Record breeding with fruits over 2 meters long.

Kikinda Competition is an exclusive breeding for bobby-seeds.com. The renowned Lagenaria expert and breeder Prof. Dr. Berenji has selected this beautiful, slim variety for years for yield and length growth. Kikinda is a village in eastern Serbia where Prof. Berenji organizes a large pumpkin festival every year. The highlight there is also the weighing of the giant pumpkins. We have dedicated the name Kikinda Competition Strain to him and his commitment to the pumpkin and the public relations work surrounding the pumpkin.

This variety bears light green, very slender fruits that, with good cultivation and a correspondingly warm summer, reach a length of over 2 meters.

In order to obtain straight, shapely fruits, cultivation on a pergola or a high fence is essential.

Ripening time: 130 days.

Calabashes grow lushly.

Calabashes grow well on warm, well-drained soils, pre-cultivation and planting with sowing from the end of April gives good results.

High cultivation yields straight fruits, soil culture produces interesting shapes.

Lagenaria are very fast-growing and you get the most beautiful fruits if you lead the tendrils up a fence or pergola.