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Item Ref #: 998 | Pumkin- Potiron Atlantic Giant
Placed Outdoors

 

Description:

This variety of giant pumpkin can reach more than 200 kg/ fruit if you leave one fruit per plant. Produces beautiful orange pumpkins with good flavor. 

Culinary Tip:

Pumpkin can be consumed in purees, soups, & pies. 

Culture Tip:

1.    Sowing: Sow in March in a sunny location, 4-5 seeds in small shallow holes spaced 1 m x 1.50 m. 

2.    Thinning: When your plants have 3-4 leaves, keep in each hole only the strongest and tear the others. 

3.    Harvest: October to November.

4.    For large extra-large pumpkins bury some stems to allow the formation of extra new roots.

Companion Plants:

Pumpkin loves radishes close by, as they repels insects and aphids.