Cucurbita maxima is a ANNUAL CLIMBER growing to 0.6 m by 5 m at a fast rate.
It is hardy to zone 9 and is frost tender. It is in flower from July to September, and the seeds ripen from August to October. The species is monoecious and is pollinated by Insects. The plant is self-fertile.
Suitable for: light , medium and heavy soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: acid and neutral soils. It can grow in semi-shade or no shade. It prefers moist soil.
HabitatsCultivated Beds
HabitatsCultivated Beds
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Major pests
- Acanthocoris scabrator
Alternaria cucumerina
Anastrepha grandis
Aphis gossypii
Aulacophora foveicollis
Aulacophora indica
Bactrocera cucurbitae
Bactrocera diversa
Bactrocera dorsalis
Bactrocera tau
Beet pseudoyellows virus
Chalara elegans
Chenopodium murale
Choanephora cucurbitarum
Colletotrichum orbiculare
Corynespora cassiicola
Cucumber mosaic virus
Cucurbit aphid-borne yellows virus
Dacus ciliatus
Deroceras invadens
Deroceras laeve
Diabrotica speciosa
Didymella bryoniae
Dysmicoccus neobrevipes
Erwinia tracheiphila
Ferrisia virgata
Frankliniella occidentalis
Fusarium solani f.sp. cucurbitae
Golovinomyces orontii
Lettuce infectious yellows virus
Liriomyza sativae
Lolium temulentum
Longidorus
Megymenum brevicorne
Murdannia nudiflora
Nacobbus aberrans
Phytophthora cryptogea
Podosphaera xanthii
Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae
Pseudomonas viridiflava
Pseudoperonospora cubensis
Rhizobium radiobacter
Rhizobium rhizogenes
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
Squash leaf curl virus
Squash mosaic virus
Trichodorus
Xanthomonas cucurbitae
Zucchini yellow mosaic virus
Bactrocera latifrons
Serratia marcescens
Zucchini yellow mosaic virus
Minor pests
- Acalymma vittatum
Achatina fulica
Aphis fabae
Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense
Carpomya pardalina
Cirsium arvense
Cladosporium cucumerinum
Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus
Diaphania nitidalis
Leveillula taurica
Liriomyza trifolii
Megalurothrips usitatus
Paratrichodorus porosus
Pinnaspis strachani
Ralstonia solanacearum race 2
Rotylenchulus reniformis
Spodoptera eridania
Spodoptera frugiperda
Thanatephorus cucumeris
Thrips flavus
Trichoplusia ni