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Ruatoria kamokamo Ruatoria Kamokamo

Cucurbita pepo

A variety of kamokamo

How to sow Ruatoria kamokamo: Direct seed indoors (and transplant outside after seedlings are hardened off) or outdoors

Sun requirement for Ruatoria kamokamo: Plant in Full Sun

A kamokamo given to Kōanga (a NZ seed bank) by Bill Blane, who got it from his koro, Victor Richard Rangitukia, in Ruatoria. It produces a mix of long and round fruit. Eat young like courgette, with the male flowers and vine tips, or bake or cook it in a hāngī when mature. Vigorous and prolific; avoid modern hybrid seed. Transplant at 1 m.

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Annual living and reproducing in a single year or less

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Ecological requirements

Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Cucurbita pepo L.

Family / Taxonomy Magnoliopsida
Dilleniidae
Violales
Cucurbitaceae
Optimal temperature 17 - 30 °C
Absolute temperature 6 - 40 °C
Optimal rainfall 600 - 1500 mm/year
Absolute rainfall 300 - 2800 mm/year
Optimal soil pH 5.5 - 6.8
Absolute soil pH 4.5 - 8.3
Crop cycle 40 - 100 days
Max altitude 1000 m
Life form herb, vine
Life span annual
Habit climber/scrambler/scadent
Optimal soil depth medium (50-150 cm)
Optimal soil texture medium, organic
Optimal soil fertility moderate
Optimal soil drainage well (dry spells)
Optimal soil salinity low (<4 dS/m)
Photoperiod short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Optimal light very bright

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) ECOCROP, the crop ecological requirements database. Version 1. https://data.apps.fao.org/catalog/dataset/ecocrop. Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/ecocrop_1/.

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