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On 14 Sep 2003 16:51:47 -0700, (Steve
Sagerian) wrote:

so the bigger they are the better.

Should I let them continue to grow and pull them on the first nite
frost is predicted?

They won't grow much larger once they turn orange.

If I pull them now and keep them in a dry place will they keep until
the end of october (or longer?).

I picked them when it was dry out for a fairly long period of time (48
hours) and when they turn solid orange with very little green
remaining. Some of them last until March and are very flavorful as
long as they're kept in cool, dry conditions. Mine usually turn
orange around mid-late August but that's because I start with
seedlings which were started indoors around mid-April. These are the
"triple-treat" variety, only about 10 inches wide but there's a lot of
them (over a dozen for 150 sq feet). A few of them rotted this year
but that's to be expected with 20 inches of rain in the past 3 months.


Dan
nw NJ