Champion geneticsPumpkin
Pumpkin 1978.6 Daho 2021
French champion: 897.5 kg.
From €38Why this price?
Grown by Mehdi Daho in 2021, this 897.5 kg pumpkin was crowned French champion.
Pedigree
- Grower
- Mehdi Daho
- Year
- 2021
- Parent fruit
- 897.5 kg · 1,978.6 lb
Growing requirements
What this crop asks of you, rated by Nicolas across his five decisive criteria.
- Irrigation
- Climate resilience
- Disease susceptibility
- Managing the giant fruit
- Nutrition & soil
His tips for this crop
- Enriched soil (300–600 L of compost).
- Slow, deep irrigation.
- Shade the fruit from 20 kg onwards.
- Strict pruning.
- Check the fruit daily.
Rated per species: it applies to every line we offer in this category. A word you don’t know? See the glossary →
At a glance
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Potential
- Up to 1,000 kg
- Vegetative phase
- 45–60 days
- Fruit growth
- 70–130 days
- Seeds / pack
- 1 seed
Genetic potential: up to 1,000 kg. In practice, a beginner usually grows 50 to 100 kg, an experienced grower 800 to 1,000 kg.
