Pumpkins
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. |
Pumpkins
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 |
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Pumpkins
Every year I grow lots of pumpkins and there are often a few that don't
ripen by the end of the season. However, they will ripen in time. I just harvest each one, being careful not to knock off its stem, then I wash off the dirt, towel it down, and set it in a protected place under my eaves while there's still sun and no hard frost. When the temperatures drop to freezing, I bring any still ripening inside and keep them in a relatively cool spot near a window. They ALL ripen in time, even though some may take many weeks. Pumpkins make THE best soup. Argo http://greenrealm.blogspot.com (a science fantasy) |
Pumpkins
Shell writes:
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? This is an edible pumpkin is it? Almost all pumpkins grown in Australia have green skins. Provided the plant looks dead, harvest it. If you want to keep it for a time, make sure you cut or break the little stalk at least 5 or 6 inches away from the pumpkin so that a good length remains attached to the pumpkin. Most likely you will be able to slice and cook it skin and all, it is usually quite tender on homegrown ones. I think those in the USA know edible pumpkins as "winter squash". -- John Savage (my news address is not valid for email) |
Pumpkins
Hi All,
some pumpkins do not change colour even when fully ripe. Crown Prince is one such pumpkin. Richard M. Watkin. "Steve" wrote in message ... 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 |
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