When to pick pumpkins?
Barry
nice and orange. Is there a right time to pick them for cooking? Also,
is it OK to leave them on the vine until just before Halloween for the
kids. I've never seen an overripe pumpkin...
Thanks,
Barry
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Paul Onstad
>
> PLanted pumpkins this year for the first time. They all look ready,
> nice and orange. Is there a right time to pick them for cooking? Also,
> is it OK to leave them on the vine until just before Halloween for the
> kids. I've never seen an overripe pumpkin...
Leave them on the vine until ready for use. Eventually though the vine will
die off so nothing more will be accomplished. They can be picked and moved
then.
-Paul
Dan D.
Paul Onstad <pon...@sihope.com> wrote:
> Leave them on the vine until ready for use. Eventually though the
vine will
> die off so nothing more will be accomplished. They can be picked and
moved> then.> > -Paul
What Paul said and.... it's maybe better to move them into
your garage or basement if they're orange and vines are dying.
Out in the field, they may be stolen, eaten by varmits, or rot
on the bottom especially if you have damp weather.
Halloween's not that far off, it would be a shame to loose them
now. Put 'em up in a safe place.
Peace!
Dan D. Louisville KY
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> PLanted pumpkins this year for the first time. They all look ready,
> nice and orange. Is there a right time to pick them for cooking? Also,
> is it OK to leave them on the vine until just before Halloween for the
> kids. I've never seen an overripe pumpkin...
trevor ylisaari
until around mid August. Then the vines just seem to shrivel up and
die.Usually right when the fruit is starting to form.
Maybe next year.
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Paul Onstad
>
> Where are you that they are ripe already? It would be fun to grow our own
> pumpkin.
Where are you that they are not?
Perhaps I planted too early (late May) but they've done their thing. Also, I
walked along the levee by the "third lot over," where a local farmer had
planted a couple of acres of pumpkins, and was disappointed to see them all
dug up. ..Nothing left but a couple of undersized pumpkins and an abandoned
Bobcat digger. I imagine most of the crop will be canned but they'll
probably keep the larger ones for sale to the public in a few weeks.
Here, I've already carved a jackolantern :)
-Paul (Minn, Zone 4a-5)
Barry
wrote:
I'm in SE PA (zone 6). Planted pumpkin seeds about the same time I
planted my other summer stuff (zucchini, peppers, cucumbers, melons,
tomatoes, etc.). Planted several seeds on 2 hills, thinned when they
began gowing, to two plants, and now have between 15-20 pumpkins out
there.
To...@astro.net
My Jack be littles did great this year, I got about 15-20 little
buggers almost ready to pick! I love those!
Tom
Dan
>PLanted pumpkins this year for the first time. They all look ready,
>nice and orange. Is there a right time to pick them for cooking?
Ive heard squash (pumpkin also) get sweeter as cold weather hits, so
leave em out while the nights are cool but the days are fairly mild.
When both days and nights are cold then the vine will die back.
You'll also get a little bit more pumpkin for leaving it on the vine
longer, sorta like when you top off your gas tank.
Dan