{"id":2479,"date":"2019-11-07T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T08:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-158\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T13:30:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T20:30:29","slug":"saving-white-pumpkin-seeds","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/saving-white-pumpkin-seeds\/","title":{"rendered":"saving white pumpkin seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I have some white pumpkins and I want to save the seeds and plant them next year. What should I do?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are several varieties of white pumpkins, the most common being Cucurbita maxima &#8216;Lumina.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Quoting from The American Horticultural Society&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/hortlib.kohacatalog.com\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=2918\"><i>Plant Propagation<\/i><\/a> (ed. by A. Toogood, 1999, p. 300):<br \/>\nLeave ripe pumpkins for at least three weeks in a sunny, airy place at about 70 F to allow the seeds to mature. When the pumpkin starts to soften, cut it in half and flick out the seeds with a knife. If needed, wash off any flesh, then dry on paper towels before storing&#8230;.The seeds remain viable for 5&#8211;10 years.<\/p>\n<p>And quoting from <a href=\"http:\/\/hortlib.kohacatalog.com\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=8813\"><i>Seed to Seed<\/i><\/a> (by S. Ashworth, 2002, p. 29):<br \/>\nHome-saved seeds will retain maximum vigor when thoroughly dried and stored in a moisture-proof container&#8230;The two greatest enemies of stored seeds are high temperature and high moisture. Seeds that are stored at fluctuating temperature and moisture levels will quickly lose their ability to germinate&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have some white pumpkins and I want to save the seeds and plant them next year. What should I do? There are several varieties of white pumpkins, the most common being Cucurbita maxima &#8216;Lumina.&#8217; Quoting from The American Horticultural Society&#8217;s Plant Propagation (ed. by A. Toogood, 1999, p. 300): Leave ripe pumpkins for at least three weeks in a sunny, airy place at about 70 F to allow the seeds to mature. When the pumpkin starts to soften, cut&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/saving-white-pumpkin-seeds\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">saving white pumpkin seeds<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[395,394],"class_list":["post-2479","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-pumpkin","keyword-seed-storage"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/2479"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=2479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}