Squash 'musquée pleine de Naples'

This squash is a giant variety! Averaging 80 cm in length and 25 kg in weight!
Each plant gives 4 to 5 dark green fruits.
The flesh is orange, firm, with a strong butterscotch flavour.
This squash is a running variety and needs space. Give it a large area in your garden.


Type of soil: Rich and light. Fertiliser recommended.
Sowing time: From April to June.
Harvest time: From August to October.
Site: Full sun.


Sowing technique:
- Sow 3 to 4 seeds together 2 cm deep and 75 cm apart, in rows 1 m apart.
- Keep only the strongest plant of the seed hole, six weeks after growing.


Care:
- Water frequently and generously.
- Hoe regularly.
- Spread mulch to encourage the crop and keep away the weeds.
- Harvest progressively according to the blooming to make fritters, from July to September to cook like a courgette, and from August to October to cook like a squash.