ORGANIC MUSQUÉE DE PROVENCE PUMPKIN - 1595B

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A variety recently introduced from France, particularly from Provence, where it is widely grown both professionally and in hobby gardens. It is a creeping variety of the Cucurbita moschata species. The plant is vigorous and very productive. The flattened fruit has orange-brown skin with visible furrow markings. The flesh is very thick, bright orange in color, and of excellent quality. Its shelf life is equally good.
Sowing period: February-March (protected or heated environment), April-May directly into the ground.
How to sow: Sow 3-4 seeds per hole.
Seed required: approximately 100 g per 100 m2 of soil.
Distances: 1 to 1.5 m between the seed beds and/or holes and 1 m between the seed beds and/or holes. 2 between the rows.
Practical advice: Leave only one plant per hole.

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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.

Type Organic