organic kabocha squash seeds

My mommy in law saved the seeds from an organic kabocha squash I purchased at a local Japanese store.

It is dried and ready for planting.

I think this seed can be planted outside without indoor germination. But I am going to do some research to make sure.

This is something I picked up awhile reading for research:

Squashes, pumpkins & gourds consist of five different species. They will cross within the same species, but won’t usually cross between the species in nature. So, if you wanted to grow one variety of each species, you should be able to grow them all in one yard and still get pure seed.

01 cucurbita pepo: pumpkins, acorn squash, spaghetti squash, zucchini, yellow crookneck summer squash, scallop/patty pan squash, delicate, vegetable gourds, and small, hard shell gourds (yellow-flowered)

02 cucurbita moschata: butternut squash, Long Island cheese squashes, Dickinson and Kentucky field pumpkins, seminole pumpkin, neck pumpkin, calabaza

03 cucurbita maxima: buttercup squash, banana squash, hubbard squash, kabocha squash, lakota squash, arikara squash

04 cucurbita mixta: green-striped cushaw (aka Kershaw)

05 cucurbita ficifolia: shark-fin melon

(Note: none of the squashes will cross with the white-flowered hard shell gourds)