squash 'Atlantic Giant'

pumpkin

• Position: full sun
• Soil: humus-rich, moisture retentive soil
• Rate of growth: average
• Hardiness: frost hardy
  
  If you want really big, round, yellow fruits, then this is the one for you. These can grow to an enormous size and therefore this variety is especially popular with competition growers! It has the capacity to put on over 1kg of fresh weight every day, but to achieve this it would need to be really well fed and watered. It is a tasty variety that is easy to grow and great for making jack-o lanterns at halloween or putting in pies.
  
  
• Growing Instructions

  Sow indoors - March to May and plant out June to July
  Sow outside - May to June when the air temperature is above 5°C
  Sow 2cm deep - it is important to lay seed vertically as if it is laid flat it may rot before germinating
  Thin plants to 1m apart April to August
  To fruit well they need to be planted with lots of room all around.
  Allow the skins to harden in the sun before harvesting
  
  Harvest: August to October. Allow the skins to harden in the sun before

  • Eventual Height: 1.2m
  • Eventual Spread: 0.3m
  squash 'Atlantic Giant' - pumpkin The Big Mamma of pumpkins.