Red Kuri (Hokkaido) Squash Seeds

(Cucurbita maxima). A red-orange Japanese winter squash. Each fruit is 5-8 lbs heavy and teardrop-shaped. The golden flesh is smooth, dry, sweet, and rich; a great yielding and keeping variety. This style of squash has been traditionally farmed in the Kanazawa, Japan area. It is said that Saichiro Matsumoto of Kanazawa brought this squash back from Fukushima in northern Japan, in 1933. It is one of the Kaga (old name of Kanazawa) traditional vegetables.

• 92 days to maturity
• 6-8 hours of full sun
• Sprouts in 5-10 days
• Seed Depth: 1/2-1”
• Plant Spacing: 18-36"
• Ideal Temperature: 70-95 F
• Frost Hardy: No