Cucurbita maxima 'Aladdin'

  • Product number: 515250
  • Origin: South America
  • Latin: Cucurbita maxima

The small version of nos. 515260 and 515290, red with green and yellow stripes and the characteristic constriction, making the fruit resemble a turban.

Its amusing name already suggests something about its shape: flat-round with a clear constriction in the middle. All caps are edible!

Names:
Latin: Cucurbita maxima
Dutch: Turkse Mutsen
English: Turkish Turban

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Sowing method: From mid-March (indoors) or from mid-May outdoors in pots or at their final destination. Planting distance 100x100 cm. Harvest during dry weather when the fruit stem begins to cork. Gourds can be grown outdoors without problems. They can be pruned regularly, or allowed to climb. The growing tips are edible!

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Sowing/planting time:

  • March
  • April
  • May

Harvesting time:

  • August
  • September
  • October

Soil type:

  • All soil types

Cultivation location:

  • Indoors
  • Outdoors

Position:

  • Sun
  • Flower colour: Yellow flowers
  • Origin: South America
  • Average growth height: More than 200 cm
  • Annual or perennial: Annual
  • Attractive to insects: Various insects
  • Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
  • Ease of cultivation: Easy
  • Latin: Cucurbita maxima
  • Dutch: Turkish Hats
  • Also known as: Not applicable / Not known
  • English: Turkish Turban
  • All year round

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