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Pumpkin

Cucurbita maxima

  • Feeds pollinators
  • Edible
Pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima)

Photo: George Chernilevsky · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Bloom colours

gold

What actually matters with this one

Slide a tile under the swelling fruit to keep it off damp soil, and cure it in the sun for ten days.

How to grow it

Light
full sun
Water
Never let it dry out
Hardiness
Annual
Height
Trailing 4 m
Flowers
Summer
Difficulty
easy

Where you will meet it

Plant it alongside

Relatives and plants that want the same conditions.