Inane pumpkin question, sorry

ness · « **on:** July 14, 2007, 22:35 »

This is the first year I've grown "halloween" pumpkins. Mine are green and stripey at the moment, do they go orangey when they ripen or has something gone wrong? Please don't tell me something's gone wrong as they are the only crop thats doing well!

:roll:
Ness

Annie · « **Reply #1 on:** July 14, 2007, 22:50 »

My pumpkins haven`t even considered flowering yet,yours sound fine,they don`t go orange until they`re ripening and there`s a lot of growing time left.

Oh,and there is no such thing as an inane question.

Little Miss Muffet · « **Reply #2 on:** July 14, 2007, 23:08 »

from what ive read on the subject they seem fine mine are no bigger than a tangerine at present so you have now made me really enbvious

purplebat · « **Reply #3 on:** July 14, 2007, 23:31 »

they do go orange as they ripen, mine are about the size of a melon at the mo, so fingers crossed, typical that they're doing well; they're the only thing growing that isn't to be eaten :roll:

mind you they're so big now that come Halloween they'll probably be rotten

ness · « **Reply #4 on:** July 15, 2007, 07:26 »

Thank for your replies. Thats what I wanted to hear!

After blight and soft rot and general death problems in other crops :cry:

its great to have something doing well. I have a few large fruit but they just look like blown up marrows at the moment!
Like you say purplebat they'll probably rot or get eaten before october but at the moment I'm proud!

Thanks again
Ness

Annie · « **Reply #5 on:** July 15, 2007, 11:37 »

you can sit the fruit slightly off the ground to avoid rotting,I use bits of old broken flower pots,curve upwards so the water runs off.

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