Cushaw Orange-Striped Pumpkin Seeds, Heirloom Argyrosperma

garden staple. 🌱 Free shipping on seed-only website orders $30+ , ships from Newton, Kansas. 📖 Read our complete growing guide for cushaw varieties → Where the Green-Striped Cushaw is muted and earthy, the Orange-Striped is a sunset on the vine. Same gentle giant, same vine borer resistance, same sweet pie-grade flesh, dressed in orange and cream. Long curved neck, broad belly, fruits in the ten-to-fifteen-pound range that hold in cool storage well into winter. Sometimes sold as Tennessee Sweet Potato Pumpkin in the South. Growing Guide Botanic Name Cucurbita argyrosperma Life Cycle Annual Maturity 110 days Sun Full sun Plant Spacing 3-4 ft in-row with rows 8-10 ft apart, or hills 8-10 ft apart (long vines) Sowing Depth 1″ Vine Habit Vine Fruit Weight 10-15 lbs (up to 20 lbs) Fruit Color Bright orange with cream stripes Best For Pie, baking, butter, soups Frost Hardy No Start Indoors Yes, 3 weeks Container Friendly No Disease & Pest Resistance Heat tolerant, borer resistant Also known as: Tennessee Sweet Potato Pumpkin, Orange Cushaw SKU prefix: APP-SEED-ARG-ORG History & Origin The orange-striped cushaw, like its green-striped sibling, descends from Cucurbita argyrosperma , the Mesoamerican squash group cultivated by Indigenous peoples for millennia. It earned its Tennessee Sweet Potato Pumpkin nickname in Southern Appalachia, where home cooks prized its mild flesh for sweet potato-style pies and casseroles. The species itself is in a different evolutionary line than common pumpkins, which is why squash vine borers struggle to overcome it. In the Kitchen The flesh is fine-grained and mildly sweet, sweeter than most pie pumpkins. It bakes into smooth custards and stuffings, simmers into honey-colored soups, and slow-cooks into preserves. The skin peels cleanly once roasted. Related Reading · Try the Green-Striped Cushaw · Saving Squash Seeds · Vine Borer Prevention Guide 🌱 Browse all vine borer resistant varieties → 🌻 See our Kansas growing guide →