when will my pumpkin change colour

mum of 3 · « **on:** August 21, 2006, 10:16 »

its my first year on the allotment and im really pleased with my pumpkins the largest is now 52"around the belly but i was wondering when i should expect it to go orange.ive a feeling its still got some more growing to do first as leaves still look healthy

wellingtons · « **Reply #1 on:** August 21, 2006, 10:42 »

... it depends what kind of pumpkin it is.

Because last year I waited and waited for mine to go orange and it never did. Why not? Because it was an Austrialian Blue Pumpkin ... so it went silver!

This year I made sure I had planted the right ones and they started turning a couple of weeks ago. Are now pretty much all orange.

Oliver · « **Reply #2 on:** August 21, 2006, 15:33 »

Quote from: "wellingtons"

. Austrialian Blue Pumpkin

Wehre do you get your seed for these, Wellingtons? She usually grows Crown Prince, but liks to try unusual pumpkins.

wellingtons · « **Reply #3 on:** August 21, 2006, 16:39 »

... by another allotmenter as seedlings. They were delicious, silvery blue in colour and sort of flattened rather than round.

Heather_S · « **Reply #4 on:** August 21, 2006, 20:24 »

That sounds like my crown prince pumpkins. Mine aren't superbig but i hadn't been watering them much earlier in the season. They're about half blue already.

Heather_S · « **Reply #5 on:** August 21, 2006, 20:31 »

Different Coloured Pumpkins The blue pumpkins on that page look more lumpy than the crown prince kind to me. Mine are pretty and lumpfree.
The red one on that page is really amazing. I wonder if I can find some seed for that variety here.

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when will my pumpkin change colour

mum of 3

when will my pumpkin change colour

wellingtons

Well ...

Oliver

Re: Well ...

wellingtons

They were given to me ...

Heather_S

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