Green Hokkaido
Green Hokkaido is a green, trailing Hokkaido variety. Notable for its specially fine flavour and its long storage capacity. It should be marketed in succession to Red Kuri. Dark green skin, fruit flesh yellow to orange. Particularly delicate flavour, the skin is edible too.
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Characteristics
Time to maturity in days: 110Botanical name: Cucurbita maximaFruit weight: 1.5-2 kgTrailing: yesEdible skin: yes
Origin
Multiplier: Demeterhof Funk / Matthias Funk, Landwirtschaft Ott Bernhard Cerifications: Demeter, Naturland
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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Matthias Funk
Matthias Funk propagates Demeter-certified seeds on his farm in Oberndorf, near Donauwörth at the confluence of the Danube and Lech rivers in the Lechauen.


Landwirtschaft Ott Bernhard
Bernhard Ott’s Naturland farm is located in Reimlingen, at the heart of the Donau-Ries region.
