The squash variety Blue Ballet has round, slightly pear shaped fruits with turquoise to blue-green skin and firm yellow-orange flesh. Each plant 1-2 fruits. Good keeper. Slight floury consistency with strongly developed nutty flavour.
Characteristics
Trailing: yesFruit weight: 1-3 kgBotanical name: Cucurbita maximaTime to maturity in days: 100Edible skin: yes
Cultivation
Sowing depth: 2-3 cmSeed germination temperature: above 20 °C, with low variations in temperature day/nightPlanting distance: 120-200 x 50-100 cmDirect sowing: from mid of May after the last frostsOptimal amount of plants: 1-1.3 plants/m²
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Origin
Multiplier: Domäne Fredeburg / Arne von Schulz, WalsegartenBreeder: Kultursaat EHZCerifications: Demeter
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