The name of the culture - Hundred pound pumpkin - speaks for itself, since the fruits are distinguished by increased size. The variety is resistant to many diseases, has a high yield, attractive appearance, excellent keeping quality and tasty flesh. It is considered the most common plant in Russia.
One hundred pound pumpkin
One hundred pound pumpkin has a juicy, loose flesh.
One hundred pound pumpkin grows to 60 kg
Description of the variety
Pumpkin Hundred-pound was entered in the State Register back in the 47th year of the last century, intended for cultivation in the central regions of the Russian Federation, belongs to a varietal pumpkin, which makes it possible to use seeds as a planting material (hybrid breeding varieties cannot be planted from internal seeds).
The culture belongs to mid-season, as it matures 115-140 days after planting in open ground. The yield is high - from 1 sq. You can take up to 3 large pumpkins. The best weather conditions are moderately warm.
Bush characteristic:
- The leaves are wide, large. The color is green, the veins are light green. The surface is uneven, rough.
- The peduncle is quite tough, the size is medium.
- The seed nest is large, the main stem has a length of 70 cm.
- Lateral shoots are curly and thin, more than one meter.
- The main rhizome is embedded in the deep layers of the soil, additional roots are located at the surface of the soil.
Fruit characteristics:
- The size - quite large, weighing from 10 to 60 kg, respectively, with proper care and climate. The most common weight is 15-20 kg.
- Peel - elastic, but thin. Color varies - light and bright orange, gray, yellow, green-yellow. The hue depends on the region of growth, quality of care, weather conditions, fruit size (the brightest ones are large).
- The form - spherical, oval, slightly flattened at the base.
- Ribbing - mild.
- Pulp - juicy and loose, up to 6 cm thick (on average). Color - saturated orange, has many seeds. The sweetness of the pulp is moderate.
If you properly care for the crop, then the fruits grow large and sweet. The same factor affects the yield - one bush can contain up to 3 pumpkins.
Among advantages The following should be noted:
- resistance to many diseases;
- universality of use;
- a variety tested by time and many years of experience;
- high productivity;
- good keeping quality;
- transportability;
- the possibility of ripening in a cool room or in the sun;
- storage duration;
- the use of seeds for planting.
There is one drawback - a low level of sugar content, so when preparing sweet dishes you have to report granulated sugar.
Applications:
- preparation of second courses - salads, casseroles, cereals, etc .;
- desserts;
- mashed soups;
- animal feed;
- juices.
Seeds are also used for food, which are distinguished by excellent taste and size. It is the Hundred Pound Pumpkin that is recommended by medicine for use in the presence of helminths, since the seeds have an anthelmintic effect.
In addition, traditional medicine recommends using pumpkin (pulp and seed) with a decrease in visual acuity, impaired metabolism, and low immunity. The composition of the pumpkin culture helps to normalize the functionality of the liver and eliminate toxins and other harmful substances from the body.
How to grow a variety?
To get a rich and tasty harvest, you must follow basic agronomic requirements. Growing technology is based on the following indicators:
- A hundred pound pumpkin does not like high humidity. Therefore, it does not land in the lowland and with a close location of groundwater to the surface of the earth.
- Crop rotation. The variety is unpretentious, unlike its congeners. The best neighbors are pumpkin crops and corn. It is advisable to plant after tomatoes and any root vegetables. It is undesirable to use the area after watermelons and melons, cucumbers and cabbage.
- The site should be well lit, so that the fruits gain color brightness.
- Planting time is mainly spring, when the ground warms up to 15 degrees. Previously, planting is prohibited, since the variety is unstable to cold weather. But it is also not recommended to plant a vegetable too late, because the pulp will not gain juiciness and taste.
- The Hundred Pound Pumpkin grows quickly, the fruits are large, so you need a lot of free space. Therefore, it is advisable to plant the planting material according to the scheme 140x140 cm.
- The soil should be enriched and loose. If the soil is not fertile, it is fertilized when digging a garden in the fall. For this, organic matter is used - humus or slurry. For 1 square. m requires 5-8 kg of fertilizer. With increased acidity of the earth, lime, peat and wood ash are introduced. Sand is mixed in to lighten the soil.
Seed preparation
The one hundred pound pumpkin crop can be planted in 2 ways - seedling and non-seedling. Regardless of this, special seed preparation is required, which will ensure fast plant growth and a good harvest.
Seed preparation rules:
- Initially, the seeds are revised manually - intact elements are selected. Their surface should be smooth, without spots and cracks. The structure is dense.
- After that, you can (but not necessarily) put the grains in water for 15-20 minutes. Hollow seeds will rise up, full ones will be at the bottom of the container.
- Now you need to warm the seed material. To do this, take a piece of gauze, fold it in several layers. Seeds are placed inside and placed in the sun (you can use a heating radiator). There is also a faster heating method - in the oven. It is necessary to act according to the scheme: for 1 hour, lay the seeds at a temperature of +20 degrees, for the second hour - 30, for the third - 40, for the fourth - 50, for the fifth - 60 degrees.
- Be sure to disinfect to prevent the occurrence of diseases. Seeds are placed in a weak solution of potassium permanganate for 15-20 minutes.
- To speed up the germination process, you can use growth stimulants purchased from a specialized store. You can also stimulate growth with folk remedies. To do this, take 200 ml of water and 1 tbsp. l. wood ash, lay seed material. Leave on for 12 hours. The solution temperature should not be lower than +40 degrees.
- To make the pumpkin easier to adapt to outdoor conditions, you can conduct a hardening procedure. To do this, soak the seeds in a damp cloth, put them in the refrigerator for two days.
Seedling planting
The seedling method of planting the hundred-pound pumpkin is used in the northern regions. For seeds, a light and nutritious soil is selected. Experienced gardeners recommend using universal store substrates. If this is not possible, you can mix sand, humus and black soil in equal proportions. In this case, disinfection of the soil with a solution of sodium permanganate is required, but its concentration should be higher than during disinfection of seeds.
The pumpkin does not tolerate diving, since the root system is delicate. To eliminate damage to the roots, the seeds are placed in individual cups or pots (it is better to buy peat).
Rules for planting seed and seedlings:
- Lay expanded clay pebbles for the drainage system on the bottom of the tank, fill it with prepared soil, moisten with a spray bottle.
- Place in each pot 2 grains to a depth of 3 cm, then lightly irrigate with water.
- Cover the glasses with foil, put on the windowsill from the sunny side.
- When sprouts appear, remove the film.
- When 2 full-fledged leaves appear, one shoot is removed by pinching.
The main requirements for growing seedlings:
- watering is carried out daily, but the soil should not be excessively wet;
- daylight hours for the Hundred Pound Pumpkin are 15-16 hours, so lamps are needed in the dark (give preference to fluorescent ones);
- 7-8 days before planting, top dress (water - 10 parts, chicken droppings - 1 part);
- 15 days before the pick, it is necessary to take out the seedlings to fresh air (open the window, put on the street / balcony).
Planting seeds in the ground
Seeds are planted immediately in the garden in warm regions of the country. Soil temperature should be +15 degrees (you can measure it with a thermometer, lowering it to the depth of the bayonet bayonet). Most often these are the first days of May.
Landing rules:
- Break holes at a distance of 140x140 cm from each other, lay fertilizer and seeds, cover with soil, pour over water.
- Bookmark depth - from 6 to 10 cm.
- The hole width is 25 cm.
- The first shoots appear after about 5-6 days. If two seeds sprouted simultaneously, then the weaker one is removed by cutting.
- The second watering is carried out a week after laying the seed material.
Care rules
Hundred pound pumpkin is unpretentious in care, but it depends on climatic conditions and soil structure. If the soil is heavy, you often have to loosen it. With infertile soil, top dressing is performed.
Mandatory requirement - watering. Irrigation is carried out at least twice a week, pouring in 2-5 liters of warm water. It is forbidden to irrigate foliage and stems - only the root zone. Watering is stopped about 2-3 weeks before harvesting. Otherwise, the fruit will be too watery.
Top dressing
Top dressing with fertilizers always accelerates growth and increases yields, so this procedure should not be neglected. The first application is carried out 30 days after planting. Further feeding is carried out every 14-15 days. What is used:
- First time - nitrophoska. 10 grams is enough for one bush.
- Second time - mullein. A bucket of water requires 1 liter of manure. It is enough to pour 800-1000 ml into one bush.
- Third time - shop fertilizers based on potassium and phosphorus (the proportions are prescribed in the instructions).
- After the formation of inflorescences a solution of wood ash and water is poured under the roots. One bush needs a liter of water and 1 tbsp. natural component.
Pest and Disease Control
The immune system of the Hundred Pound Gourd is moderate in relation to melon diseases. What can a plant get sick with:
- Bacteriosis It infects pumpkins and leaves, forming dark spots. Standard Bordeaux fluid is used for treatment.
- Powdery mildew dries and destroys the ground part of the plant after the formation of whitish spots. For therapy, spraying is carried out with a solution of disubstituted sodium phosphate mixed with water (50 grams per bucket).
- Spider mite cobwebs the entire plant. It is advisable to spray tincture of onion peel (boil 1 kg of peel in 10 liters of water).
- Aphid. Signs - the presence of insects, twisting and drying of the leaves. Methods of control - spraying with a preparation based on kalbofos or a soap solution.
The peculiarity of the Hundred Pound Pumpkin is its increased resistance to diseases of a putrefactive nature. In simple words, no rot (black, gray, root, white) is terrible for the variety, if you do not deliberately fill the plant with a lot.
What difficulties might arise?
Possible difficulties and useful advice from gardeners:
- If the plant undergoes yellowing of the leaves, the cause must be sought in the absence of soil nutrients. Such a problem can also occur with an excessively large number of fruits (not enough moisture and nutrients to the leaves).
- If the ground part of the plant turns yellow, then there is not enough light.
- If the seeds do not germinate, then the planting material does not have enough heat (water or soil is not hot enough).
- Thinning and lethargy of stems occurs due to soil poverty.
- Roots rot amid damage. This happens most often after pulling out one of the seedlings together with the root system. Solution - a weak sprout is cut off at the surface of the earth.
- A small number of ovaries - there is no pollination with an insufficient number of necessary insects. In this case, artificial pollination is carried out. To do this, cut and open male flowers, apply stamens to the female stigmas.
- There are no seedlings when sowing in open ground - the seeds freeze. The way out is to cover the wells with foil, plastic bottles or humus.
How to harvest and store crops?
Harvesting is carried out throughout September, although most often pumpkins ripen in August. The fact is that the longer it is “heated” in the sun, the sweeter it becomes.
When collecting, they must leave the stalk. After tearing off set for drying at room temperature or on the street (should be sunny) for 8-10 days.
The pumpkin is stored for more than six months in a cool and dry room at a temperature not higher than +15 degrees and an air humidity of 75-80%.
Reviews
Natalia Gorkaya, 62 years old. I have been growing a hundred pound for about 20 years and am very happy with it. It is especially pleasing that it can be used for food and feed to animals at the same time, and additional care is not required. And planting, growing is quite simple.
Vitally D., 49 years old. Faced a Hundred Pound Pumpkin not so long ago. I don’t really like that it is slightly sweet, but it does not require special conditions when growing. And two years ago, a neighbor advised to leave 1-2 pumpkins on the shoots and keep the fruits until the end of September. He did so, as a result of which he received large fruits and tasted much sweeter. So I recommend using this trick.
Galina Vitalievna, 36 years old. I live in a village and keep a lot of households, and the best food for them is pumpkin (cheap, nutritious). How many varieties I have not tried, but not one was as happy as the Hundred-pound pumpkin. In general, there is a lot of harvest, the fruits are large. The only bad thing is that you have to add a little more sugar to cereals and desserts. And for second courses, this is generally a universal option.
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Stofuntovaya pumpkin variety belongs to the famous and most common vegetable in Russia. It has been cultivated for many years and is used in medicine and cooking. It is universal, unpretentious and has moderate sweetness. If you adhere to simplified agricultural standards, you can get an excellent harvest of large fruits.
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