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giant pumpkin Giant Pumpkin

No scientific name recorded

A variety of pumpkin

How to sow giant pumpkin: Direct seed indoors (and transplant outside after seedlings are hardened off) or outdoors

Sun requirement for giant pumpkin: Plant in Full Sun

Pumpkins are squash cultivars that are round to oval in shape with thick, slightly ribbed skin that varies from deep yellow to orange in color. Their flesh ranges from yellow to gold and has large seeds. Like other members of the Cucurbitaceae family, they grow on sprawling vines. Different varieties of pumpkins are grown for food or decoration.

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Growing giant pumpkins

Annual

living and reproducing in a single year or less

Median lifespan

22 weeks

First harvest expected

21 weeks after planting

Last harvest expected

21 weeks after planting

Grown for

fruit harvested 3 times

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