Galeux d'Eysines pumpkin
Cucurbita maxima 'Galeux dEysines'
USDA zones3 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Climbing
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Bloom color
- Pink, salmon
- Soil types
- Loam
Garden uses
Notes
'Galeux d'Eysines' pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima 'Galeux d'Eysines') is a vegetable for the food garden. It is typically grown as an annual. It is tender to cold, and the first hard frost will kill it. This plant likes full sun and average to moist, loamy soil. Its blistered skin looks like peanut shells. The climbing vines grow fast and bear pink to salmon flowers from early to late summer.
Pairs well with Suyo Long cucumber, Dolce Fresca basil, and Adirondack Blue potato.