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The long-shooting pumpkin variety with blocky, dark green fruits and turban-like cap are thick-fleshed and produce mildly sweet, tasty, orange flesh of a particularly silky-soft texture. Fruit weight is approx. 1-1.5 kg. Various processing possibilities: baking, grilling, steaming, for soups, curries and much more.
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Cucurbita ssp.
Pre-cultivation: in pots from the end of April till Mai
for planting from mid-May after the last frosts.
Sowing: outdoors from mid-Mai after the last frosts;
min. soil temperature 10-12°C;
very sensitive to humidity and cold
Distances: row spacing 2 m; within the row approx. 1 m
Required quantity of seeds: direct sowing approx. 100-140 grains/acre;
pre-cultivation: approx. 55-70 grains/acre
Sowing depth: 2-3 cm
Thousand seeds mass: 200-500 g (depending on the variety)
Propagator: AMA, ARC, BIS, DBO, FLO, FPE, GAM, JAN, JPE, MAH, NJE, PAN, RFE, ROS, SPE, WAP