A very popular South Africa vegetable, becoming more available in the UK, with a delicious small fruit in August to October. This plant comes from the same family as courgettes and is just as easy to grow and look after. The fruits are cricket ball sized, with dark green outer skins and a pale green tasty flesh. For the novice, Gem Squash can be boiled whole with the skins on (and then halved and butter added) or halved and baked in an oven.
Grow Gem Squash in a sunny position in rich well drained soil. Grow about 1m apart in the garden, or in big pots or on top of a compost heap.
Pack of 10 seeds. Sow March to June indoors. Or sow directly in the soil in mid-May/June. Harvesting starts 70-90 days from sowing, in late summer/early autumn. Sowing instructions and a colour photo are printed on the seed packet.
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