WINTER LUXURY PIE PUMPKIN (HEIRLOOM)

Germ 7-10 days
Heirloom 1893
It is said to be the best pie pumpkin, ever! Vines produce medium sized, 5-7 lb. tangerine orange pumpkins that are blanketed with white netting giving it a pastel appearance. Flesh is silky smooth with just the right amount of sweetness. A must have if you like to have your own canned pumpkin in the pantry. 15 seeds

PLANTING:

Indoors- Individual biodegradable peat/cowpots 1/2”-1” deep, 3-4 weeks before last frost with soil temperature 70 degrees. Transplant 36” apart after last frost without disturbing the roots

Outdoors- 1/2”-1” deep after last frost, in warm soil at least 70 degrees. Sow a few seeds per space/hill with 24-36” between, providing the furthest spacing for the larger varieties

Harvest- When skin turns color and rinds are hard, leaving a few inches of the stem on for best storage potential.

Tips- Plant in fertile soil amended with compost or well rotted manure and keep well watered. They benefit from growing on black plastic and by using row covers for weed, insect control, and more rapid growth. Fertilize on a regular basis by watering with compost tea. Turn pumpkins carefully to keep a uniform shape.