Pumpkin Seeds October 14, 2007
Posted by Graham in : Food, Gardens, Permaculture , trackbackIf I were only to grow one vegetable, I think it would be pumpkins- easy to grow, nutritious and delicious, many of the smaller varieties- like Pompeon or the orange-fleshed Uchiki Kuri
are as sweet as sweet potatoes and store really well- until March or even April.
This year for the first time I grew a variety more know for its naked seeds- Lady Godiva. This variety is grown for its seeds which are “naked” ie they dont have husks so can be eaten straight out of the fruit, or dried and stored.
A neighbour gave me some seeds late in the season, so I didnt start them until late June but they still did quite well.
Here are the seeds from one of the pumpkins. Highly nutritious in themselves, being rich in magnesium, manganese and phosphorous, and a good source of iron, copper, protein, and zinc, pumpkin seeds store for even longer than the fruit and are well worth growing for this reason.
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i’ve been looking for naked seed pumpkins - any chance you can pop some in the post?!
PS. Nice site, great-looking place!
Sure, but they probably will have crossed with the Uchiki Kuri
so you may not get the same kind of pumpkin.