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The Show => Pumpkin 'tastic => Topic started by: legendaryone on June 19, 2007, 16:19:41

Title: Green from orange.
Post by: legendaryone on June 19, 2007, 16:19:41
I bought some orange pumpkins last year to make wine and i saved a few pips to sow this year. This afternoon i was checking my pumpkins and one of them is now sporting a green pumpkin, i thought it would have been orange after the parent is this normal ?
Title: Re: Green from orange.
Post by: Tulipa on June 19, 2007, 17:07:21
Pumpkins are very promiscuous and will be fertilised by any other pumpkin so that seeds do not always come out the same as the parent - can be very interesting...  Good luck, you never know it might be delicious.
Title: Re: Green from orange.
Post by: Squashface on July 13, 2007, 21:08:53
Most of the hardstem pumpkins like Connecticut field,Howden Biggie, sugar pumpkins etc start out green and turn orange when ripe.
Title: Re: Green from orange.
Post by: legendaryone on July 13, 2007, 21:15:03
Quote from: Squashface on July 13, 2007, 21:08:53
Most of the hardstem pumpkins like Connecticut field,Howden Biggie, sugar pumpkins etc start out green and turn orange when ripe.

Thanks for that, it is also long like a marrow now  ???