vegetable in South Florida, great cover crop, disease resistant
Seminole pumpkin (winter squash) is a Rare Heirloom Perennial Native American Pumpkin that Stores Up to a Year. It is very easy to grow and it is resistant to most bacterial and viral infections. Caterpillar infestations are easily controlled with organic BT spray.
Seminole pumpkin is a great cover crop to grow over your lawn. It reduces the need to cut the grass and you get pumpkins! There is a reported story that a single plant was started, 4 years later it tool over 4 acres and there were 400 pumpkins at any one point. The fruit is green and turns beige when ripe. It can be eaten at any stage. All parts of the fruit are edible, including the skin, and it can be eaten raw. Young fruits can be pickled, and the seeds are eaten raw or roasted. The flowers, leaves, and young stems are eaten as a green vegetable or added to soups.
Seminole Pumpkins: Easy to Grow Yet Strangely Variable in Genetics - from David The Good YouTube channel:
Video: John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com goes on a field trip to a green market in South Florida to learn about the Rare Native American Seminole Pumpkin. In this video you will learn about this Perennial Pumpkin that can grow year round in Florida. After watching this video you will learn how just a dozen plants produced over 300 pumpkins in just 13 months:
Cultivation
The vines will grow widely spreading along the surface of the ground, rooting at nodes, or they may be grown on trellises or other supports. They have a strong tendency to climb on upright objects, clambering over other plants, or growing up tree trunks and limbs. Leaves on older fruiting branches die back but younger branches will continue the growth of the plant.
Video: The Seminole Pumpkin, a local favorite! See how they're grown, then back to the kitchen to make a pie for dessert - from SGTV:
Video: Squash can be used as a Living Mulch to Conserve Water, Suppress Weeds and Create Micro Climates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YarGB-OA28I
Basics For Seed Starting Cucumbers, Zucchini & Squash: Heavy Feeders & Heat Lovers - TRG 2015: Squash, Cucumbers and Zucchini... And Melons and Pumpkins are warm weather crops. They love water, nitrogen and organic matter. You really have to give them what they want to grow well. If you are starting them indoors they need to be started in larger containers, fed and transplanted at week 4 or 5 into the ground.
References:
Seminole Pumpkin | Eat The Weeds and other things, too http://bit.ly/1CzHOSt
Echo farm info sheet on Seminole pumpkin
https://www.echocommunity.org/ne/resources/c202c2a6-f40d-46c5-870d-c09c2750e2fa.pdf
Related videos:
2014 Seminole Pumpkin Harvest & Easy Winter Squash Recipe! - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr1ilggZ5xA
Seminole pumpkin is a great cover crop to grow over your lawn. It reduces the need to cut the grass and you get pumpkins! There is a reported story that a single plant was started, 4 years later it tool over 4 acres and there were 400 pumpkins at any one point. The fruit is green and turns beige when ripe. It can be eaten at any stage. All parts of the fruit are edible, including the skin, and it can be eaten raw. Young fruits can be pickled, and the seeds are eaten raw or roasted. The flowers, leaves, and young stems are eaten as a green vegetable or added to soups.
Seminole Pumpkins: Easy to Grow Yet Strangely Variable in Genetics - from David The Good YouTube channel:
Video: John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com goes on a field trip to a green market in South Florida to learn about the Rare Native American Seminole Pumpkin. In this video you will learn about this Perennial Pumpkin that can grow year round in Florida. After watching this video you will learn how just a dozen plants produced over 300 pumpkins in just 13 months:
Cultivation
The vines will grow widely spreading along the surface of the ground, rooting at nodes, or they may be grown on trellises or other supports. They have a strong tendency to climb on upright objects, clambering over other plants, or growing up tree trunks and limbs. Leaves on older fruiting branches die back but younger branches will continue the growth of the plant.
Video: The Seminole Pumpkin, a local favorite! See how they're grown, then back to the kitchen to make a pie for dessert - from SGTV:
Video: Squash can be used as a Living Mulch to Conserve Water, Suppress Weeds and Create Micro Climates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YarGB-OA28I
Basics For Seed Starting Cucumbers, Zucchini & Squash: Heavy Feeders & Heat Lovers - TRG 2015: Squash, Cucumbers and Zucchini... And Melons and Pumpkins are warm weather crops. They love water, nitrogen and organic matter. You really have to give them what they want to grow well. If you are starting them indoors they need to be started in larger containers, fed and transplanted at week 4 or 5 into the ground.
References:
Seminole Pumpkin | Eat The Weeds and other things, too http://bit.ly/1CzHOSt
Echo farm info sheet on Seminole pumpkin
https://www.echocommunity.org/ne/resources/c202c2a6-f40d-46c5-870d-c09c2750e2fa.pdf
Related videos:
2014 Seminole Pumpkin Harvest & Easy Winter Squash Recipe! - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr1ilggZ5xA
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