General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Various insects

Victory Seed Company sells seeds of 'Green Striped Cushaw'.

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Common names
  • Cushaw Pumpkin

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Location: Test garden
Location: Home garden
Date: 2020-07-23
By KYgal
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens Zone 5
Date: Sep 14, 2011 9:20 AM
Fruits average 10 - 20 pounds each
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2008-08-05
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5
Date: 2011-09-28
Approx. Sixteen Inches Long and Twelve Pounds Worth
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-08-27
With early fruit formation.

 Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2014-09-24

Date: 2015-10-12

Date: 2011-09-11
Green Striped Cushaw

Courtesy Sustainable Seed Company
  • Uploaded by vic

 Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2014-09-24

Date: 2014-09-24
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Comments:
  • Posted by farmerdill (Augusta Georgia - Zone 8a) on Oct 13, 2015 2:17 PM concerning plant:
    Probably the best of the cushaws, and certainly the most popular. In the south it is more reliable than C. pepo or C. maxima pumpkins. I have grown the Jonathon, Gold Striped, and Tennesee Sweet Potato. Green Striped produced when the others failed.

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