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Travman
Half Acre
Posts: 235
Castleford, West Yorkshire anybody near me
To pick or not to pick !
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September 24, 2006, 15:33:52 »
I'm can not decide if should pick my pumpkins or leave them longer. ???
My Atlantic's have seen better days with powdery mildew taking over the leaves
but the longer i can leave them the bigger/heavier they will become.
The weather is now damp virtually all night with temps going down to around 4'c some nights so its a fine line what to do .
Some are ripe others could do with a bit longer, If i do pick now should I keep them inside the greenhouse/warm ,Coldframe/cold or shed dark
I want them to last to Halloween .
So come on give my your thoughts ,theory's and strategy's
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Diana
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Re: To pick or not to pick !
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September 24, 2006, 15:44:42 »
Tough call I know, but if they've mildew, chances are they'll not get any bigger + you rish=k losing them through frost (if temp is down to 4 at night that's a real threat) and / or slug/mouse/rabbit damage.
I've collected all of mine in except the butternuts that only set fruit at the beginning of sept and look in good health still.
Put them on a (or several) sunny windowsill until they're ripe (lost all signs of green if they are the kind that turn yellow/orange etc).
After that, keep them indoors (cool spare bedroom maybe? Warmer than in shed. but not too hot) and they should keep (depending on variety) until well after Christmas let alone halloween!
Hope that helps
D
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Travman
Half Acre
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Castleford, West Yorkshire anybody near me
Re: To pick or not to pick !
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September 29, 2006, 19:56:58 »
Well going to pick them all this weekend.
Unsure where to put them all, but will worry about that later ;D
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supersprout
Hectare
Posts: 4,660
mulch mad!
Re: To pick or not to pick !
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September 30, 2006, 09:28:49 »
lol travman, when we got them home there was only the landing
and the stairs
at last, an advantage to living on the top floor ;D
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MrsKP
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Sunny Glasgow
Re: To pick or not to pick !
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September 30, 2006, 10:09:53 »
is there one on EVERY step all the way down ?
:D
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supersprout
Hectare
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mulch mad!
Re: To pick or not to pick !
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September 30, 2006, 10:54:44 »
lol that's the challenge for *next year* kaypee - there are 39 steps down to the front door, I counted every one of them 8)
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Travman
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Castleford, West Yorkshire anybody near me
Re: To pick or not to pick !
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September 30, 2006, 20:39:01 »
Well i picked them all today.
see the other pumpkin threads for details.
Thanks .
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Heldi
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Run away! Run away !
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October 01, 2006, 20:46:59 »
Hee hee SS your pictures make me laugh! All those pumpkins! Brilliant,love it! ;D
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spacehopper
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October 15, 2006, 21:09:49 »
Fabulous staircase SS. Squashes should keep you going for a while. :-)
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grawrc
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Edinburgh
Re: To pick or not to pick !
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October 16, 2006, 11:22:05 »
What do you do with them all SS? I'm sure you will have a bunch of excellent recipes!
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supersprout
Hectare
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mulch mad!
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October 16, 2006, 13:01:14 »
Thank you for kind comments - very boring really ::)
a) Baked
b) Soup
c) Roast
:-[ ;)
although financial adviser, landlord, chums, neighbours, district nurse and son's B&B provider@uni have all been sweetened with a squash now 8)
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