Cucurbita pepo 'Sweet Dumpling' (Squash 'Sweet Dumpling')
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0.9m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
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4 hours care per year |
Botanical name: Cucurbita pepo 'Sweet Dumpling'
Other names: Squash 'Sweet Dumpling'
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Genus: Cucurbita
Variety or cultivar: 'Sweet Dumpling' _ 'Sweet Dumpling' is a good variety of squash producing many small, rounded, white with green striped vegetables with good flavour in autumn.
Cucurbita pepo 'Sweet Dumpling' is: Deciduous
Flower: Yellow in Summer
Foliage: Green in Summer
Fruit: Green, White, Striped in Autumn
Habit: Clump-forming, Irregular
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Specific pests: Eelworm (stem and bulb) , Mice , Red spider mite (box and other) , Slugs , Snails
Specific diseases: Anthracnose diseases , Basal rot , Black rot , Mosaic virus , Foot and root rot , Grey mould , Powdery mildew , Sclerotinia diseases , Verticillium wilt
General care
Propagation methods: Seed. REGISTER to read more...
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Cucurbita pepo 'Sweet Dumpling' (Squash 'Sweet Dumpling') will reach a height of 0.5m and a spread of 0.9m after 1-2 years.
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Suggested uses: Add to salads, Beds and borders, Flavouring food and drinks
Cultivation: Plant in deep, fertile, sandy, and ideally slightly acidic soil. Squash are not hardy - site in full sun in a sheltered position. Soak seeds before germination. Squash plants started under cover can be planted out once all danger of frost is past.
| This plant likes... | Garden match | |
| Soil types: | Loamy, Sandy |  |
| Soil drainage: | Well-drained | |
| Soil pH: | Acid, Neutral | |
| Light: | Full Sun | |
| Aspect: | South, West | |
| Exposure: | Sheltered | |
| Hardiness: | Tender in frost (H3) | |
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"Referred by garden designer Charlotte Rowe. Very impressed...will get out into the garden this week!"
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