25 Seeds Tatume Squash - A Great Southwestern Squash!!! Very Good!!! Tatume Squash Tatume is a vining plant that is a popular staple in Southwestern and Mexican cooking. Its fruit can be harvested and eaten young (at about 45 days). Harvest the green, round to oval fruits when they are about the size of a baseball. They are unusually firm and have a fine flavor. 45 Days. Tough drought tolerant vines bear a multitude of fruits. Striped green summer squash, round to oblong fruits. Harvest when the size of a baseball; they are delicious. Long vigorous vines can be clipped back, plants will send out shorter shoots and keep bearing. Resistant to squash vine borer and mildew. Great edging grown along the top of back fence. Rare & unusual in most of North America. Our seeds/bulbs are guaranteed to be fresh but are NOT guaranteed as to results. Sorry, but there are too many variables in gardening that can impact germination. Flower seeds/bulbs are a live organism. Their germination depends on many factor including heat, cooling, sun, shade, moisture, time of sowing, etc. None of these things We can control so We can not be held responsible for them. So please do not ask for a refund, replacement or to return unused seeds/bulbs.