Description of honey pumpkin varieties, their characteristics and productivity

Varieties

Note! Varieties of honey pumpkin are united only by an identical taste, and the fruits have different characteristics.

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The Azhur variety is drought-resistant and can be stored for a long time; it can be enjoyed throughout the year.

The fruits are gray, up to 9 kg. The sweet pulp is used in a wide variety of dishes:

• porridge,
• frying;
• baking, etc.

August

High-yielding variety. Cylindrical shape, green color. The center is crispy, flavorful, and full of carotenes and fiber. Pumpkin is very tasty both raw and in the form of porridges, as well as filling for pies.

Tokyo

The sweet variety of Tokyo F1 honey pumpkin is famous for its high percentage of carotene and stunning aroma. This species has two more varieties.

• Sugar is whitish in color with a light center.
• Honey green in color with an orange center, weighs about 4 kg.

The fruits are pureed and baked. The harvest is harvested after 4 months. The plants are climbing, the average yield is about 20 kg. The taste is amazing, spicy-sweet. Recommended for nutrition during diets.

Honey beauty

The harvest is obtained after 3 months. Weight approximately 5 kg. The characteristic is positive - sweetness and resistance to diseases make the variety tempting for many lovers of melons.

Chit

Pumpkin Honey Crumb is the only bush variety among similar varieties. It is round in shape, weighs 3 kg, and is ashy in color. The harvest has a long shelf life. Ripens in 4 months.

A disadvantage that is worth knowing about when cultivating is that the vegetable does not tolerate transplantation well.

Honey Princess

The beautifully named Honey Princess pumpkin is pale orange on the outside but very bright on the inside. The fruit is externally ribbed, while all the “folds” are the same size, even and neat. This makes the pumpkin very attractive.

Large-fruited variety. Weight up to 10 kg. The harvest ripens in 4 months. The culture is resistant to diseases.

Orange honey

The ripening of honey orange pumpkin lasts for 4 months. The weight of the melon crop is only about 2 kg. The plant grows, and the fruit has a unique sugary taste.

The downside of this variety is that it has a negative attitude towards changing the growing area.

Description of other types

• Fairy tale. Weight about 5 kg. Characteristic tart-sweet taste.
• Honey dessert. The bush is climbing and takes 3 months to mature. The fruits are huge, slightly flattened, and can reach 10 kg. Shelf life – 3 months.
• Guitar. Weight about 4 kg, elongated shape, size 70 cm. The middle is orange, juicy. It lasts for a long time without losing its taste.

Pumpkin shape may vary

Top 12 sugariest and most productive pumpkin varieties that are easy to carry and cook

Hello, hello, dear garden and garden lovers!

In the fall, you can enjoy pumpkin flavor to your heart's content, namely in porridges, filling in various types of baked goods, baked in the oven, either with vegetables or on their own, and simply with fragrant pumpkin jam. The application and use of pumpkin is limitless, it all depends on the imagination of the housewives.

Until the beginning of spring, and experienced gardeners until next summer, they skillfully preserve fruits with a rough crust, under which a storehouse of yellow-orange vitamins is hidden. The main value of pumpkin is provitamin A - it is not lost even during heat treatment.

But not all types of pumpkin contain large amounts of sugar. Record sugar accumulation of up to 6-11%, when in ordinary specimens this figure does not exceed 3-5%.

And so, what are the varieties and types of sweet pumpkins with sugar pulp, which can be stored for a long time at room temperature and which can be easily removed from the garden, that is, the maximum weight reaches 5-6 kg

For me, for example, this is very important, since it is very difficult to cook a 10-kilogram fruit

Chit

From the first shoots to harvest – 4 months. Fills up to 2 – 3 kg. Lying bed. The seed chamber is small. The pulp is not watery, slightly crispy. Sugar content is over 9%, even in temperate climates.

Marble

Climbing pumpkin. There are no cracks or white rot on the fruits, they are stored excellently. Bec 4 kg. The shape is spherical-flattened, with small ribs. The average sugar content is 9%, the maximum is 12%. The pulp is not mealy, juicy and tender.

Orange Honey F1

A climbing variety of medium ripening period, weighing 1.8 - 3.7 kg. Pumpkins are flattened and striped. The inside is very bright – red-orange. The taste qualities are excellent. Shelf life - about 5 months.

New

This mid-late (120 days) nutmeg pumpkin produces club-shaped fruits. Can be stored for 8 months. When fully ripe, the skin is pinkish-orange. The pulp is very juicy, orange-colored; caxapicity – 10%.

Pastille - champagne

A variety without a “vegetable” pumpkin smell, very sweet, lightweight. The taste is excellent both raw and after heat treatment. Weight 2 – 4 kg (up to 10 kg). The shape is oval, the skin is pinkish, the flesh is orange. In addition to vanilla, you can feel watermelon and melon flavors.

Dacha

Hard-barked pumpkin, early variety. Ripens steadily, filling up to 3 – 5 kg and accumulating 6% sugars. Tender, juicy. The shape is oval, smooth. The outside of the fruit is striped, the inside is orange. They will last until January.

Smile

Unique characteristics: almost bush (1 meter), early ripening (85 days), with a sugar content of 8%. The plant produces 5 – 7 orange “balls” weighing 700 – 980 g.

Michurinskaya

A variety that ripens in 3 months. Produces fruits ranging in size from 4 to 7 kg. Tolerant to drought and frost (can even withstand frosts down to -0.5 degrees). The skin is gray and thin. The seed nest is small. The pulp is thick, bright orange, fiberless. Accumulation of sugars – up to 10%. Storage is long-term, and the sweetness increases 1 – 2 months after harvesting.

Graceful

Mid-season (110-115 days from full germination to harvesting) variety. The fruits are turban-shaped, segmented, smooth, weighing 3.3-5.8 kg. The color of the bark is gray, without a pattern. The pulp is dark orange, thick, crispy. The taste is good. It has a high content of carotene and dry matter.

Baby

Early ripening (80-90 days from full germination to harvesting) variety with high and early formation of female flowers. The fruits are flattened, dark gray with a brown tint, weighing 2-3 kg. The taste is high. It has a high content of carotene and sugars.

Hope

Mid-season variety (110-120 days pass from germination to full ripening of fruits). Fruits weighing 4 kg. Sugar content 10-12%. The thickness of the pulp is up to 6 cm. This pumpkin can be used for making porridge, jam, marmalade, diet juice, and also baked (without adding sugar).

Granddaughter

Mid-early (100-105 days) portioned variety. The fruit is small, weighing 1-2.8 kg, with dark green bark with longitudinal light green stripes and dense orange pulp 2.5-3.5 cm thick. It is distinguished by its dry matter content, which is unique for a pumpkin: it accumulates 23-26% of it under normal conditions. weather, 30% - in dry and sunny weather. Moreover, there is more sugar in pumpkin (up to 17%) than in melon.

It has been noted that late varieties of pumpkins are especially sweet.

To gain sweetness, the pumpkin should be planted in sunny areas, with loose and fertile soil. During the period of flowering and fruiting, abundant watering is necessary, but at the moment the pumpkins ripen, it is stopped. The sweetest fruits are obtained in the hot summer.

Landing Features

Seedling method

The crop is grown using the seedling method. Seeds are planted a month before planting in an open area.

Soil and seed preparation

1. Prefer fresh seeds (buy them in the year of planting), this will increase yield and resistance to diseases. Discard seeds with defects. It is advisable to germinate them first so that they hatch.
2. The seeds are immersed in warm water for a couple of hours and then placed on a damp cloth.
3. To increase the durability of the crop, especially nutmeg, the hatched seeds are hardened - kept in the refrigerator for 3 days.

Seeds germinate in peat pots. Some people use boxes of substrate. Sawdust is poured under it for drainage.

Transplantation into the ground

Fertile and well-warmed loose soil is good for planting. There the fruits grow to gigantic sizes.

Pumpkin will not take root on heavy clay soils. Acidic soils will also be of no use; they should be limed first.

The plant along with peat pots is transplanted into the ground. Over time, the containers will decompose without damaging the delicate roots

By the time of planting in the ground, the soil should warm up to 14 °C. The depth of the burial is about 7 cm. Humus is added to the holes. Plant at a distance of 60-100 cm.

Adviсe

1. Seedlings develop well in greenhouses covered with film, or in an apartment on a southern windowsill.
2. Hatched seeds are sown a month before planting in the soil. For three days the optimal temperature is 25°C during the day and 18°C ​​at night. When seedlings germinate, the temperature is reduced to avoid stretching. Sprouts with a strong stem and a pair of healthy leaves are ideal.
3. When the frosts pass, the sprouts are planted in watered and fertilized holes. Before planting, tear open the peat pots.
4. The sprouts are temporarily covered with caps or covered with film.
5. Place compost around the hole.
6. In damp summers, it is better to grow pumpkins on mounds to avoid rot.

Planting seeds in the ground

When the soil warms up to 13°C, honey pumpkin seeds can be sown directly into it. The depth of the hole is 6 cm, and between them - 80 cm.

Interesting! Sometimes seeds are placed at different depths. When the shallowly planted ones freeze, the deeper ones will germinate. Then thin out.

Pumpkin varieties

According to information for 2012, the State Register of Breeding Achievements of Russia included 41 varieties of large-fruited pumpkin, 9 of nutmeg, and 12 of hard-barked pumpkin.

• For the middle zone, early-ripening varieties of large-fruited pumpkin have been bred: Lechebnaya, Michurinskaya, Olga, Slastena, Ulybka, Rossiyanka; mid-season varieties: Amazon, Konfetka, Kupchikha.
• Early ripening variety of nutmeg pumpkin for the middle zone: Augustine; mid-season varieties: Matilda, Tsukatnaya.
• Early ripening varieties of hard-bark pumpkin: Vesnushka, Gribovskaya bush 189, Bush orange, Spaghetti, Juno; mid-season varieties: Golosemyanka, Danaya, Mozolevskaya 49.

This year I bought and sowed a pumpkin of the Beauty variety from the Gavrish company, my review is about it.

Pumpkin variety Beauty

Pumpkin Beauty, description, photo

Large-fruited pumpkin of medium ripening period (the company promises 95-108 days before harvesting ripe fruits). The vines are long, the fruits are bright red, 4-8 kg, with yellow-orange, tasty, crispy, medium-thick pulp. After harvest, the fruits are stored for 3 months, maintaining their quality. It can be grown through seedlings by sowing the seeds in late April-early May. Sowing seeds in the ground is carried out after the last spring frosts, as well as planting seedlings. Seeds are sown at a depth of 4-5 cm according to a pattern of 100 cm by 150 cm.

Unfortunately, our summer this year was unfavorable for pumpkins in open ground. In May-June it was hot and dry, in July-August it was cold, the growing season increased, I think that’s why the pumpkins grew small and are still not ripe.

For testing, I removed one small pumpkin from a side branch to see what kind of pulp it had and what it tasted like. The taste is very average, almost not sweet (perhaps there was not enough heat), the color is orange, the seeds are mostly ripe. What the Beauty pumpkin looks like, see its photo in the garden and in cross-section.

Pumpkin variety Beauty is growing

Rules of care

The pumpkin is unpretentious and does not take up much space. However, it is worth creating supports for its weaving.

Watering

The plant loves water. She has strong roots and drinks a lot. Keep the soil moderately moist until flowering. Give her water often during her initial growth. When flowers appear, water as the soil dries.

Before watering, you need to remove weeds and loosen the soil.

Top dressing

Prepare mullein diluted with water and feed the crop:

• to the first leaves;
• when flowering;
• a couple more times.

Fertilizer made from ash is excellent (a glass per melon plant).

Weeding and loosening the soil

This procedure is carried out while simultaneously getting rid of weeds and thinning out seedlings.

The soil should always be kept loose and weed-free. Immediately after sowing, in order to avoid the appearance of an earthen crust, harrowing is done, often using a rake.

Bush formation

Leave 3 fruits on the shoot so that they grow larger.

An important detail is the powdering of the lashes. If they are over a meter long, they are covered with earth. The roots that feed the culture develop there.

No need to leave a lot of fruit

Little Red Riding Hood

The ripe fruits of the Little Red Riding Hood pumpkin or turban pumpkin look like a mushroom with a red cap. Their weight can vary from 300 grams to 4 kg.

Among the advantages of the vegetable and what affects the favorable reasons for seed germination is the following:

1. Early ripening: the vegetative period is about 100 days.
2. High yield: one bush can produce 20 fruits.
3. Cold resistance.
4. Drought resistance.
5. Immunity to powdery mildew.

But the main advantage that captivates many gardeners is the amazing taste of the bright orange pumpkin pulp: tender, crumbly, with a light melon aroma and devoid of the astringency characteristic of other large-fruited varieties. This variety is also attractive for its ability to ripen during storage, becoming sweeter and tastier by mid-winter.

Little Red Riding Hood can be grown by seeds (planting in May-June) or seedlings (planting in April-May). The vines of this plant are quite long (up to 3 meters), but if you create a support for it, the bush will grow upward and will not take up much space.

Planting pumpkins in open ground should be done by choosing a sufficiently lit area, avoiding places where pumpkins of other varieties or their “close relatives” such as cucumbers and zucchini previously grew. Neighborhood with other representatives of large-fruited pumpkins is also undesirable.

Protection from diseases and pests

Diseases:

1. powdery mildew;
2. rotten.

The first problem will require deep plowing and abundant watering.

Aloe helps against rotting. It is necessary to cut out the bad tissue and treat it with agave juice. Everything heals, the plant will continue to grow safely.

Pests

It will help against wireworms:

1. plowing;
2. liming of acidic soil;
3. bait in the form of pieces of beets;
4. spraying with insecticides.

Helps against aphids:

1. getting rid of weeds;
2. spraying with a decoction of wormwood with washing soap.

Harvest and storage

Suberization is the main sign of ripeness. The collection begins on a clear day, before the cold weather. The vegetable must be cut with the stalk.

Damaged fruits are used first, and whole ones are dried for 10 days so that the peel becomes hard.

Harvest storage:

• in the cellar;
• on the balcony;
• Can be kept in the refrigerator for 25 days;
• In the freezer, the vegetable is stored in slices for up to a year;
• can be stored dried;
• in the form of juices, compotes, jams, and other preparations.

Description

The name Honey is common to several varieties that differ in external characteristics, but are similar in taste. The varieties are mainly mid-season: ripening occurs no earlier than 110 days. The plants are unpretentious in care, resistant to changes in temperature, and can withstand slight cold snaps. They have long lashes that grow more than 1 m.

Pumpkin is grown in any climate zone. Depending on the region, the planting method changes: the vegetable is sown directly into the ground only in the southern regions; in colder climates, seedlings are grown.

The varieties have increased immunity to common diseases and pests.

Distinctive features

The seed bank remains viable for several years, so it is not necessary to plant seeds collected last year. Any soil composition except clay soil is suitable for growing vegetables. In such soil it will not be possible to get a rich harvest.

Fruit characteristics

Depending on the variety, honey pumpkins vary in weight and shape. Basically, ripe vegetables have an orange color and pulp of the same color. Average weight - 2–5 kg, rounded-flattened shape. The taste is sugary, the flesh is juicy and tender. The peel is thin, but reliably protects vegetables from damage.

The photo shows one of the varieties of honey pumpkins.

Productivity

The yield of such varieties is high: the average is 10–15 kg per 1 m2. Productivity is influenced by climatic features and soil composition. In light fertile soil the indicator is highest.

Advantages and disadvantages

The advantages of culture lie in its beneficial properties for the human body. It is used:

• for cardiovascular diseases;
• anemia;
• anemia;
• sore throat;
• to improve immunity;
• to reduce acidity in the body;
• getting rid of insomnia;
• hypertension
• To expel excess fluid from the body;
• from toxicosis;
• from prostatitis
• against obesity – normalizes metabolism;
• from worms.

The disadvantages are associated with the existence of some contraindications. It is not advisable to use pumpkin if:

• gastritis with low acidity;
• diabetes;
• stomach ulcer;
• duodenum.