Pumpkin - Connecticut Field Seeds, OSC

Conneticut Field Pumpkin. Heirloom vegetable. Connecticut Field pumpkins are well known in Ontario as a good processing pumpkin and are a standard variety for pies. Fruit has a deep orange skin and a thick, fine-grained, deep yellow, sweet flesh. This variety regularly produces 11kg (25lb) pumpkins up to 50cm (20in) in diameter that are a flat globed shape with little ribbing. One of the oldest heirloom pumpkin varieties as it has been grown since at least the early 1700’s.

Attributes

Light Requirement: Full Sun
Planting Method: Direct Seed
Growth Habit: Vining
Days to Emergence: 7 - 10
Days to Harvest 120
Height: 60 - 80cm (24 - 32in)

How to Grow

Pumpkin is a hot weather crop. They need full sun and deep, rich, well drained, organic soil with a pH of 5.5 to 6.5. Before planting, work in lots of compost. Sow seed directly outdoors from late May through early June 2.5cm (1in) deep in hills 2.4m (8ft) apart with 4-6 seeds per hill. After germination, thin to 3 plants per hill. Seed can be started indoors 3 weeks before the plant out date. Pumpkins do not transplant well–use paper or fibre pots that can be set directly in the soil. For competition sized pumpkins, allow only two pumpkins per plant to mature. Protect mature pumpkins from frost and cold temperatures.