Stunned for 800 years pumpkin seeds can still sprout

These 800-year-old pumpkin seeds actually sprout, grow very well, and the fruit produces long-shaped pumpkins. The students named it "Gete Okosomin" , which means "Cool Thousand Years Pumpkin".

Not long ago, archaeologists unearthed a mysterious pottery jar in the Menominee Reserve area near Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. In ceramic jars filled with pumpkin seeds.

After inspection, archaeologists said that this ceramic jars date back about 850 years, but the ancient pumpkin seeds also have a life span of about 800 years of history.

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Pumpkin seeds are 800 years old, resulting in long squash.

It was thought that these pumpkin seeds could not germinate anymore, but Canadian Mennonite University students still embraced the hope of trying their luck. They decided to bring these seeds for planting.

Unexpectedly, these 800-year-old pumpkin seeds really germinate, grow very well, and the result is a long-form pumpkin .

It is known that the taste of this ancient pumpkin is very delicious, not only the thick fruit flesh, the taste is also very sweet, very fragrant.

After tasting the 800-year-old pumpkin, the students brought its seeds to a lot of people, hoping everyone could help restore this seemingly extinct ancient pumpkin, making it Once again became the favorite fruit on the dining table.

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