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It is obvious that even the Orthodox farmers understood some of the health benefits of the plants they grow and eat.
The same way that herbalist are taught and also pass it to their Coming generation the benefits of different leaves, shoots and back of tress or short plants we have also be taught the health benefits of fluted pumpkins.

A herbalist might be right about the benefits of these plants and our modern day chemistry researches begin work from there but only to learn which major component is the active ingredient and in what concentration this might be of effective use to the body system.

A herbalist may not have this knowledge but sometimes they are often right about the potency of each plant, seed or leaves.

I have learnt about the health benefit this leaves at a tender age.

Capacity to boost blood levels.

This was the most important benefit of this leaves. Been a sickle cell warrior that is always short on blood, I learnt that taking the vegetables in meals cooked with soup or spread on cereals will boost my blood levels.

Another way I could take this was by squeezing the fresh leaves and extracting this with water for drinking.

This I have done for years and it has kept me away from blood transfusion and hospital admissions.

A break in my consumption rate and habit got me sick and transfused twice.

source of dietary fiber

Fluted pumpkin aids easy digestion due to a large quantity of dietary fiber present in this veggie.

You may also want to read up about its other chemical components and health benefits from this journal

Growing fluted pumpkin is easy.
And we do this in two different ways.
The first one is by direct planting of seeds in farm

Young growing shoot

The seeds are planted into cultivated ridges like this one.
With a spacing of 1/2 meter apart.
Two seeds can be planted per hole on these ridges.

A moderately well drain sandy loam is necessary for proper growth.
Pumpkin thrives well with or without fertilizer in this type of soil.

We usually do not apply poultry feeds or fertilizer after the veggies have germinated to prevent food poisoning and infections.

But in case you need larger production of leaves, compost or poultry feeds can be applied in farm few months before planting or making ridges.

This will dissolves and destroy harmful bacteria a long time away from planting.

Harvesting can be done every 2weeks in this method of planting.

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At the time of making this post, we have the plant well grown to this point but subsequently I will bring us the blogs about the seeds and how planting can be soon as the seeds become ready from these plant or probably when we buy new seeds..

Fluted pumpkins is a healthy vegetable that boost blood level in our body system you may consider adding this to your diet.

Thank you.