Starke Ayres Pumpkin Queensland Blue 100g

Stark Ayres Pumpkin Queensland Blue 100g is a heritage pumpkin variety producing large, blue-grey, heavily ribbed fruits with deep orange, dry-textured flesh. Queensland Blue is a storage pumpkin valued for its excellent keeping quality, thick dry flesh suited to roasting and soups, and distinctive appearance. It is well adapted to South African garden conditions and performs reliably in warm-season production.

Stark Ayres is one of South Africa's most established seed producers, providing home gardeners and market growers with quality vegetable, lawn, and flower seeds for decades. Queensland Blue pumpkins are known for their dense, richly flavoured flesh and long post-harvest shelf life, making them a popular choice for South African home gardeners and smallholding food producers who want to store pumpkins for use through autumn and winter.

• Variety: Queensland Blue, large, blue-grey ribbed skin, dense orange dry flesh
• Seed quantity: 100g
• Plant type: Spreading vine, allow 3 to 4m space per plant
• Days to maturity: Approximately 100 to 120 days from transplanting
• Sowing season: Spring (September to November in most SA regions)
• Application: Home vegetable garden, smallholding food production
• Storage: Excellent post-harvest shelf life, suitable for long-term storage

Sow in warm soil with ample space. Deep, infrequent watering during fruit development encourages dense flesh development. Delivered nationwide by Move.store.