Elite LinePumpkin
Pumpkin 771.6 Akatsuka 2023
My first competition, in 2023: 350 kg.
From €12Why this price?
Selected from a 350 kg orange fruit, harvested at my very first competition in 2023. A reliable genetic line to seriously get started with giant pumpkins, at a more accessible price than my champion line.
⭑ Elite Line — very limited stock (a few seeds per season). For serious growers only.
Pedigree
- Grower
- Nicolas Akatsuka
- Year
- 2023
- Parent fruit
- 350 kg · 771.6 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.
