Pumpkin 'Galeux D'Eysines'
Pumpkin 'Galeux D'Eysines' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
'Galeux D'Eysines' is an elegant French heirloom. A large pumpkin, 5-6kg, with salmon-pink coloured skin covered with peanut shell-like warts caused by sugar in the skin as it ripens. The flesh is sweet, moist orange and used for baking and soups; stores for up to 6 months.
Product: Pumpkin 'Galeux D'Eysines'
Product type: SEED (15)
Botanical name: Cucurbita maxima
Galeux D'Eysines' is an elegant French heirloom. A large pumpkin, 5-6kg, with salmon-pink coloured skin covered with peanut shell-like warts caused by sugar in the skin as it ripens. The flesh is sweet, moist orange and used for baking and soups; stores for up to 6 months.
Plant type: Annual running vine
Plant height: 35 – 40 cm
Sow when: Germinate best at 21 - 35°C soil temp.; seed will rot in cold, wet soil; rodents and birds often steal seed, protect with an upturned pot
Temperate: Spring to early summer
Subtropical: All year if frost-free
Tropical: Dry season
Germination: 7 - 10 days
Depth: 2.5 cm deep
Position: Full sun
Sow where: Directly into garden beds
Soil type: Fertile, well-drained soil, pH 6 - 7.5; add plenty of compost
Harvest: 95 - 100 days: harvest pumpkins when fully coloured and the stem is brown. Pick with a stem, 6 cm long, dry in the sun before storing
15 seeds per packet
Cucurbita maxima
Annual running vine
Pumpkin 'Galeux D'Eysines'
'Galeux D'Eysines' is an elegant French heirloom. A large pumpkin, 5-6kg, with salmon-pink coloured skin covered with peanut shell-like warts caused by sugar in the skin as it ripens. The flesh is sweet, moist orange and used for baking and soups; stores for up to 6 months.