PUMPKIN-SWEET DUMPLING
PUMPKIN-SWEET DUMPLING
A$3.50
Availability: 43 in stock
Cucurbita pepo
PUMPKIN-SWEET DUMPLING for fruits with delicious, light-golden flesh and fine, sweet texture when baked. The 8-10cm squat fruits weigh about 400-500g, just right for an individual serving and that makes them positively ideal for stuffing & baking. Sweet Dumpling squash is very productive & good keepers. Shaped like small, flat-topped acorn squash. Sweet Dumpling produces eight to ten little fruits per plant. Sweet as honey and small like a dumpling.
Sow seed directly into the garden. Plant in the sunny location in rich, well-drained soil. Keep fairly well watered & fertilize monthly, but avoid constant overwatering & continual use of high-nitrogen fertilizers. An outstanding easy to grow squash. For continued harvest, pick fruit regularly when young.
| Germination Time (Days) | 8 – 16 |
| Harvest Time (Days) | 100 – 140 |
| Sowing Depth (mm) | 15 – 20 |
| Plant Spacing (cm) | 100 – 150 |
| Row Spacing (cm) | 100 – 200 |
| pH | 5 – 7.5 |
| Soil Temperature (°C) | – |
| Hardy / Frost Tender | Frost Tender |
| Sow Direct / Raise Seedlings | Sow Direct |
| Seed Preparation | – |
Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
Plant Height
30 - 45 cm (1 - 1.5 feet)
Season of Interest
Autumn harvest
Temperature Range
18 - 30 °C
Determine / Indeterminate
Annual / Perennial / Biennial
Annual
Frost Hardy / Tender
Frost Tender
Full Sun / Part Sun / Shade
Full Sun
Sow Direct / Raise Seedlings
Direct sow, or start indoors
Soil
Fertile, well-drained loamy soil
pH
6.0 - 6.8
Soil Temperature
20 - 30 °C (68 - 86 °F )
Seed Preparation
No special preparation needed
Sowing Depth
2.5 cm (1 inch)
Plant Spacing
60 cm (2 feet)
Row spacing
1-1.2 meters (3-4 feet)
Watering
Moderate, avoid waterlogging
Germination Time (Days)
7 - 10 days
Harvest Time (Days)
90 - 100 days
Good Companion Plants
Beans, Corn, Radishes
Bad Companion Plants
Potatoes
Pests
Squash vine borers, Aphids
Diseases
Powdery mildew, Anthracnose
More About Us
When I started this journey in 2009, I found nothing existed commercially, that was reasonably priced and easy to use. There was a homemade system which I also found was not that user-friendly.
Then a friend of mine told me about a homemade method she used. However, when I tried her method, I found this also didn’t suit my needs, as it too had flaws that I considered where important. It did not keep vermin out, did not have a lockable lid and (to me) looked unsightly in the garden
