A variety of the blue/grey type pumpkin, it bears large solid fruits withA variety of the blue/grey type pumpkin, it bears large solid fruits with‘dry’ flesh making it ideal for roasting.Prepare for planting as soon as the soil warms up by digging 1 msquare by 15-30 cm deep holes and then placing in as much rottedanimal manure and compost as possible or 40 grams of a generalpurpose fertilizer. Replace original soil to form a saucer-shaped hillabove the compost.Sow 2-3 seeds on the top of each hill to a depth of 3 to 4 cmand then later remove the weakest seedlings leaving only one toeach hill.Pick off any early blossoms for the sake of a more uniform crop later.If the plants run to too much vine, pinch them back to force fruiting.