Pumpkin gymnosperm: reviews, features, care and cultivation

It turns out that it is possible to grow a pumpkin, the seeds of which do not contain peels, they are naked, for which the variety was called gymnosperm. He refers to the species as a hard-boiled pumpkin. This vegetable is grown in Russia, Belarus and all European countries. Flesh and seeds are rich in useful substances and vitamins. In the garden, the villagers are infrequent.

Appearance of gymnosperm pumpkin

The plant has a clustered or clad shape, the stems of which can reach 12 m. The faceted stalk is covered with spines, contains large rigid, jagged, five-lobed leaves. Flowers large, yellow, dioecious, with a pleasant smell. Fruits are greenish-yellow or orange-yellow in color. The pulp is coarse and fibrous, sweet or fresh, quickly boiled. The thickness of the soft layer is about 2.5 cm, contains a small amount of light orange pigment. The bark on the fruit is thin. Seeds without the upper shell of green, light green or dark green color. They can be eaten immediately.

Choose a place

Pumpkin gymnosperms are hard, reviews about which are distributed among gardeners, is grown in the same way as all other cultures related to pumpkin. The main thing is to put it away from the squash, squash and other types of pumpkins so that it does not over-dust and lose its individual properties, for which it was planted. To grow a pumpkin, choose a place on the sunny side with a fertile, well-fertilized soil. Only in this case the fruits will grow large and sweet, which means they will be kept for a long time.

Preparation for planting

The place for planting is prepared from autumn. Ditch the garden, add manure or humus, you can put potassium and phosphorus fertilizers. Very well growing pumpkin on compost piles. To do this, with the onset of the autumn period, put a healthy plant top, food waste, foliage, sawdust, ashes, small branches, humus. In spring, plants are planted in a prepared place.

The best predecessors for planting gymnosperm pumpkin are potatoes, onions, various root crops and cabbage. You should not grow this crop where the vegetables from the pumpkin family grew , as they have the same diseases and pests.

Pumpkin gymnosperm: planting and care, reviews

When growing pumpkins through seedlings, according to marketers, it grows faster and yields a rich harvest. Plants are planted in the ground at the end of the first decade of June, after the threat of frost. Even with an insignificant minus temperature, seedlings of gymnosperm pumpkin will die. Often the seeds are sown directly into the soil. They are planted in warm soil, when its temperature reaches about 12 degrees. Seeds are embedded in a bed at a depth of 5 cm 3 pieces per well. Between plants should be not less than one meter. Seedlings will go through 12 days after planting. In inclement weather and cool weather, sometimes the seeds decay, not having time to give sprouts, so it's safer to plant a seedling method.

Pumpkin gymnosperm, the testimonies you can hear about when buying seeds, are uncomfortable when grown. Care for her is reduced to weeding, loosening the soil, fertilizing and watering. Loosening of the soil should be done 4 times during the summer period. Leaves of impressive size evaporate a large amount of moisture, so water the plant should be once a week, if there is no rain. During the flowering period, watering is less frequent than usual. This sort of pumpkin is undemanding to watering. First time fed 10 days after planting seedlings, next time - during flowering. Pumpkin responds well to watering infusion of mullein and ash.

Pumpkin Danae (gymnosperm): reviews

The skin of the fruit of this variety has a greenish-yellow color with yellowish stripes. Tykviny small size - 3-5 kg, pulp juicy, sweet, the seeds do not have a solid shell. The variety belongs to the middle-ripening species. A large number of vitamins and trace elements are found in seeds and pulp, so the fruit is often used for dietary and baby food. Use it in cooked, baked, stewed, and also used for making juices and drinks. The vegetable is well transported and stored well.

Pumpkin Danae is grown in two ways: in the open ground and with the help of seedlings. In March-April, seeds are sown in boxes. When there are 3 real leaves, the plant is transplanted into the open ground (certainly after the threat of frost). The temperature of the soil at this time should be about 14 degrees. Seeds are planted at the end of May or early June, observing the scheme of 1 x 1 m.

Pumpkin Danae, like all pumpkin cultures, requires additional fertilizing. 10 days after planting the seedlings spend the first soil coiling, the second - during flowering. The plant should be watered and weeded in time. As the fruit ripens, the fruits are cut and eaten, like seeds and flesh. Ogorodniki note that the seeds are very tasty, do not require purification, although they are in the film. The flesh has a light orange color, from which a wonderful juice is obtained.

Pumpkin Apricot

Pumpkin of this type refers to the unique medium-early varieties of pumpkin. It rushes about 3 months after planting. The fruit has a round-cylindrical shape with indistinctly revealed ribbing. In the stage of full ripeness, the color of the bark of the apricot pumpkin is yellowish with rather wide stripes of green color, it looks bright and attractive. The fruit crust is not thick, but firm. Flesh weakly fibrous, soft with a yellow tinge. Seeds of pumpkin without a dense shell, covered with a thin film. Pumpkin apricot gymnosperm, reviews About which only positive, belongs to dessert varieties.

Grow a variety for the production of pumpkin seeds, the production of puree and juice production, which to taste like apricot. Pumpkin flesh is used and in raw form.

Harvesting

Pumpkin gymnosperm, the feedback about which is passed from mouth to mouth, has the lowest yield of the whole family of hard-core. To accelerate the ripening process of the crop, the main stem of the plant is plucked when 3 ovaries are formed on it. On one plant grows up to 6 fruits. Remove the pumpkin before the onset of cold weather, when the fetus dries the stalk. You can store about three months at a temperature of 8 to 10 degrees.

Beneficial features

Why is gymnosperm pumpkin useful from the point of view of medicine? Its merits are very difficult to overestimate. It is famous for its dietary properties. The pulp of the gymnosperm pumpkin contains:

• Sugar - 4-11%, with a glucose of 2.6%;
• Fiber, protein, starch, pectin;
• Vitamins of group B, carotene, E, C, PP;
• Macroelements: magnesium, phosphorus, calcium, potassium, silicon, sodium;
• Microelements: iodine, cobalt, iron, zinc, fluorine, copper.

Pumpkin leaves contain vitamin C significantly more than the flesh. And the pumpkin seeds include the following useful substances:

• Fatty oil - up to 50%;
• Protein - 28%;
• Vitamins B1, C;
• Phytosterols;
• Carotenoids;

In gymnosperm pumpkin, seeds, young shoots and flesh can be used for medicinal purposes. Because of low calorie pumpkin gymnosperm, reviews of which are heard by people prone to fat, suitable for cooking on fasting days. They need to eat a half kilogram of baked in the oven or boiled pumpkin. The high content of pectin in the pumpkin is excellent for patients with inflammatory processes in the large intestine. In addition, pectins contribute to the removal of harmful cholesterol from the human body and prevent its absorption.

Pumpkin consumption:

• Promotes the release of chlorine by the kidneys, so it is very useful for patients suffering from edema in heart diseases;
• Recommended to patients with poor kidney function, liver;
• Helps people with gout.

The main property of pumpkin seeds for medicine lies in their anthelmintic effect. They promote the expulsion of round and ribbon worms and are taken for preventive purposes. The pumpkin gymnosperm has a particularly strong effect. Feedback on the use of seeds proves the great benefit of this product.

Growing gymnosperm pumpkin is not much different from other solid cultures. It should be noted that it is more thermophilic, so it is necessary to plant it in warm soil and preferably in a seedling way. Otherwise, seeds that do not have a shell can simply rot away. Many gardeners like the pumpkin gymnosperm for taste. Reviews of delicious pulp and seeds that do not need to be cleaned quickly spread among garden lovers.