Styrian oil pumpkin Herakles (Cucurbita pepo var. styriaca) seeds

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Styrian oil pumpkin 'Herakles' (Cucurbita pepo var. styriaca) seeds

The seeds of this pumpkin variety from Styria can be eaten unpeeled. From them, the aromatic pumpkin oil is pressed.
Contents: Approx. 5 seeds
Open-pollinated variety, seed tested regularly

2,45 €

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SKU: 1032

GTIN: 4250601204543

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The styrian oil pumpkin is a splendid example for fine plant breeding, South styrian farmers carefully selected and bred its crops since 1900 in to create todays variety.
Particular to this oil pumpkin are its ‘thin-skinned’ seeds, which are often classified as ‘skin-less’ seeds. However, ‘soft-skinned’ would be the more precise alternative and would explain well why it is so easy to extract its highly valued pumpkin oil from the seeds.
Although the pumpkin is eatable, its taste is rather plain and it is mostly appreciated for its flavoursome pumpkin seed oil.

Plant description

Species:	Cucurbitaceae
Root system:	Shallow roots
Flower colour:	Yellow
Lifecycle:	Annual
Flowering months:	June July

Growing advice

Sowing depth:	2-3 cm
Planting distance:	150 cm
Bad companion plants:	Dill Cucumber Potatoes
Row spacing:	2 m
Sunlight:	Full sun
Germination time:	5-10 days
Germination temperature:	18-24° C
When to sow outdoors:	May

Start to grow the pre-culture in pots in April. After reaching their frost resilience past the ‘Frost Saints’ period in May, the seedlings can be transplanted outdoors. Good care needs to be taken of the seedlings delicate roots when planted at a distance of 20-35cm from each other, in rows, which ought to be 140-210cm apart. The styrian oil pumpkin grows well on nutrient-rich, permeable soils and thrives in warm climate and when regularly watered well.

Other names

Botanical name:	Cucurbita pepo var. styriaca, C. pepo var. oleifera
German names:	Ölkürbis, Chörbse, Churbez, Kirbes, Sommerkürbis
English names:	Squash, Winter Squash

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Manufacturer information: Magic Garden Seeds GmbH | Junkersstraße 7 | Regensburg, Germany, 93055 | service@magicgardenseeds.com | https://www.magicgardenseeds.com

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