# Cucurbits **URL:** https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/c/projects/cucurbits/8.md [Latest](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/latest.md) · [Categories](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/categories.md) · [Tags](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/tags.md) --- ## [SQUASH (Maxima and Moschata) 2026 european focus crop](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/squash-maxima-and-moschata-2026-european-focus-crop/4386)
**Author:** [@Laura](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Laura)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/squash-maxima-and-moschata-2026-european-focus-crop/4386 "2026-10-24T13:23:04Z")
Hi! This will be the thread for Squash for the European Focus Crop project 2025. If you want to read more about the project you can do so here: Community project: Focus crops in Europe I volunteered as a coordinator … --- ## [Maxima for flavor in Denmark](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/maxima-for-flavor-in-denmark/4548)
**Author:** [@malterod](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/malterod)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2026, 9:12am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/maxima-for-flavor-in-denmark/4548 "2026-10-15T09:12:29Z")
This thread documents my growing of Cucurbita maxima. A branch of my other cucurbita landrace projects at culinary school. --- ## [Tetsukabuto croce](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/tetsukabuto-croce/4706)
**Author:** [@Adrian](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Adrian)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/tetsukabuto-croce/4706 "2026-10-12T21:41:40Z")
Hi, I present you my project with tetsukabuto The project is to combinated the taste of violino rogosa and the pulpit of tetsukabuto in a more early variety. This project has giving exceptionnals things but he i… --- ## [WATERMELON 2026 European Focus Crop](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/watermelon-2026-european-focus-crop/4400)
**Author:** [@ThomasPicard](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/ThomasPicard)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 7:36pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/watermelon-2026-european-focus-crop/4400 "2026-09-18T19:36:41Z")
Hi, just to launch that as I’m gonna be the coordinator, as decided in Croatia. This first post will be regularly edited to have a recap of what we are doing together. I’ll keep also a downloadable PDF updated also in … --- ## [Zuchetta landrace: Very long-necked unripe moschata (tromboncino-type)](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/zuchetta-landrace-very-long-necked-unripe-moschata-tromboncino-type/1671)
**Author:** [@malterod](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/malterod)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2026, 8:43pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/zuchetta-landrace-very-long-necked-unripe-moschata-tromboncino-type/1671 "2026-09-13T20:43:25Z")
Based on my first year growing diverse moschata and taste testing every fruit with chef students, I’m considering dividing my hypothetical moschata landrace into two types, one for cooking (ripe), the other for using raw… --- ## [Who's interested in a grex of squashes that are interspecies hybrids?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/whos-interested-in-a-grex-of-squashes-that-are-interspecies-hybrids/1008)
**Author:** [@UnicornEmily](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/UnicornEmily)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/whos-interested-in-a-grex-of-squashes-that-are-interspecies-hybrids/1008 "2026-08-13T20:18:13Z")
I remember last year, when we were collecting seeds for the first grexes, several people mentioned having interspecies hybrid squashes they were working with. It seems to me interspecies hybrid squashes may be a great s… --- ## [Call me a Rebel--spaghetti squash / zucchini crosses](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/call-me-a-rebel-spaghetti-squash-zucchini-crosses/78)
**Author:** [@UnicornEmily](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/UnicornEmily)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2026, 1:20am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/call-me-a-rebel-spaghetti-squash-zucchini-crosses/78 "2026-08-07T01:20:55Z")
I saw earlier someone mention that they had a spaghetti squash / zucchini cross that they really liked, despite having been advised that one “shouldn’t” cross spaghetti squash with zucchinis. Well, I second the motion t… --- ## [Lenis Landraces in Northern Germany](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/lenis-landraces-in-northern-germany/4884)
**Author:** [@Leni](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Leni)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2026, 7:30am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/lenis-landraces-in-northern-germany/4884 "2026-08-06T07:30:08Z")
I have started multiple small Landrace projects but I think this one is the one I am most excited about :smiley: Cucurbita maxima My Goals Taste (nutty and maybe a bit sweet) Texture (nice and creamy, no floury textur… --- ## [Advice on a moschata population](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/advice-on-a-moschata-population/4936)
**Author:** [@Holly\_S](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Holly_S)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2026, 4:16am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/advice-on-a-moschata-population/4936 "2026-08-02T04:16:18Z")
Hi everyone, I’m looking for some advice on a Cucurbita moschata population we are growing this year for the Farmer Stewardship Programme. I started this population about 4 years ago, mixing up several early fruiting var… --- ## [Pickling squash](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/pickling-squash/3681)
**Author:** [@malterod](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/malterod)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2026, 11:09pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/pickling-squash/3681 "2026-07-10T23:09:40Z")
I’ve gotten seed from an old Danish landrace called “Grøn køkkengræskar” (Green kitchen squash). Traditionally used as a pickling squash. It gets pretty large and the fruits are varied, but mostly green with stripes. I b… --- ## [Spacing squash](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/spacing-squash/4799)
**Author:** [@KadenceLunemann](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/KadenceLunemann)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2026, 7:21pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/spacing-squash/4799 "2026-05-28T19:21:52Z")
I’m going to be direct seeding my squash soon. I thought it would be interesting to have a spacing for squash thread to discuss what we are doing and why we did it that way. I’m wondering how the spacing can impact whic… --- ## [Pattern returning to Moschata in storage](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/pattern-returning-to-moschata-in-storage/4690)
**Author:** [@MichaelFomhar](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/MichaelFomhar)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2026, 7:06am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/pattern-returning-to-moschata-in-storage/4690 "2026-04-05T07:06:56Z")
A first for me, one of my storage Moschata squash has a pattern returning as it maybe over matures? Anyone else have this happen and know if it’s still any good eating? I’m selecting for long storage, and don’t want to… --- ## [Cucurbita argyrosperma (aka C. mixta) - Cushaw pumpkin, pie pumpkin, silver seed gourd](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/cucurbita-argyrosperma-aka-c-mixta-cushaw-pumpkin-pie-pumpkin-silver-seed-gourd/1399)
**Author:** [@markwkidd](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/markwkidd)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/cucurbita-argyrosperma-aka-c-mixta-cushaw-pumpkin-pie-pumpkin-silver-seed-gourd/1399 "2026-03-29T19:09:54Z")
Cucurbita argyosperma is pretty common here In Central Appalachia, where it has a reputation of being resistant to diseases and pests. I have only started growing it recently, but in my experience, that seems to be true… --- ## [Cucurbita landraces for culinary school (Copenhagen, Denmark)](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/cucurbita-landraces-for-culinary-school-copenhagen-denmark/1472)
**Author:** [@malterod](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/malterod)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/cucurbita-landraces-for-culinary-school-copenhagen-denmark/1472 "2026-02-04T15:30:46Z")
I want to document my project of growing pumpkin and squash (Cucurbita maxima, C. moschata and C. pepo) for local adaption and productivity - eventually for flavor and usefulness in restaurant kitchens. The project will… --- ## [Cucurbita maxima landrace in Switzerland](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/cucurbita-maxima-landrace-in-switzerland/1434)
**Author:** [@Laura](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Laura)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/cucurbita-maxima-landrace-in-switzerland/1434 "2025-11-11T17:01:24Z")
Last year I bought a slice of some squash at a farm stand. It had very dense flesh, ideal for searing in a frying pan and then adding to salads (I don’t like mushy vegetables in a salad. They have to be crunchy or dense)… --- ## [Network and potentialization of a squash selection (+Loy's studies)](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/network-and-potentialization-of-a-squash-selection-loys-studies/3216)
**Author:** [@ThomasPicard](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/ThomasPicard)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2025, 9:19am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/network-and-potentialization-of-a-squash-selection-loys-studies/3216 "2025-11-09T09:19:55Z")
(priorly posted in @polarca topic on her remarkable selection work on melons in the most crazy environment… Sorry for the prior hijack :wink:. This version is edited with her simple tip: using coffee filters) I will mak… --- ## [Breeding non-bitter cucurbita pepo nest egg gourd, johnny gourd, coyote gourd](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/breeding-non-bitter-cucurbita-pepo-nest-egg-gourd-johnny-gourd-coyote-gourd/168)
**Author:** [@Seeds](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Seeds)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/breeding-non-bitter-cucurbita-pepo-nest-egg-gourd-johnny-gourd-coyote-gourd/168 "2025-11-01T00:43:32Z")
Mark Kidd 2022-11-14T08:00:00Z (UTC) Background== From my understanding, evidence from archaeology, genetics, and molecular biology strongly suggests that Cucurbita pepo was domesticated twice. One group of squashes t… --- ## [Question about summer / winter pepo squash mixing](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/question-about-summer-winter-pepo-squash-mixing/2823)
**Author:** [@courtneyanne12](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/courtneyanne12)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/question-about-summer-winter-pepo-squash-mixing/2823 "2025-05-26T13:01:24Z")
Newbie landracer here. I got the pepo summer squash variety from Going to Seed and planted this year. About 30 plants total. Today, while inspecting the plants and grabbing some to taste test, I saw some that were odd… --- ## [Kiwano Landrace Update](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/kiwano-landrace-update/566)
**Author:** [@Lowell\_McCampbell](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Lowell_McCampbell)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 11:21am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/kiwano-landrace-update/566 "2025-05-19T11:21:40Z")
Yesterday I opened the last of the kiwano melons that were harvested around mid-October because we had a very early frost that killed the plants. Most of the plants were extremely frost sensitive. They were still very ju… --- ## [What would you like to see in a pepo squash grex?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/what-would-you-like-to-see-in-a-pepo-squash-grex/1006)
**Author:** [@UnicornEmily](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/UnicornEmily)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/what-would-you-like-to-see-in-a-pepo-squash-grex/1006 "2025-02-24T23:31:30Z")
Hi, guys! I’ve volunteered to be the seed steward for pepo squashes this year. I think it would be great to split pepo squashes into a number of different grexes. Selected for drought tolerance. Selected for powdery … --- ## [Pepo multi-way cross that doubles as "pumpkin", cold climate](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/pepo-multi-way-cross-that-doubles-as-pumpkin-cold-climate/1613)
**Author:** [@polarca](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/polarca)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/pepo-multi-way-cross-that-doubles-as-pumpkin-cold-climate/1613 "2025-02-20T21:43:53Z")
Thread was a mess, split into 2… --- ## [What kind of squash is this?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/what-kind-of-squash-is-this/3525)
**Author:** [@adembska](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/adembska)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/what-kind-of-squash-is-this/3525 "2025-02-20T14:15:11Z")
This came from a GTS packet of moschata seeds–unless I mixed up the seedlings by mistake! Do you think it is a moschata? I was looking at Joseph L’s page on identifying squashes, and it doesn’t look like any of the pictu… --- ## [Have you ever kept two cucurbit populations separate?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/have-you-ever-kept-two-cucurbit-populations-separate/164)
**Author:** [@UnicornEmily](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/UnicornEmily)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/have-you-ever-kept-two-cucurbit-populations-separate/164 "2025-02-10T12:50:00Z")
Next year, I want to grow a wildly crossing pepo landrace. I’ll be planting, at last count: The Reckless Pepo grex. My spaghetti zucchinis. My tatumes that probably crossed with them. My spaghetti pattypans that proba… --- ## [Spaghetti squash and limited variety options](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/spaghetti-squash-and-limited-variety-options/912)
**Author:** [@Rosma](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Rosma)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/spaghetti-squash-and-limited-variety-options/912 "2025-01-17T21:26:42Z")
Hi! I want to start landracing with spaghetti squash, but there are only one or two varieties available where I live. I’m wondering if selecting for the spaghetti texture is too narrow a criteria for landracing, even if … --- ## [Rugosa friualana - moschata or pepo?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/rugosa-friualana-moschata-or-pepo/3034)
**Author:** [@malterod](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/malterod)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2024, 8:14am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/rugosa-friualana-moschata-or-pepo/3034 "2024-10-16T08:14:54Z")
I got squash seed from @Logan this year to grow out. The variety is called Rugosa friulana. On the seed packets in Italy, they call them zuchetta and mark them C. moschata. Vivi tells me her Rugosa friulana crosses with … --- ## [Melons and watermelons in southern Finland](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/melons-and-watermelons-in-southern-finland/2549)
**Author:** [@JesseI](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/JesseI)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2024, 12:43pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/melons-and-watermelons-in-southern-finland/2549 "2024-09-29T12:43:59Z")
I sowed my melons and watermelons (all that is covered with black plastic) a couple of days ago (25.5). The weather has been really favorable for them, besides that it’s been extremely dry. The highs have been often over… --- ## [Wildly mixed pepo squashes](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/wildly-mixed-pepo-squashes/1425)
**Author:** [@UnicornEmily](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/UnicornEmily)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/wildly-mixed-pepo-squashes/1425 "2024-08-13T23:06:16Z")
Hi, guys! Who here has grown plants from last year’s reckless pepo mix? Or plants from any other interesting Cucurbita pepo mixes? What can you report about the fruits you’ve harvested? :smiley: --- ## [Pumpkin Landrace](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/pumpkin-landrace/196)
**Author:** [@Lowell\_McCampbell](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Lowell_McCampbell)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/pumpkin-landrace/196 "2024-05-05T00:35:59Z")
2022-10-13T07:00:00Z (UTC) I am considering doing a pumpkin (pepo varieties) landrace next year and was wondering if anyone had any input on if this is a viable thing to do or how I should go about it. Typically I never… --- ## [My Going To Seed story so far](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/my-going-to-seed-story-so-far/1223)
**Author:** [@Ken1](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Ken1)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 3:36am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/my-going-to-seed-story-so-far/1223 "2024-04-26T03:36:34Z")
Hi, Debbie, I ordered the c maxima and c moschata seeds from Going To Seed, and added them to my own grexes. In mid-April, I started 72 triple-seed sets (1 max, 1 moschata, and 1 pepo seed in each cell of the start-tra… --- ## [Interested in growing out some rare muskmelons?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/interested-in-growing-out-some-rare-muskmelons/2410)
**Author:** [@anna](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/anna)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/interested-in-growing-out-some-rare-muskmelons/2410 "2024-04-24T18:43:51Z")
We are getting some rare seeds from the US Department of Agriculture seedbank, unavailable in any catalog! Most are landraces, all are reported to be sweet and mature in under 70 days. Our hope is to grow as many of thes… [Next page](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/c/projects/cucurbits/8.md?page=1)