Pumpkin, Connecticut Field Pumpkin Seeds

This variety produces large fruit, 10-14 inches in diameter and weighing up to 25 pounds.

• The standard cornfield variety.
• Can be grown anywhere.
• Excellent for carving Jack O' Lanterns.
• Orange-yellow flesh is valued for making pies.

SPECIFICS: (see below for complete sowing information)

• SEED DEPTH: 1/2 inch
• SEED SPACING: 3-5 seeds in a ring (hill) 2 inches across, hills 6-10 feet apart each way
• EMERGES: 7-14 days
• MATURES: 100 days

SOWING:

• Plant seed outdoors in late spring when ground is warm and all danger of frost is past.
  
• Make a group of 3-5 seeds placed in a ring about 2 inches across.
  
• Cover seed with 1/2 inch of soil, well pressed down.
  
• Each ring (hill) should be spaced 6-10 feet apart each way.

GERMINATION:

• Germinated in 7-14 days depending on soil and weather conditions.

THINNING:

• When plants are 2-3 inches high, thin leaving the 3 strongest plants per hill.
  

NOTES:

• May also be placed in rows 6-10 feet apart spacing plants 2-3 feet apart in the row.
• May also be planted among corn.
• Cut from vines with pruning shears leaving 3 inches of stem.