PUMPKIN PENNSYLVANIAN CROOKNECK IS A WINTER PUMPKIN WITH A SWEET FLESH AND IT’S REALLY EASY TO GROW TOO! THE MOTHER OF THE BUTTERNUT! AMISH VARIETY HANDED DOWN FOR CENTURIES!

This heirloom pumpkin makes for an easy to grow, versatile and tasty addition to the garden! To me, “neck” pumpkins resemble a butternut squash on steroids. The smooth tan skin and orange flesh certainly resemble the butternut, but neck pumpkins have an elongated meaty neck that can be either straight or curved, depending on growing conditions.

These pumpkins can get up to 10 KG in size, though mine tend to weigh in around 5 TO 6 which is still a lot of pumpkin, anyway you look at it! Like its cousin the butternut, it’s also a great keeper.

The vines are quite long and vigorous and need a fair amount of room to ramble about. Mine are quite happy climbing up the fencing but they will also scramble and just happily fill the area they are in!

Pennsylvania Crookneck (Cucurbita moschata) Sweet orange flesh, nutty flavour, ancestor of Butternut variety. Long curved neck, popular Amish variety.

LARGE SEEDS, COLLECT YOUR SEEDS AND NEVER HAVE TO BUY THEM AGAIN! TREATED WITH FUNGICIDE, THIS WILL DISSIPATE WHEN PLANTED, WASH HANDS AFTER HANDLING.

Grow Notes
Prefers full sun in moist, well-draining soil.

Susceptible to mildew, water roots not leaves.

Harvest fruit when vine dries out.

Sow
Sow direct in Spring, planting seeds at a depth of 20mm with 100cm plant spacing and 250cm row spacing.

Keep soil moist, not wet.

Germination
5-10 days at 21-35°C

Maturity
120-140 days