I've been reading about edible pumpkins. This is one id like to try.


Anyone grow and or eat these?

All pumpkins are edible. Some taste better than others.

I'll have to look that one up. My preferred "native" pumpkin is Seminole Squash.

Warrior, I think I grew Seminole down in the amazon. It was the only squash that could withstand all the soil borne diseases they have there. It would throw out a new bunch of roots at every node and keep ahead of all the various vascular wilts

I grew Lakotas this year and had a decent harvest, but haven’t eaten any yet. So not much help I guess. Lol

Let us know what you think when you eat one.

Being a Florida developed squash I imagine it must have the ability to deal with heat and humidity. It is absolutely trouble free for me. I plant it on the edge of the yard and let run and sprawl and don't give it a second thought other than to steer the vines away from the yard. Then pick the pumpkins before frost and they store longer than any other I've ever grown. Still good a year later.

I tried ordering some a couple years back and they finally credited me because they never got anybody back in stock. Are they really "heirloom" or just the name, I never figured that out.

According to this link it's not an heirloom as in the original strain grown by the lakota souix. But it could be considered heirloom as in an open pollinated true breeding selection from older saved seed types.

Heirloom is a rather broad term in seeds but generally it should be true breeding for seed saving and either have a history of or be worthy of preserving as true to type.

I don't think the Lakota grew no squash. The North Dakota tribes, at least the Mandans did. Maybe I've watched too many movies. Drive through the Lakota reservations and seldom see a decent garden.

According to that link the original seed came from native Americans but unknown which tribe. Then it was grown out with other squashes where it apparently crossed with a Hubbard squash.

When the final selection was made it was merely named after the most famous of several possible sources.

There's a lot of things the Lakota used to do that they don't do no more. There's a reason you don't see gardens when you drive through the Lakota reservations.

I wonder why....It always kills me that the tribes in this state all have buffalo herds but they never expand in numbers. You'd think with all the grassland range they have, the tribes would have enough bison to supply a steady supply of meat to the members. Somehow it never happens...

Some of the buffalo from the Rosebud Rez wandered south across the state line onto private property. Instead of trying to round them up and get them back where they belong they just shot them.
Someone would have to be willing to take care of them.
At the Rosebud Casino the natives decided they didn't want any whites working there so they fired them all and would run it themselves.
Things went south quickly so they hired some whites back to get finances straightened out again. I know the CPA they fired then hired back again. He grew up on the rez with the natives and does my taxes.

Well if anyone wants to trade some sugar rush peach pepper seeds for eating pumpkin seeds like the Lakota pumpkins, I'm up for it.

Tell us more on those peppers, please.

I just had a big slice of one with a meal at a restaurant in NY. It was baked and had maple syrup drizzled over it. It was good.

In Africa they’ll cut the top off and clean the guts outs like a jack o lantern. Throw a stick of butter and cinnamon in and set it in the campfire. Let her cook and slice like watermelon.

Dang.....that does sound yum.

Characteristics of Sugar Rush Peach Peppers
Sugar Rush Peach peppers have a very descriptive name. They are sweet, the plants grow quickly, and they have a peachy color when mature. This makes the pepper very desirable for home gardeners.


Sugar Rush Peach Pepper
Appearance
Sugar Rush Peach peppers tend to be very large and oblong, with a wrinkled surface and a pointed end. The color starts off light green or yellow, turning a creamy peachy orange color when mature.

The plants can grow very large, up to 5 feet in height when given full sun. The plants are prolific, producing upwards of 40 large peppers per plant in ideal growing conditions.



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They are kinda sweet. A little hotter than jalapeños but not much.

I made a simple hot sauce with mine this year, and it's pretty good.

I did that with giant green Hubbard one time. Only I put a pork roast, taters, carrots. Onions, brown sugar, and garlic in it. No campfire, I roasted it in the oven like a turkey.