Safe
for Bees
Grows
Best In:
Full Sun
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Germination:
7-10 Days
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Maturity:
120 Days
Pumpkin Seeds, Big Max
Cucurbita maxima
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Pumpkin Seeds, Big Max
Cucurbita maxima
Regular price
$2.19
Regular price
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$2.19
Unit price
per
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Product Information
Big Max Pumpkins seeds will grow into huge, round to flattened-round pumpkins that have a pinkish-orange color.
These big pumpkins can reach 6' in diameter and 100 pounds or more! They make for excellent prize-sized pumpkins.
Sku: 7561
Vendor: Ferry-Morse
Growing Information
Safe
Grows
Days to
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Key Features
Botanical Name: Cucurbita maxima
Plant Type: Vegetable
Fill Weight (grams): 4.8
Growth Type: Big size
Instructions
Sow a few Big Max Pumpkin seeds over a hill 9"-12" tall and 1' across. Choose an area with full sun after any chance of frost has passed. Thin to 3 plants per hill when 1" tall. When vines are 3" high, thin to the strongest plant in each hill. Use a heavy organic mulch to control weeds.
Planting Depth: 1"-1.5"
Seed Spacing: Sow your Big Max Pumpkin seeds roughly 8' apart in rows, keeping rows approximately 8' apart.
Suggestions
For prize sized pumpkins, after each plant has set 3 or 4 pumpkins, save the largest and carefully prune others then and for the rest of the season.
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