CLIMBING GREEN PUMPKIN (Lagenaria longissima) - 1484
The fruit can reach up to two meters in length but is edible up to 30-40 cm. At this point, and even shorter, it tastes excellent when cooked in a variety of ways. It should be grown on fences, wire mesh, pergolas, etc. so that the fruit grows as straight as possible.
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Sowing: Indoors in February-March, 2-3 seeds per pot for early harvests; outdoors in April-May, plant in the ground, 3-4 seeds per hole.
Transplanting: Outdoors in April-May; leave one plant per hole when the plants have 3-4 leaves.
Spacing: 2 m between rows and 1-1.5 m along the row.
Tips: At the beginning of cultivation, trim the stem above the third leaf and the lateral shoots above the fourth leaf. The pumpkins are harvested with a few centimeters of stem and left to dry in the sun for a few days; they can be stored for several months without deteriorating.
Seeds required: 100 g per 100 m2 of soil.
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