Pumpkin, Winter Squash 'Bungkan'

I'm growing this squash for the first time this year, and love it. It is a good producer - still setting new fruits in late August. I alr...Read Moreeady have lots of ripe squash and they're delicious with dense flesh. Be warned - it's almost as much of a spreader as Seminole pumpkins! It's not a maxima though; angled runners that aren't hollow, often white-mottled leaves, a long thin stem that flares where it joins the fruit, and large, leaf-like sepals, it's classic C. moschata. The fruits remind me a bit of a flattened "Futsu," but I like it even better. Definitely grow it if you have the room!

This variety produces small sized fruits, 2-3 pounds in weight, which have dark green and rough-textured skin. Yellow-orange flesh is ver...Read Morey sweet and delicious, excellent for cooking and soups. The plant grows very vigorously in subtropical warm climates and is very prolific. This variety is very popular in Thailand and Southeastern Asia.