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Blue Ballet

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SKU
G268
Cucurbita maxima, Cucurbita pepo, Cucurbita moschata
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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.

Sowing calendar

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Planting outside
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Characteristics

Time to maturity in days: 100Botanical name: Cucurbita maximaFruit weight: 1-3 kgTrailing: yesEdible skin: yes

Origin

Breeder: Kultursaat EHZMultiplier: Domäne Fredeburg / Arne von Schulz, Gartenbau Walsegarten Cerifications: Demeter

Cultivation

Direct sowing: from mid of May after the last frostsSeed germination temperature: above 20 °C, with low variations in temperature day/nightPlanting distance: 120-200 x 50-100 cmOptimal amount of plants: 1-1.3 plants/m²Sowing depth: 2-3 cm

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Foto Arne von Schulz

Domäne Fredeburg / Arne von Schulz

The community at Domäne Fredeburg has been farming and gardening on a biodynamic basis for over 30 years. Located by Lake Ratzeburg, east of Hamburg, the farm is home to Arne von Schulz, who devotes himself to vegetable cultivation, seed production, and the organic breeding of new varieties.

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Foto Walsegarten

Gartenbau Walsegarten

At the Walsegarten farm, Sebastian Vornhecke propagates seeds based on biodynamic principles. The farm is located in Dietzenrode, at the western edge of Thuringia near the Werratal, approximately 30 km south of Göttingen. The surrounding landscape is shaped by the forested ridges of the Hainich.

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