[n.b83]

Good evening everyone,
I carved a pumpkin for Halloween and saved the seeds in a jar.
Can I use them next year or have I stored the wrong?

[DD.]

I assume you dried them out first!

They should store OK, but just be aware that there is a chance that they may have crossed with marrows/pumpkins/squashes etc.. I speak from experience here, this has been seen before, but this is what happened when one of my marrows crossed with a pumpkin>>>>>>>




Another question is "Was the pumpkin an F1"? This you may not know if you were given it or bought it.

[tracy-fuerteventura]

hi there i dry mine first on kitchen paper for a few days then put into a paper bag until i need to use them. if they are kept moist i have found they tend to rot..

[PinkTequila]

I bake them with chilli and eat them as a snack. NO chance of a weird marrow cross then.

[yodapete]

I grew this years pumpkins from seed I saved from my grandsons halloween pumpkin. I dried the seed and stored them in a paper bag as already mentioned.  I got some really good pumpkins from the plants but I got a few mutants as well.  Some plants produced bright yellow grapefruit sized fruit,  some produced big green oval shaped fruit that took ages to turn orange but most come true and I got lots of tasty, "halloween " pumpkins that are storing well.

[FCG]

Wow dd, i wouldn't mind growing those! Looks like the turban one, but better. Did it taste 1/2 pumpkin and 1/2 marrow?

[DD.]

Don't know TBH - I grew the plants and gave them to a neighbouring plot holder, keep meaning to ask him.

[n.b83]

I everyone thanks for the help, I did dry them first and I have stored the seeds in a jar. Couple more questions tho:

When Should I plant them?
Whats the best way to store them?
How long can you store them for?

[DD.]

I start mine - along with cougettes, squash & marrows, early to mid April, in a warmish, (not hot), greenhouse, with a view to planting out after the last frost, once hardened off.

They should be OK in the jar - keep somewhere cool.

Seed should be viable for at least a couple of years.