PUMPKIN - AUSTRALIAN BUTTER

PUMPKIN - AUSTRALIAN BUTTER

Cucurbita maxima

This is a rare Australian heirloom pumpkin:

Australian Butter has hard shelled fruit that can weigh

up to 7kg. It has an excellent rich nutty taste, tan

coloured skin, thick, dry, deep orange flesh and a

small seed cavity. This pumpkin is excellent for

baking and is a wonderful keeper.

Pumpkin seed should be sown 1.0-2.0cm

deep directly into the garden in richly composted

soil. Space the plants 1m apart in rows 1.5m apart.

Sow three weeks after the last frost has passed in

Cold and Temperate areas and from September to

February in Tropical and Subtropical areas.

Pumpkins do very well when a nitrogen fixing plant,

such as clover or bean plants are grown with them.

pumpkins take at least 21 days to fully ripen once

picked so storage until fully ripe will enhance

pumpkin flavour. Pumpkins hit by frost will not store

for as long as unfrosted pumpkins.

QTY 5 seeds