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'Prizewinner' Pumpkins

Sub-Category:	Giant Ornamental

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Giant, ornamental hybrid. 75- to 150-pound fruit with bright reddish orange skin, shallow ribs and small blossom-end scar. Up to 300 pounds with intensive management. Plants bear one to two fruit.
Days To Maturity:	115-120
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Rating Summary

Overall: (4.5 Stars) Taste: (0.0 Stars) Yield: (3.5 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (4.0 Stars)

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Number of Reviews: 2

KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease

Reviewed on 09/10/2012 by Pumpkin Fun - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Genesee, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
This is the second year that I have grown these pumpkins in my patch. They do require a great deal of space but the results have been great. While we only get one good pumpkin per plant the size has more than made up for it. Last year nearly all of them were over 100 pounds with several over 150 pounds. This year I have at least 5 over 250 pounds (from 10 plants). They have a wonderful color and a nice big round shape that made them favorites of my roadside customers last year and I already have people asking for them again this year. If you have the space give Prizewinner a try.

Reviewed on 01/27/2009 by bagardens - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Medina, Ohio, United States Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
We love this pumpkin! We grew them last year and our largest pumpkin was 125 lbs. without special attention. They do take a long time to grow so I would suggest in a zone such as ours (my zone 5b) you start them inside to get a head start. We started some inside and planted some seeds directly outside. The pumpkins from the ones we started directly outside did not get as large (around 20 lbs.). I am not sure but I think ours only produced one pumpkin per vine. I rated the yield at 3 stars just because you they do not have a very high yield but it is worth it because of the size of the pumpkins that you do get. After all how may 100 pound pumpkins do you need?

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