Pumpkin

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Pumpkin is an annual and perennial melon crop. Homeland North and South America. There are 3 types - large fruit squash (potato squash), nutmeg squash (mother squash), thick (hard) skinned squash (ordinary squash).

Pumpkins with a hard skin are often grown.Pumpkin heat-loving,light-loving plant, grows well in moist and fertile soil. Low resistance to high temperatures and drought.

The root is up to 2 m long. It grows on stalks. The leaves (depending on the type) are large, hairy, with curls in the leaf axils. Flowers bisexual, large, yellow. pollinated from the outside using insects.

The fruit contains 15-18% dry matter, 4-15% sugar, ascorbic acid, carotene, thiamine, riboflavin, nitrogen compounds, pectin, and the seeds contain 20-40% oil. The seeds and oil are used in medicine to treat atherosclerosis, kidney disease, gout and other diseases, as an anthelmintic. Seeds germinate at 9-12 ° C, grow well at 20-25 ° C and are sown in late April - early May. During the growing season it is pruned, row spacing is softened, fed and watered. It ripens in 110-140 days, depending on the variety.

Sowing period: April 1-10 in the southern region; April 10-20 in the central region; April 25 to May 10 in the northern region.