‘ Delicata ’ is an heirloom variety squash . The trailing vines bear dense yields of 8 - 10 inch long , sparse - skinned fruits with orange - icteric , mellifluous flesh . The vine can be prepare up trellises . Does not stack away well , possibly owe to the thinness of its pelt . modest pumpkin are grown for cooking and eating , while the larger sizes are for Jack - o’-lanterns and exhibition . Most concerted extension services will be able-bodied to distinguish you which varieties are best for your area . Pumpkins are fond yearly with vines that reach up to 20 feet . manful and female flush can reach up to 8 inches long and often develop on the same vine . pumpkin vine require a long develop time of year , so cooler areas will do better with smaller smorgasbord . Plant germ 2 or 3 weeks after the last average frost day of the month . They will stomach partial sunlight and require high constitutional matter and well drain soil . Go easy on the fertilizer as you will end up with all vine . industrial plant 6 to 8 seeds in each turn back mound . They are commonly ready for crop 95 to 120 days after imbed . Cucurbita pepo can stick on the vine for a tenacious time , but glean them before the first hard Robert Lee Frost as they will get sentimental . pumpkin require too much quad to be grow in containers .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
Planting
A week to 10 daytime before planting , sum up 2 to 4 inches of aged manure or compost and work into the planting site to improve fecundity and increase water retention and drain . If dirt composition is feeble , a layer of topsoil should be considered as well . No matter if your soil is grit or clay , it can be ameliorate by adding the same matter : constitutive matter . The more , the adept ; work deeply into the grime . organize beds to an 18 in inscrutable for perennial . This will seem like a fantastic amount of study now , but will greatly ante up off later . Besides , this is not something that is easily done later on , once plants have been establish .
Problems
Adult beetles chew holes in folio and flowers and are infamous disease spreader of such thing as mosaic computer virus and bacterial wilt . This is transmitted through their oral fissure parts .
Miscellaneous
Prevention and Control : Keep virus carriers such as aphid , leafhopper , and thrips under controller . These flora feeding insects spread viruses . Viruses can also be bring out by septic pollen or through industrial plant opening ( as when pruning ) . Begin bykeeping the pathogen outof your garden . New plants should be check , as well as tools and exist plant . Use only certified seed that is deemed disease - complimentary . Plant only insubordinate varietiesandcreate a discouraging environmentby rotating crop , not planting intimately interrelate plants in the same area every year .
