Sweet dumpling squash growing – herbaceous of the genus Cucurbita also known as Dumpling squash or Sweet Dumpling , Sweet dumpling squash annual plant, grow as semi vine, vine or creeping vine, can grow in mediterranean, desert, subtropical, temperate or tropic climate and growing in hardiness zone 4+
Flower edible in yellow color with five lobs, female contain semi fruits round green shape, and male flower are smaller
Sweet dumpling squash fruits
Fruit peel is yellow or cream light or dark with green or orange stripes, the shape, round with lobes, inside the fruit is yellow or orange.
Sweet dumpling squash for sale – Seeds or Plants to Buy
Requirements for Sweet dumpling squash growing and care:
Mulch, recommend to watering on the ground and not watering on the leaves or the fruits, the vine species need trellising
What is the best way to start growing?
Seedling / Seed
Is it necessary to graft or use vegetative reproduction?
No
Difficulties or problems when growing:
attacked easily, when the plant attacked in the base if not treatment well it will die
Planting season:
Spring
Pests and diseases:
Powdery mildew, aphids, moth, virus, beetles
Pruning season:
No need. But possible all the season
How to prune:
Infected leaves needed to take out, also try to clean them
Size of the plant?
Height 0.3-2 m (12-80 inches), wide 0.3-1.5 m (12-60 inches)
Growth speed in optimal condition:
Fast growing
Water requirement:
Average amount of water
Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Full Sun
Is it possible to grow as houseplant?
No
Growing is also possible in a planter /flowerpot / containers:
Yes
Blooming information
Bloom season:
Late spring
General information about the flower
Flowers are edible, yellow flower with five lobs, female contain semi fruits rounds green shapes, and male flower are smaller
Thinning the bloom:
Sometimes happened because disease or not enough water, or need hand poination
Pollination is done by:
Bees and more pollinators, by hand
Edible fruits
Fruit harvest season:
Summer
Fruits pests or diseases:
Powdery mildew, mites
What can be done with big quantities of Sweet dumpling squash fruits?
Eaten raw, cooked, grilled, stir fry, stuffed
Work requirements on the fruit:
Sometimes to space it from the ground
How long does it take to bear fruit?
90-110 days
Grow from seeds
Sowing requirement:
Easy to sow no special treatment
Saving seeds until sowing:
Room temperature, dry place
Sowing season:
Spring
Planting spacing:
Depend if trellising 20-30 cm
Depth of Sowing:
1-2 cm
Conditions for seeds germinate:
moist soil, full sun
Watering requires for Seeds:
Average amount of water
Germination time:
5-14 days
Condition of seedling:
Warm weather, big amount of water, full sun, place to trellising
Do the seeds require burying?
No
Scientific name:
Cucurbita pepo
