Variety profile
Pumpkin ‚Blue Hubbard’
Cucurbita maxima · Cucurbitaceae
- Ripening
- spät
- Harvest
- Week 39 to 42
- Vigour
- stark
- Growth habit
- rankend
- Origin
- USA
- Introduced
- 1909
- Open-pollinated
- Yes
- Heritage variety
- Yes
- Use
- Kochen, Lager, Sauce
- Disease resistance
- Mehltau: mittel
About this variety
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You will find ‚Blue Hubbard’ a venerable American giant with a thick, blue‑grey shell and massive, droplet‑shaped fruits that often weigh five to ten kilos. Its hard shell makes it one of the best storage pumpkins, and when kept cool it stays good into spring. The dense, dry‑milled flesh is sweet and robust in flavor, making it ideal for soup, puree, and oven dishes. It requires plenty of space and a long, warm season to reach full maturity.
You will taste dense, dry‑milled flesh that offers full sweetness and an earthy, robust depth.
Care and diseases
Soil, feeding, pruning, companion planting and diseases apply to every variety of this species alike. You will find the full guidance on the species page.
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