Pumpkin seeds «Titan»

Pumpkin «Titan» - mid-season variety, maturity - 115-120 days. The fruit is flat-round, segmented, orange. The pulp is thick, yellow, rather sweet. For fresh consumption, any sweet preparations.

The pulp is 12-14 cm thick, has high taste qualities, contains a lot of carotene and other useful substances.

The variety is widely used in the food industry for the production of dietary and baby food. Due to the high yield "Titan" is indispensable in animal husbandry. Differs in keeping quality of fruits, it is desirable to store in a dark place.

Sow no earlier than mid-May. It is possible to grow through seedlings. Plants need space and sun. When planting, the row spacing is 2 m, in a row 1.5 m. In order for the fruits to ripen well, the plants are pinched.

Without using any special plant cultivation technology, the Titan pumpkin reaches a weight of 35 to 50 kg, which is also not so small. In practice, with proper care and provision of the necessary growth conditions, the weight of one pumpkin reaches 150 kg.

For example:

• in Holland, a pumpkin weighing approximately 570 kg was grown;
• in Alaska, they received a pumpkin crop weighing about 463 kg;
• the largest pumpkin "Titan", grown in Sweden, weighs 541 kg.

In order to grow a pumpkin "Titan" of record size, it is necessary to leave 1-2 fruits on the plant. All emerging ovaries are very important to remove.