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Pumpkin Moranga
1,000 KWD
Pumpkin ‘Moranga’ is a vigorous Brazilian heirloom producing attractive, deeply ribbed fruits with light pink to salmon skin. Each fruit weighs approximately 2–4 kg and contains sweet, creamy orange flesh ideal for roasting, soups and stuffing. Supplied as a healthy young seedling ready for transplanting.
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Pumpkin ‘Moranga’ – Seedling
- Botanical name: Cucurbita maxima
- Type: Winter squash / Pumpkin
- Variety: Open-pollinated Brazilian heirloom
- Growth habit: Vigorous trailing vine
- Fruit color: Light pink to deep salmon
- Fruit shape: Flattened and deeply ribbed
- Average fruit weight: Approximately 2–4 kg
- Days to maturity: Approximately 95–100 days from sowing
- Best use: Cooking, roasting, stuffing and decorative displays
- Pumpkin ‘Moranga’, also known as the Brazilian Pink Pumpkin, is a distinctive heirloom variety producing beautifully flattened, deeply ribbed fruits.
- The skin develops an attractive light pink to rich salmon color at maturity.
- Its orange flesh has a sweet, rich flavors with a pleasantly creamy yet firm texture, making it excellent for roasting, soups, baking and stuffed-pumpkin recipes. The mature fruits also have good storage potential under suitable conditions.
- The plant develops vigorous, spreading vines and requires generous growing space, fertile soil and regular irrigation.
Growing in Kuwait
- Grow during Kuwait’s cooler agricultural season.
- Recommended planting period: September to November
- Sunlight: Full sun during the cooler months
- Plant spacing: Approximately 1.2–1.8 meters
- Soil: Fertile, organic-rich and well-drained
- Watering: Water deeply and consistently, avoiding waterlogged soil
- Pollination: Bee activity or hand pollination may improve fruit set
- Support: Best grown along the ground because of its vigorous vines and fruit weight
- Protect young transplants from extreme heat and intense afternoon sun during early-season planting.
- When transplanting, keep the entire root ball intact, as pumpkin seedlings dislike root disturbance.
Harvesting
- Harvest when the fruit reaches its mature pink-to-salmon color, the rind becomes firm, and the stem begins to dry and turn corky. Cut the fruit with a section of stem attached to improve storage life.
- Please note: Fruit size, color intensity, maturity time and yield may vary according to temperature, soil fertility, irrigation, pollination and growing conditions.
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