Pumpkin, Styrian (Cucurbita pepo) seeds, organic

$3.95

Family:  Gourd (Cucurbitaceae)

Annual.  90 days to maturity.

(Hull-less Pumpkin, Naked-seeded Pumpkin–Standard Vining Type) This is a unique pumpkin cultivar developed in the province of Styria in Austria.  These pumpkins have a seed that is encased only in a thin membrane, which may be consumed along with the seed.  The seeds can be lightly toasted with a little salt or eaten raw and uncooked. Traditional usage (TWM): prostate health.  Source of a high-grade dark fixed oil used in cookery.  The flesh of the pumpkin is thin, bright yellow, coarse textured, tasty. The Styrian pumpkin plant is problem-free, fast-growing and a rewardingly prolific producer of the large fruits.   Prepare the hill or the bed with plenty of aged manure or compost, direct-seed the seeds, and be careful not to overwater–these seeds have no testa and can rot.  Just sow in warm, moist soil and don’t water again until they germinate.  Choose the three best seedlings from the hill (or if row cropping, thin to 1 plant every 3 feet).  Keep weeded and watered.  Vines will soon become self-mulching.    Harvest and processing: Harvest pumpkins after maturity (they go from green to striped orange/green) or right away after first frost.  Split open and scoop out seeds and spaghetti onto a table screen.  Using your hands, work the mash until the seeds are free of spaghetti. It is usually best to not use water.  Scoop up the seeds and spread them out on screens to dry, stirring several times per day, until the seeds are dry and stable.  Store in paper bags.

Packet contains 10 seeds
10 g contains ~47 seeds
100 g contains ~470 seeds
Certified Organically Grown

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    deepesh.a119

    When will this styrian pumpkin be back in stock again? I’m waiting to buy this, caigua and other things too. Also, please make available sweet granadilla (Passiflora ligularis) and other cultivars of passion fruit too. Also, please make available other types of chilli peppers and tomatoes. None of these exotic varieties are available in my country. I want to buy from you and ship to a friend in USA. (who will bring it to me when he comes for a visit.)

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      hello deepesh, thanks for writing! Last year was a very short growing season for us due to late spring and early frost. That’s why we didn’t renew our offerings on styrian pumpkin and caigua–we’ll probably do well with them this year–that’s the way of it–hit waitlist and you’ll get an e-mail when the new crop comes in. We grow all our own peppers and tomatoes, so its not exactly the same as other sellers who are buying and reselling seeds. We think it is difficult to improve upon Aleppo Peppers, African Cayenne, Chadwick’s Cherries, Old German and Mandarin. With luck we’ll continue to be able to offer them as the seasons come and go. richo

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    Nancy

    Will you get these back in stock for next year? Is there a list I can get on to be notified of availability?

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      Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      hi nancy, yes, these are going to be direct-seeded here on the high elevation farm sometime in june and nature willing we will have the seeds again next year. there’s a green “waitlist” button where you leave your e-mail. hit that. richo

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    Jonnie (verified owner)

    Can you eat the flesh of these pumpkins as well?

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    Amethyst Trotter

    This listing is intriguing. I have a manual oil press and I’m wondering if these seeds would be easier to press oil from or perhaps dried and made into a flour?

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      Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      Hi Amethyst, Well, they are famous for being easy to press into a high-end oil that is similar to (some say superior to) olive oil. The flour would be very dense. Richo

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    Brenda

    Are these non GMO?

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    Patricia L Wood

    Time to receive Syrian seed packet for planting

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    • Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      Hi Patricia, Sorry, I don’t understand the question. Please confirm that you’re mentioning the Styrian pumpkin seed. These are currently in stock from the new harvest and shipping time is about a week. richo

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    Richo Cech

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    I have grown these in 2 places three years running, one garden in the foothills and another in the valley.  The garden in the foothills consistently gives better results, and after repeating the experiment over and over, I realize that the plant probably prefers to grow at a bit of elevation, although it will grow serviceably well at sea level.  Larger pumpkins do not necessarily produce more seeds–middle sized pumpkins seem to give the best seed yield per weight. Split seeds are often an issue, and except for the fact that these make for excellent eating when fresh, split seeds are not particularly desirable.  I was working away at a pile of pumpkins and they had zero split seeds.  Then, after 2 days the full moon came into her own and the pumpkins started to show LOTS of split seeds.  Hmmmm.  I used to recommend working the seeds on a tablescreen with garden hose to wash them off, but now I don’t put any water on them at all.  It just makes them slippier and messier and harder to dry.  I put the table screen (1/8 inch mesh) on a slight incline and keep pulling the mass of seeds and flesh toward me and squeezing it and working the seeds out of it.  The spaghetti tends to stay on the screen up near where I am, and the free seeds slip down away from me and can easily be scooped up and put in a bucket or right in the drying screen.  It takes 5 days of good drying conditions and daily mixing to come up with a perfectly dry seed. 

    More notes on this particular cultivar:  Selected to perform well in a short season in northerly gardens, we found that these perform very well in our (long summer) zone by direct seeding fairly late in the year.  Planted on the 22nd of June, we had large pumpkins by the 22nd of September.  It is best to get the seed out of them right away, because if stored too long in the pumpkin they can get fuzzy and sour.  Like many Cucurbits, this is a good axillary crop.  We left a wide spacing in the middle of our corn patch, direct seeded right up the middle, watered once per week only, and were well rewarded by pumpkins that found places to grow in the row, in and among the corn, through the corn and out the other side. 

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    • stevemac2667 (verified owner)

      I hope they do ok at my elevation. 6, 000 feet.

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      Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      They do like to grow at elevation.

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    • Pete Kunzman

      How well will these grow in Far Northern Wisconsin. Cant plant out side until first weekend of June. I have a small Green House for starts, which I start every ting in peat pot so I don’t disturb the roots during planting. I even start my corn in peat pots.

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      Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      Hi Pete, First weekend of June is about when I direct-seed my styrian pumpkins down here and they are a very fast pumpkin–you should be able to pull it off. Peat pots are nice because they limit root disturbance at transplant. Richo

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    • MARY ANN EKHOLM

      Are these seeds hybrid, styrean pumpkin? Thank you.

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      Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      Hello Mary Ann,
      Thanks for contacting! We don’t sell any hybrid seeds at all.
      Richo

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      MARY ANN EKHOLM

      How long is the shipping? Thank you.

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      Richo Cech

      Richo Cech

      hi mary ann, thank you for asking that. we’re giving fast service! Most seeders are receiving their goods within a week of ordering. International orders will take longer due to customs. richo

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