Vegetables
Pumpkin 'Munchkin'
Cucurbita pepo
This easy to grow Mini Pumpkin variety provides plenty of fruit, which is highly decorative, dries well for arrangements but is also delicious to eat with a sweet chestnut like flavour.
- Position
- Full Sun
- Height
- 60cm
- Spread
- 60cm
Growing calendar
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Sow indoors
Sow outdoors
Harvest
Sowing & growing
Sow inside Mar-May in pots of good quality seed compost. Sow 10mm deep. Germination usually takes 1-2 weeks at 18-20°C. Once germinated, pot on and acclimatise before planting out 60cm apart once risk of frost has passed. Alternatively, sow directly late-May-Jun. Protect young seedlings with cloches on cold nights.
Aftercare
Feed and water well ideally apply a mulch to retain moisture and keep weeds at bay.
Gallery
Ref. SEP028