Vegetables
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Country of Origin: Austria

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Uses: Vegetable
Edible Parts: Seeds or Nuts
Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Depth to plant seed: 1/2" to 1"
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Pumpkin
  • Winter Squash

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