Originally Posted by Steve

Shell wrote:
Hi,

Can anyone help me? I've grown a pumpkin, by mistake really, but have
watched it grow through the summer. I don't know when to harvest it
though! The plant now looks quite dead and withered, but the pumpkin
hasn't changed colour from green. What do I do?

Thanks.

If the vine is really dead, there's not much reason to leave it out
there. Go ahead an cut it from the vine. If the pumpkin is mature enough
to be good and solid, it should color up pretty soon.

Steve