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Sign up freeCucurbita moschata
vegetable
Bees
Bumblebees🐝 Needs pollinatorsNeeds full season to develop sweet flavour. Harvest when skin is uniformly tan and stem begins to dry. Stores for months in a cool dry place.
🐛 Prone to: Aphids, Whitefly.
Attract Hoverflies, Lacewings, Ladybirds, Parasitic wasps to keep them in check — plant African Marigold, Angelica and Anise nearby.
Rich, well-draining, warm — mulch generously
Cucurbita pepo var. turbinata
vegetableA fellow Cucurbitaceae — similar growing habits to Butternut Squash
