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cupola pumpkin Cupola Pumpkin

Cucurbita moschata
Also known as Tahitian squash (EN) Dali pumpkin (EN)

A variety of pumpkin

How to sow cupola pumpkin: Direct seed indoors (and transplant outside after seedlings are hardened off) or outdoors

Sun requirement for cupola pumpkin: Plant in Full Sun

A New Zealand heirloom from Ahipara, sent in by Vince Eales, whose family had grown it for over 100 years after it came via South Africa. Known overseas as Tahitian squash and in the north as Dali pumpkin. The long necks are good sliced and baked, the seed end suits stuffing, and the deep orange flesh is very sweet, like butternut. Transplant at 1 m.

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Cupola pumpkin facts

Lifespan

Annual living and reproducing in a single year or less

Growing cupola pumpkins

  1. Sow seeds in pots 4 weeks before planting out
  2. Dig a pit and fill it with compost 2 weeks before planting out
  3. Harden off the seedlings 1 week before planting out
  4. Set or refill beer traps for slugs and snails at planting out every week
  5. Water deeply at the base 1 week after planting out every week
  6. Mulch around the plants 3 weeks after planting out
  7. Hand pollinate the female flowers 6 weeks after planting out
  8. Pinch out the vine tips 10 weeks after planting out
  9. Lift fruit onto a tile or board 6 weeks before first harvest
  10. Check leaves for powdery mildew 8 weeks after planting out every 2 weeks
  11. Cut pumpkins with a long stalk at first harvest
  12. Cure the pumpkins in the sun 1 week after first harvest

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Ecological requirements

Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Cucurbita moschata Duch ez Poir

Family / Taxonomy Magnoliopsida
Dilleniidae
Violales
Cucurbitaceae
Optimal temperature 20 - 30 °C
Absolute temperature 10 - 40 °C
Optimal rainfall 600 - 1600 mm/year
Absolute rainfall 300 - 2800 mm/year
Optimal soil pH 5.5 - 7.5
Absolute soil pH 4.5 - 8.3
Crop cycle 80 - 140 days
Max altitude 2400 m
Life form vine
Life span annual
Habit climber/scrambler/scadent
Optimal soil depth deep (>>150 cm)
Optimal soil texture medium, organic
Optimal soil fertility high
Optimal soil drainage well (dry spells)
Optimal soil salinity low (<4 dS/m)
Photoperiod short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours)
Optimal light clear skies

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) ECOCROP, the crop ecological requirements database. Version 1. https://data.apps.fao.org/catalog/dataset/ecocrop. Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/ecocrop_1/.

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