Gourd Blue Ballet (Cucurbita Maxima)

Species Winter squash (Cucurbita maxima)

At a glance

Lifecycle

Annual

Exposure

Full sun

Germination temperature

15.6–37.8 °C

Ideal germination temperature

35 °C

Time to harvest

75–120 days

Frost limit

0 °C

Good neighbours

• Radish (Raphanus sativus)
• Brown mustard (Brassica juncea)
• Purslane (Portulaca oleracea)

Same genus

• Courgette (Cucurbita pepo)
• Figleaf gourd (Cucurbita ficifolia)
• Butternut squash (Cucurbita moschata)
• Cushaw (Cucurbita argyrosperma)
• Pumpkin (Cucurbita Maxima)
• Missouri gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima)