Pattypan is an annual variety of the common squash. The popularity of this vegetable grows with every season. Rich harvest, interesting taste, wide range of uses, low calorie content and unusual, eye-catching shape add up to main pattypan characteristics. It is cultivated with other relatives of the gourd family in many countries. The Spanish brought it to Europe.

"Gagat" is a very popular variety intended both for amateur and industrial cultivation. High quality seeds of this pattypan squash variety are now available in our store! Try them out and you will love this vegetable!

"Gagat" pattypan squash is an early variety of the common squash. Plants with strong vigour have a loose, bushy habit. Leaves are large, palmate with coarse hair on the bottom side. Numerous large, dark yellow blooms sprout from leaves' edges. The fruit take on characteristic, extraordinary shape, compared to wrinkle-edged plate, spaceship, corrugated bell, priest's hat or discus. Your imagination will bring you your own descriptions. Young, pale green fruit do not require peeling. They get darker with age and turn almost black. Inside it there is white, crisp, juicy and aromatic flesh that resembles cucumber in taste.

Pattypan squash "Gagat" is recommended for preparing soups, sauces, fillings, salads and even eating raw, as a low-calorie snack. Young, small fruit are ideal for putting into jars in homemade marinades. They can substitute pickled cucumbers. Fruit left in the field will grow into containers that we can bake with our favourite filling. Sliced pattypan squashes can be fried in batter or stewed. It also fits into Balkan letcho or hearty meat stew. A pattypan squash salad with olive oil and garlic will make a great, refreshing addition to a daily lunch.

Pattypan squash "Gagat" belongs to less demanding representatives of its family. It even tolerates lesser soils and is resistant to diseases and pests. The optimal site for this gourd family member should be sunny and sheltered from wind. Because of the shallow root system regular watering is of essence. Seedlings planted in the second decade of May yield crops from July to September.

Pattypan squash "Gagat" will provide us with unforgettable taste experience and plenty of vitamins and minerals essential for the proper functioning of the body. Vitamin C, B vitamins, niacin, beta-carotene are only a fraction of what "Gagat" pattypan squash offers us. It is recommended for people fighting overweight and hypertension.

One package contains 2 g of seeds and the general growing instructions and the sow-by date.

• Weight: 2 g
• Use: direct consumption; preserves and pickles
• Harvest time: July - September
• Growth form: loose, bushy
• Flower colour: dark yellow
• Foliage: large, palmate, hairy leaves
• Site: sunny, wind-sheltered; moist soil