Pumpkin
Squash, courgettes, melons: what are the risks of hybridisation and is it dangerous?
It has to be said: we love our brightly-coloured winter vegetables, such as pumpkins, squash and gourds, which we love in gratins or soups. They all belong to the cucurbit family. But this family also includes courgettes, melons and cucumbers....
17 May 2025
My installation in the greenhouse to protect seedlings from frost! 🍅❄️
Many of you were intrigued by the seedling greenhouse in my cold greenhouse, which allows me to store all my seedlings outside the house while protecting them from the night frosts that are still very common at this time of...
29 March 2025
Squashes, squash and pumpkins: how to store them for a very long time?
You have carefully cultivated a beautiful harvest of squash, squash and pumpkins in your vegetable garden. Now that you've put all your energy into growing them, it's time to think about how best to store them so you can enjoy...
22 January 2025
White spots (powder) on zucchini plants: how to treat powdery mildew?
In the permaculture vegetable garden as in others, there is a crop that is particularly sensitive to a disease that despairs even experienced gardeners: zucchini and powdery mildew. This cryptogamic disease settles on the large leaves of your zucchini plants...
20 July 2024
Pumpkin
- Type : Vegetables
- Subtype : Fruiting vegetables
- Botanical family : Cucurbits
Characteristics
- Exposure : Sun
- Hardiness : Not frost resistant
- Very easy to grow, requires little maintenance (difficulty : 1/3)
Sowing & planting
- Sowing depth : 2 cm
- Plant spacing : 120 cm
- Row spacing : 120 cm
- Emergence time : 8 days
- Emergence temperature : 15 °C
- From sowing to harvesting : 150 days
- Seed storage : 8 years