Comments on: Ripening Pumpkins http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/harvest/ripening-pumpkins/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:05:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: www.mytinyplot.co.uk http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/harvest/ripening-pumpkins/#comment-49836 www.mytinyplot.co.uk Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:37:22 +0000 http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/?p=1628#comment-49836 Ripening pumpkins.. Slap-up :) Ripening pumpkins.. Slap-up :)

]]> By: Steve http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/harvest/ripening-pumpkins/#comment-48243 Steve Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:53:48 +0000 http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/?p=1628#comment-48243 I live in Corfu, Greece, and started growing butternut & Crown Prince squashes three years ago. I keep the seeds, but they have all cross-pollinated now. For the first time, I am left at the end of October with two unripe squashes. One is very large and I wonder if I can just leave it in the garden for a while? It has been very wet recently - 17cm rain this month - but frosts are rare, especially before Christmas. I expect there will still be plenty of sunshine between now and then. Any suggestions? I live in Corfu, Greece, and started growing butternut & Crown Prince squashes three years ago. I keep the seeds, but they have all cross-pollinated now. For the first time, I am left at the end of October with two unripe squashes. One is very large and I wonder if I can just leave it in the garden for a while? It has been very wet recently – 17cm rain this month – but frosts are rare, especially before Christmas. I expect there will still be plenty of sunshine between now and then. Any suggestions?

]]> By: Fufu Sailor http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/harvest/ripening-pumpkins/#comment-47951 Fufu Sailor Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:44:02 +0000 http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/?p=1628#comment-47951 I have grown pumpkins this year and they all ripened sufficiently without turning orange. I have heard this requires sunshine which is not always available. Ripened pumpkins should be judged by knocking on the pumpkin with the knuckles. If you hear a 'hollow' sound it is ripe regardless of colour. Also, pumpkins will continue to ripen even off the vine. They store well in dry cool conditions so will easily last until All Hallows Evening. I have grown pumpkins this year and they all ripened sufficiently without turning orange. I have heard this requires sunshine which is not always available. Ripened pumpkins should be judged by knocking on the pumpkin with the knuckles. If you hear a ‘hollow’ sound it is ripe regardless of colour. Also, pumpkins will continue to ripen even off the vine. They store well in dry cool conditions so will easily last until All Hallows Evening.

]]> By: SqueakyChu http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/harvest/ripening-pumpkins/#comment-43996 SqueakyChu Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:51:55 +0000 http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/?p=1628#comment-43996 I picked a 32-lb pumpkin (half orange/half green) from my garden before Halloween after its vine was destroyed by a light frost. It's now the end of November, and my pumpkin ripened perfectly into an entirely-orange pumpkin by just keeping it warm inside my house. I do plant to roast it, ultimately eating the pulp and the seeds. I picked a 32-lb pumpkin (half orange/half green) from my garden before Halloween after its vine was destroyed by a light frost. It’s now the end of November, and my pumpkin ripened perfectly into an entirely-orange pumpkin by just keeping it warm inside my house. I do plant to roast it, ultimately eating the pulp and the seeds.

]]> By: Amalissy http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/harvest/ripening-pumpkins/#comment-42839 Amalissy Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:36:36 +0000 http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/?p=1628#comment-42839 I finally weakened and harvested my 4 butternut squash this afternoon. We had our first frost several days ago and the vine was looking very sorry for itself. So 5 kg of butternut squash are now sitting on a light windowsill. It's the first year I've grown them and definitely know which part of the garden to put them in next year. We live in France and butternut is very hard to come by. It was a bit of an experiment this year, but well worth the price of the seeds. By the way, does anyone else feel to compelled to weigh their harvest? It's an illness......!! I finally weakened and harvested my 4 butternut squash this afternoon. We had our first frost several days ago and the vine was looking very sorry for itself. So 5 kg of butternut squash are now sitting on a light windowsill. It’s the first year I’ve grown them and definitely know which part of the garden to put them in next year. We live in France and butternut is very hard to come by. It was a bit of an experiment this year, but well worth the price of the seeds.

By the way, does anyone else feel to compelled to weigh their harvest? It’s an illness……!!

]]> By: kay http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/harvest/ripening-pumpkins/#comment-42829 kay Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:15:33 +0000 http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/?p=1628#comment-42829 most of my pumpkins ripened but a couple did not before i picked them. i love the green ones also and the in between ones, i love them all and they look good all together! most of my pumpkins ripened but a couple did not before i picked them. i love the green ones also and the in between ones, i love them all and they look good all together!

]]> By: Livy http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/harvest/ripening-pumpkins/#comment-42822 Livy Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:03:54 +0000 http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/?p=1628#comment-42822 Hi there I'm a big fan of My Tiny Plot and am involved in a campaign to save our local allotments (www.savefortisgreenallotments.com) in North London. Thames Water own the land and are trying to sell them off for development. It would great if any allotment lovers out there could sign our on-line petition at www.savefortisgreenallotments.com! We are also putting together a 2010 calendar showing allotments during the seasons as a fund-raising initiative and wondered whether you (or anyone else out there) might have pictures of vegetables in the snow/frost etc.. which you wouldn't mind sharing with us? We have lots of lovely photos for the other months (see our gallery) but are a bit short on beautiful snowy scenes! Many thanks. Livy Hi there

I’m a big fan of My Tiny Plot and am involved in a campaign to save our local allotments (www.savefortisgreenallotments.com) in North London. Thames Water own the land and are trying to sell them off for development.

It would great if any allotment lovers out there could sign our on-line petition at http://www.savefortisgreenallotments.com!

We are also putting together a 2010 calendar showing allotments during the seasons as a fund-raising initiative and wondered whether you (or anyone else out there) might have pictures of vegetables in the snow/frost etc.. which you wouldn’t mind sharing with us? We have lots of lovely photos for the other months (see our gallery) but are a bit short on beautiful snowy scenes!

Many thanks.

Livy

]]> By: Claire http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/harvest/ripening-pumpkins/#comment-42814 Claire Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:40:19 +0000 http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/?p=1628#comment-42814 hi we picked our pumpkin in August (!) as it was massive, and very nearly ripe. We were worried someone would nick it so we brought it home and left it in a sunny room. It ripened perfectly and now we're storing it in the cold garage ready for halloween. Top pumpkin (and squash) cooking tip (from Betty's Cookery School in Harrogate no less!) is to carve the pumpkin into generous slices and leave the skin on and then roast it- skin is much much easier to remove after roasting. Also brings a great sweetness and is brill for soups etc. hi we picked our pumpkin in August (!) as it was massive, and very nearly ripe. We were worried someone would nick it so we brought it home and left it in a sunny room. It ripened perfectly and now we’re storing it in the cold garage ready for halloween.
Top pumpkin (and squash) cooking tip (from Betty’s Cookery School in Harrogate no less!) is to carve the pumpkin into generous slices and leave the skin on and then roast it- skin is much much easier to remove after roasting. Also brings a great sweetness and is brill for soups etc.

]]> By: Keri http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/harvest/ripening-pumpkins/#comment-42812 Keri Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:54:35 +0000 http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/?p=1628#comment-42812 My pumpkin plants just shrivelled up and we ate several unripe pumpkins. They tasted great. We used them in soup, mixed with other veg in things, and made a pumpkin lasagna. My pumpkin plants just shrivelled up and we ate several unripe pumpkins. They tasted great. We used them in soup, mixed with other veg in things, and made a pumpkin lasagna.

]]> By: Leafyleith http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/harvest/ripening-pumpkins/#comment-42807 Leafyleith Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:38:48 +0000 http://www.mytinyplot.co.uk/?p=1628#comment-42807 I tried (unsuccessfully) to grow butternut squash for the first time this year. I got plants and flowers, but no sign of any squash. I think a combination of things went wrong: perhaps I planted too late (May), didn't nurture enough and maybe it's a bit too cold in Scotland. Would you mind running through what you do? When do you sow, do you go straight in the ground or into a coldframe first and do you water them a lot? I tried (unsuccessfully) to grow butternut squash for the first time this year. I got plants and flowers, but no sign of any squash.

I think a combination of things went wrong: perhaps I planted too late (May), didn’t nurture enough and maybe it’s a bit too cold in Scotland.

Would you mind running through what you do? When do you sow, do you go straight in the ground or into a coldframe first and do you water them a lot?

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