wrote...
I've been growing the damned things for ages, but all of a sudden I seem
to
have forgotten how to look after them!

All this talk of an early frost this week ... are the pumpkins which are
still growing going to be ok, or will they get frost damaged? The ones we
stored in the summerhouse got terrible frost damaged earlier this year and
then went mouldy. But is there a difference between the still growing
fruit
and the stored fruit?

I can't believe we previously harvested before first frost unless first
frost isn't normally until late October!


Frost seems to be early this year, we went down and fleeced our chillies
yesterday afternoon but I don't think there was a frost last night. Tonight
it looks like it will be warmer again. Your pumpkin plants will die in the
frost but as long as the fruit are mature and covered they will be OK.
Didn't have enough fleece to cover our butternut bed so I do hope they are
OK, will find out later.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK