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Oz

ok,,,i got some howdens going orange,,,are they ripe?
whow can you tell for sure....one has been going since late june.

8/4/2003 11:41:46 AM

Tipp City, Ohio

Around here, planted commercial pumpkins are put in the ground June 10 give or take a few days. Therefore, they are ready to sell about the Last week of September. Two years ago I had ripe pumpkins in mid Augest and left them on the vine till Early Sept. Cut and stored those pumpkins in my barn till second week of Sept.

Pumpkins will be ripe when little or no green is present...Tom

8/4/2003 1:16:02 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Brix test is supposed to work if you just happen to have a refractometer hanging around. Make a pie & see?

Seriously though. If they're fully (or mostly) orange, you're good to go.

Steve

8/4/2003 3:13:01 PM

Billerica,Massachusetts

Howdens are supposed to be late maturing pumpkins 115 days however i grew them last year and the matured early i was worried that they would not survive to halloween, i am growing them again this year and have not had one turn orange yet, but things are a couple of weeks behind, they also seem prone to powdery mildew.

8/4/2003 3:55:49 PM

Oz

i like pie :) whats this i read about sugar??? will brown work or does it have to be sourgum?..i have a water tower drip system 80 gall. just gave them m.g. its been raining once a day here..AGs are getting fatter. thanks for the info. what is brix?... anybody want some pie?

8/6/2003 1:32:23 AM