Pumpkin Sweet Meat

100 days. Recommended by USU. Vigorous, heavy yielding vines. Large flattened globe with hard, grey-green rind. Deep yellow flesh is orange, dry and fiberless. Delicious sweet flavor that improves in storage makes this a local favorite. 

• Latin Name: Cucurbita maxima
• Other Names: Gill’s Sweet Meat
• Days to Maturity: 100 days
• Planting Depth: 1”
  
• Plant Spacing: 18-24”
• Row Spacing: 3-6’
• Growth Habit: Vine
• Soil Preference: Moist, well-draining
• Temp Preference: 65-85℉
• Light Preference: Full sun
• Color: Slate gray, orange flesh
  
• Flavor: Sweet