Pumpkin- Marina Di Chioggia
Cucurbita maxima
Standard seed packet, 5 seeds
$2.00
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Pumpkin- Marina Di Chioggia
Cucurbita maxima
NOT TO NZ
- Vegetable
- Italian Heirloom
- Large fruit to 12kg
Heirloom variety which was named after the town of Chioggia in Italy where it originates. A gourmet pumpkin with bumpy warted green/grey skin with bright orange flesh that grow to around 5-12kg. Flesh is dry and has a delicious sweet flavour that is traditionally used in gnocchi and ravioli but is also great baked, grilled and in soups and pies. Stores well and flavour improves with age. Also known as Zucca Barucca and Chioggia Sea Pumpkin.
How to sow and grow:
| Method: | Sow direct |
| Sowing Depth: | 20mm |
| When: | Spring or after frost |
| Row Spacing: | 300cm |
| Position: | Full sun, moist well drained soil |
| Plant Spacing: | 120cm |
| Hardiness: | Frost tender |
| Days to Maturity/flowering: | 100 days |
| Care: | Harvest fruit when vine dries out. Susceptible to mildew. |
(Product number: E3-03)
| SKU | E3-03 |
| Botanical name: | Cucurbita maxima |
| Packet type: | Standard seed packet |
| Packet quantity: | 5 seeds |
| Photo credits: | Photos by Alan Levine / CC BY-SA 2.0 |
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