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Kabocha! Flavour is good, as good as Kuri. I was given some seed by the Shumei Japanese farmers, it is in the table as Squash Kabocha: trouble is it will have crossed with the Kuri, if I grow from its seed.
I appreciate it is may be too early to tell, how did the two ‘Japanese’ beds get-on this year. Going by those beautiful Kabocha, pretty well! I would welcome an update. Will you & the Shumei be doing it again in 2014. Hoping to make a visit to the Shumei Farmers in 2014. & Does Steph make Kabocha Pumpkin Pie? A load of qu.s, making a Perfect Pumpkin Pie is on my list for 2014.
Hi David,
Funnily enough the results are there, above the squash photo in December 2013 This Month.
Certainly one can draw no conclusions yet. It was interesting how the heat loving plants (beans, squash) struggled to establish on the undug bed with no compost, while beets and leeks were fine. I think that the beans and squash need to root rapidly in June and July but decomposing roots of pasture were slowing them down, and there was no compost to help – see the high yield of squash on bed 3.
The Shumei farm at Yatesbury ran a similar trial but it got overgrown with weeds, I think they are stopping it…
We have used the squash in soupls and bakes only!
Oh dear, seems I’m very forgetful & it’s only the 3rd!
My mother used to roast pumpkin in NZ, to die for!!(never a pie though),
probably much better for you baked!Hope you are continuing your Shumei Test next year….
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