Vegetable Seeds

A member of the squash family with its roots in the Americas. Popularly known as Zucchini it is a rather easy to grow squash. The fruits are dark green in colour and will grow to a considerable size if left to grow.

Colourful blend of 5 types of scalloped squash / patty pans. Bushy plants provide excellent yields of saucer shaped fruits with scalloped edges. Harvest when fruit is 2-3" for best quality.

This is a sweeter squash, used much like a pumpkin or sweet potato. It is great roasted either in its skins or pealed. Try it the South African way with a dash of sugar and cinnamon.

A great mix of the best summer squash varieties. The mix contains Crookneck (yellow), Straightneck (yellow, club-shaped), Dark Green Zucchini, and Bennings Green Tint patty pans. Packet contains a mix of varieties and you cannot distinguish which variety you are planting until the fruit is mature.

A South African favourite with tasty cricket ball sized fruits in autumn. Easily grown like you would courgettes. A hardy perennial grown as an annual to a height of 60-80cm and needing 1m of space top spread. Exquisite yellow flesh.

These little pumpkins fit in the palm of your hand and make very nice decorations, as well as being edible! When fully cured on the vine, Jack Be Little pumpkins will hold their decorative value for up to a year! Nice shape and colour! 95 days to maturity. Plant is attractive to butterflies and bees.

Easy-to-grow heirloom patty-pan type scalloped squash, with a green colour that matures to a bright yelllow. Bushy plants provide excellent yields of saucer shaped fruits with scalloped edges. Harvest when fruit is 2-3" for best quality.

Table Queen acorn squash seeds are the reliable old favourite heirloom acorn squash, grown for generations. The medium sized fruits have sweet, golden yellow flesh that turns deep orange in storage. Leave them on the vine until the skin turns quite hard, and they will keep for months.

Flat white boer pumpkins are a rich white to cream colour with a yellow flesh. They grow up to 12kg's. They do very well in dry conditions.

A unique and unusual squash. Large Patty pan type fruits have ten finger-like ribs that come to points at the end of each squash. Cream coloured. Harvest young for the best tasting squash.

This very popular pumpkin has medium to large fruit weighing 3-5 Kg with smooth, dark grey coloured, very hard, and strongly ribbed skin with rich, deep orange, sweet flesh. It grows on strong productive vines. The fruit are excellent keepers and will last 6 months if picked and stored properly. Matures in about 100 days. Queensland Blue is one of the larger pumpkins, and an old favourite with green, turning grey creamed fruit and a deep orange flesh. It is a good long keeping variety.

Round Zucchini has speckled green leaves born on a robust bush-type plant. Fast growing with mild flavoured fruit perfect for any squash dish. Very Prolific.

A French heirloom. The scalloped fruit are a creamy-yellow with contrasting deep green radial streaks. Small fruit may not show streaking, and it can be variable. The flavour is delicious as a summer squash. Harvest when small for the best flavour.

The plants are compact and produce one kg, glossy dark green, acorn-shaped fruits with a small seed cavity and pale orange flesh.

Tahitian squash has the appearance of a large elongated butternut squash. Its colouring is vivid. Inside the Tahitian squash's hardened rind is a thick, firm, dry flesh with a rich golden colour. The flesh contains an easily removable seed cavity conveniently located at its bulbous end. The smooth flesh has a very high sugar content and caramelizes as it cooks, its flavours becoming fragrant, nutty and sweet.

A tender summer squash, this patty pan has a very mild flavour and creamy white flesh.

100 Days. This is the original strain of the high quality Hubbard squash. Although smaller than the New England strain, it still produces the classic Hubbard shaped fruit and measures 12 in. long by 7 in. in diameter. The 7-10 lb. fruit will have a green rind and a sweet, fine textured orange flesh.

Easy-to-grow heirloom patty-pan type scalloped squash, with a pale green colour that matures to a creamy white. Bushy plants provide excellent yields of saucer shaped fruits with scalloped edges. Harvest when fruit is 2-3" for best quality.