Hot Chocolate pumpkin
Cucurbita pepo 'Hot Chocolate'
USDA zones3 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Soil types
- Loam
Garden uses
Notes
'Hot Chocolate' pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo 'Hot Chocolate') is a vegetable for the food garden and for ground cover. It is typically grown as an annual. Frost will kill it, so set it out only after the last frost in spring. This plant likes full sun and average to moist, loamy soil. It grows at a rapid rate, and its vines can cover the ground fast. The fruit has a distinctive milk chocolate color.
Pairs well with German Johnson tomato, Lime basil, and Diva cucumber.