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- Hokkaido cut? So you prune overgrowing plants and win delicious flowers
- Cut back the Hokkaido plant
- Flowers are edible
- Delicious ideas with pumpkin blossoms
- How to cut a Hokkaido pumpkin into pieces
- Tips & Tricks
Hokkaido cut? So you prune overgrowing plants and win delicious flowers
The Hokkaido belongs to the creepers and grows, like so many cucurbits, very fast. One thinks to be able to watch the plants at the tendrils. However, before the pumpkin plants proliferate your garden, you can prune them carefree.
Earlier harvest Hokkaido pumpkin correctlyCut back the Hokkaido plant
Hokkaido tendrils can be cropped anytime, anywhere. It is best to cut the main shoot after the third or fifth runner, then the flowers will be higher. Do not worry, the plant will not mind you and still continue to grow. Use a sharp knife or secateurs to prune the shoots, and a small pair of nail scissors on young shoots. By the way, you can remove some flowers - especially the males. As a result, the other flowers get more nutrients, which they can then invest in the fruit approaches - in this way, the fruits are larger.
Flowers are edible
Do not throw the flowers away because they are edible! Pumpkin blossoms (as well as zucchini blossoms, which also belong to the cucurbits) can be wonderfully filled with different foods and prepared. By the way, fried pumpkin blossoms are especially tasty. Be sure to use only the male flowers if possible, as the fruits develop from the female ones.
Delicious ideas with pumpkin blossoms
How to cut a Hokkaido pumpkin into pieces
Cutting pumpkins into bite-sized pieces is often a feat of strength. Also, the Hokkaido pumpkin is not easy to kill. You need a very sharp knife and pierce this with the tip of the stem into the pumpkin into it. Now cut from the stem to the ground and separate out so individual carving. Remove the inner cores and cut the pulp into small cubes.Now you can freeze the pumpkin or continue processing.
Tips & Tricks
Boil the pumpkin pieces in water for 20 minutes and pour. Crush the pumpkin into a coarse nut and freeze it. Later you can process the mus into a delicious pumpkin soup in an instant - an excellent and delicious fast food!