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Best pumpkin for roasted seeds?

Well any ideas on this I will probably get 'Lady Godiva' it is said to be great for it's seeds, in fact it is the only reason for growing it.

Do you all know of any more that you like? I asked this on another forum but I want your opinions as well.

Thanks, Dono

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You might want to look into Kakai from Johnnys Selected Seeds. It seems to be the most "improved" of the Styrian hull-less types. Many of the other types (not Styrian-types) are semihull-less.


Here is a list I made up a couple of months ago from various internet sources. Many were not available when I tried to find them.

Triple Treat (small halloween type pumpkin), Streaker, Eat All, Hull-less, Styrian Hulless, Trick or Treat, Snack Jack-Snack Face ...Lady Godiva, Kakai

There is also Slovenian Oilseed Pumpkin available from a Canadian company

https://www.heritageharvestseed.com/pages/s3.html

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Thanks TZ I will look into these.

I have a few other on my list that you might like as well: Kama kama, luminas. I also have the styrian on there I also saw something about that oilseed pumpkin. Again thanks.


:EDIT: TZ I was looking at that site it seems kind of expensive. You may want to check out these sites they are fairly cheap with baker seed being the best deal they both have a pretty good selection, Just putting it out there for you if you like, again thanks. Both carry heirloom seeds.

[url=https://rareseeds.com/seeds/]Baker Creek Seeds[/url]
[url=https://www.seedsavers.org/]Seed Savers Exchange[/url]

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Thanks for the heads up.

I also forgot this one


Silver Edge

https://www.nativeseeds.org/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=1_34_50&products_id=169


I don't know if it is hull-less or not

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I grew Kakai from Johnny's this year. Only got one pumpkin as I was trying to grow way too many everything and was short on space. I tried to grow 2 pumpkin vines with Green Jade bush beans -- I think the bush beans won :roll: The 2nd vine escaped the garden and is still trying to grow, but so far, none of the female flowers have managed to fruit (probably due to the late summer drought/not enough supplemental watering). Anyway, I got one. :wink:



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