Cushaw Pumpkin or Winter Squash Seeds

Heirloom Cushaw Squash Seeds | Green Striped Pumpkin | Sweet Baking & Pie Variety
Cucurbita mixta
Listing is for 1 packet of minimum 10 seeds
Check out my video tutorial on how to grow squash from seed to harvest: https://youtu.be/t-M1TY9np04

Grow a true heirloom favorite with Cushaw Green Striped Pumpkin Squash Seeds — a beautiful, uniquely shaped pumpkin-squash hybrid that’s both ornamental and delicious! This Southern heirloom variety produces large, long-necked fruits with creamy white skin and bold green stripes, making them just as stunning for fall displays as they are in the kitchen. The flesh is deep orange, mildly sweet, and smooth, perfect for baking, roasting, or pureeing into pies, soups, and casseroles.

Cushaw squash is especially loved by gardeners in warm or humid climates because it’s incredibly heat-tolerant and pest-resistant, often outlasting other pumpkin and winter squash varieties that struggle with squash vine borers and mildew. Each vigorous vine can produce several large fruits, often weighing between 10–20 pounds, with long storage life once cured.

Squash growing tips: To control powdery mildew and other leaf diseases caused by mold, fungus, or bacteria, simply remove yellowing, damaged, or diseased leaves by hand once weekly to decrease the spread. Spray with 1 cup of 3% hydrogen peroxide per gallon of water to clean and disinfect if needed. Spray squash plants with BT (Bacillus thuringiensis) if you noticed chewed up leaves caused by worm/caterpillar infestations. Hand pollinate the female flowers to ensure they get pollinated and produce fruit. 

Planting Instructions
Germination: 5-10 days

Seed Sowing Depth: 1/2” deep 

Sowing: Direct sowing is preferred after your last spring frost date. In warmer climates can also direct sow at the end of summer for a fall harvest.  

How to harvest: For the best flavor and texture harvest when the stem piece connecting the squash to the vine is all dried out and brown. 

Days to maturity: 110 days

Watch this video clip to learn how to hand pollinate: https://youtube.com/shorts/3z7WTkeUCYc

Common Diseases: Squash get a lot of leaf diseases caused by pathogens like molds, fungus spores, bacteria etc.... It is very common, so dont worry. Spray with 1 cup of hydrogen peroxide per gallon of water to clean and disinfect. Repeat every 5 days or so as a preventative, or until you notice the spread of the disease has stopped. 

Common Pests: Critters like rabbits love to munch on newly germinated seedlings, so protection from small animals might be required. If you notice the leaves are chewed up and there are small black, green, or orange balls, worms/caterpillars are chewing up the plants. Spray with BT or spinosad to treat for the worms.    

Do I have a YouTube video tutorial on how to grow this? Not yet

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