- The Sweet Pumpkin variety is a vigorous cultivar that produces large, round fruits with a slight flattening at the top and bottom, and an attractive orange-yellow exterior. This variety features sweet, yellow flesh suitable for both eating and cooking, and it also has good storage qualities after harvesting. It is grown in open fields and yields good production when provided with adequate spacing between plants, which promotes uniform fruit size and high quality.
Product Features
- Large fruits with a round shape and good market value.
- An attractive orange-yellow outer shell.
- Yellow pulp with a sweet taste, suitable for cooking and consumption.
- Good storage capacity for longer periods after harvest.
- High purity level helps ensure uniform growth.
- Suitable for cultivation in open fields.
Technical specifications
- Product: Pumpkin
- Variety: Quintale seme giallo
- Type: Non-hybrid (NON)
- Purity level: 99%
- Germination rate: 85%
- Net weight: 4g
- Registration number: S000304302250097
- Suitable farming: open field
- Treatment: Metalaxyl
- Manufacturer: Hortus srl – Italy
- Country of origin: Italy
- Importer: Sendian Al Khali Agriculture Co – Saudi Arabia
farming method
- The seeds are sown directly in the ground or in seedling trays and then transplanted later.
- Appropriate planting depth: approximately 2-3 cm .
- The recommended distance according to the package: 150 x 100 cm between plants and lines.
- Germination begins within 5-10 days depending on the temperature.
- The plant needs good space to spread out with regular watering to produce large fruits.
Planting dates in Saudi Arabia
- 🌱 Best for cultivation during temperate weather.
- 🌱 In warm regions: from February to May.
- 🌱 In temperate regions: from August to October.
- 🌱 It is preferable to avoid planting during periods of extreme heat.
Harvest timing
- Harvesting takes place when the fruit has fully grown and the peel has turned the characteristic color with good firmness of the fruit, usually during the months of October to November depending on the planting date.
Important agricultural advice 🎃
- To obtain large, high-quality pumpkins, it is preferable to reduce the number of fruits on the plant in the early stages so that growth is concentrated in fewer fruits, resulting in a better size.