Difference between revisions of "Tatume"
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| + | [[File:07-tatume-sm.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Fully mature fruit, Sept 2019 ©Kelly]] | ||
| + | [[File:tatume2.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Tatume (fresh eating size), Jul 2019 ©Kelly]] | ||
| + | [[File:Tatume1.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Tatume flower, Jul 2019 ©Kelly]] | ||
'''Grower:''' [[:Category:AB_GI_K|Kelly]] | '''Grower:''' [[:Category:AB_GI_K|Kelly]] | ||
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!width="100"| 2019 | !width="100"| 2019 | ||
| − | |width="750" align="left"| | + | |width="750" align="left"| The rains this year didn't keep this one down - the vines required a lot of cutting back so they didn't take over the whole garden. I got a really great harvest despite it all. There seems to be some built in powdery mildew resistance - these plants didn't start to succumb until very late in the season and after a good solid 4-6 weeks of almost solid rains. |
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!style="background:#d9f1d5;" width="100"| 2011 | !style="background:#d9f1d5;" width="100"| 2011 | ||
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| + | : Medium green with light green striping | ||
;Flesh Colour | ;Flesh Colour | ||
| + | : Off-white | ||
;Maturity (days) | ;Maturity (days) | ||
| − | : 55 days | + | : 55 days (for eating like zucchini - fruit should be roughly the size of a softball) |
| + | : 100-110 days (for eating like a winter squash, or saving seed) | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Latest revision as of 08:49, 5 April 2020
Grower: Kelly
Year: 2011, 2019
Accession: 140
Species: C. pepo
Comments:
2019 The rains this year didn't keep this one down - the vines required a lot of cutting back so they didn't take over the whole garden. I got a really great harvest despite it all. There seems to be some built in powdery mildew resistance - these plants didn't start to succumb until very late in the season and after a good solid 4-6 weeks of almost solid rains. 2011 Extremely vigorous vining summer squash, best when eaten young as a summer squash (medium to dark green), but can be left to mature on the vine and cured to keep as a winter squash for several months (golden yellow). For eating like a zucchini, harvest is at about 45-50 days, for mature it's about 80 - 90 days. Excellent flavour, very firm. When cured as a winter squash it's reminiscent of spaghetti squash. Needs lots of room to grow, does well with trellising.
Growth Observations
- Growth Type
- Vining
- Squash Use
- Skin Colour
- Medium green with light green striping
- Flesh Colour
- Off-white
- Maturity (days)
- 55 days (for eating like zucchini - fruit should be roughly the size of a softball)
- 100-110 days (for eating like a winter squash, or saving seed)
History
- Also known as 'Tatume' and 'Calabacita'
- Heirloom popular in Mexico.
