Rocket pumpkin
Cucurbita pepo 'Rocket'
USDA zones3 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Bloom color
- Orange, green
- Soil types
- Loam
Garden uses
Notes
'Rocket' pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo 'Rocket') 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. It grows at a rapid rate and bears orange and green blooms from early to late summer. The crop is early and heavy.
Pairs well with Carbon tomato, Lime basil, and Common Chamomile German chamomile.