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The Tristar pumpkin is a very decorative vegetable thanks to its blue color but is also delicious rapped raw in salads, soups or au gratin.
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The Tristar pumpkin is a very decorative vegetable thanks to its blue color but is also delicious rapped raw in salad, soup or gratin.
family : Cucurbitaceae
Latin name : Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Genus type : reproducible seeds
Weight : 2,2 g
Sowing and harvesting schedule:
Soil maintenance: before sowing, loosen the soil on 30 cm.
Exposure: sunny and sheltered from the wind.
Sowing : at 3,5 cm depth in poquet of 2 to 3 seeds. Thin out to leave only one plant every 90 cm and 130 cm between rows, then hoe and weed. At the time of sowing or transplanting in the garden, put in the planting hole a mixture of compost and manure. You can even sow directly on a compost pile.
Emergence: in 6 to 8 days in soil at 14°C.
Watering: copious watering.
Harvesting: harvest in dry weather to ensure a better conservation.
Conservation: 3 to 8 months. An excess of nitrogenous fertilization hinders the conservation.
Origin : native of the North of South America, it was introduced in Europe only after the voyages of Christopher Columbus in America.
