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pumkins how do i know when they are ready

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LILLILEAF

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pumkins how do i know when they are ready
« on: August 26, 2016, 06:29 »
Good morning everyone
 i have managed to grow 2 pumpkins for the first time,they are about the size of a football,how do i know when they are ready to use?,i have never tried pumkin so what do i do with it :unsure:
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fatbelly

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Re: pumkins how do i know when they are ready
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2016, 07:53 »
Leave them on the plant a long as you can. I don't harvest mine until late September early October. If you take them before their time they wont be ripe inside. Just leave them be
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Re: pumkins how do i know when they are ready
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2016, 09:56 »
It's very tempting to pick them now. I've managed to grow 5 pumpkins on two plants, of which 2 are whoppers!  They've all gone bright orange and I want to bring them home and admire them as the plant is completely dead and they are just sat on bricks in the patch - still attached to the plant.  I'm going to try and resist them though and leave them as long as I can!
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Re: pumkins how do i know when they are ready
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2016, 11:10 »
Quote from: maddave on August 26, 2016, 09:56
It's very tempting to pick them now. I've managed to grow 5 pumpkins on two plants, of which 2 are whoppers!  They've all gone bright orange and I want to bring them home and admire them as the plant is completely dead and they are just sat on bricks in the patch - still attached to the plant.  I'm going to try and resist them though and leave them as long as I can!

If the plant is dead, you could pick them.  They are not growing any longer and the skins will continue to 'cure' and harden on or off the plant.

Happy admiring  :)
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Re: pumkins how do i know when they are ready
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2016, 12:39 »
I agree...if the vine is dead, bring them on in, as one day you'll go out and find that a bug has drilled a hole through through and spoiled your pumpkin. 
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Re: pumkins how do i know when they are ready
« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2016, 15:51 »
Ooo! Ok! Thanks. :)
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