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Montauk NY, USA

Hey all! Questions about color. I see AG's that are yellow, orange, tan, green. Can you know what color the ripe fruit will turn before planting?

My pumpkin is now 89" cir. after 1 month of growth. The color is darkening from light to a darker yellow. It has a sun shade that blocks direct sun till 2pm. Do fruits keep growing after they change color?

7/28/2010 3:53:46 PM

Rudolph

The green Pumpkins you refer to is known as a squash, in terms it's a completely diffrent viriaty,,, you can grow them green all the time with the right seed..

as far as orange goes,, you can get a good indication if it will be orange by the cross,,,Aka the parents of the seed..

Same goes for white pumpkins,,, normaly the big ones are bred for weight and not looks,,, so that is why they're so many big ones that are ugly,,

also no matter your pumpkins geno type they will all darken once sun hits them,,,so if you have an orange one that is omg it's orange,, growing,,, you can bet once you let the sun hit her it'll orange up even more,,

about when you let the sun hit your pumpkin,,,,, most growers that are growing big and orange will take covers off there pumpkin a week to two weeks before their weigh off,, to orange there fruit up even more,,,

one more thing a I wanna talk about,, in your passage it sounds though as if you wanna know if you can tell the out come of the color with out knowing the seed type,, I would say no to that,, I have all ready had pumpkin bright orange when they were young,, turn ugly and white once they mutured,,,

Good luck,, hope this help..

7/28/2010 7:08:59 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

Boy, now I am confused...(stay around skisher, and maybe a pro will give us a professional answer)!!! I sorta thought what we now grow as Atlantic Giants, were originally patented by Howard Dill, as Dill's Atlantic Giants!!! Then thru a process of cross pollination, and pure genetic crosses, and color selection, and arguments at weighoffs (at one point in time, I think there was a 75% rule)!!! LOL That the green one's became Squash, and the Orange, White, Salmom colored ones were called pkns!!! The Green ones called squash, and all the other colors called pumpkins are all Atlantic Giants!!! I am sure I have read about seeds from true greenies, that throw off color fruit, and the other way around too!!! My advice at this point is...have fun & grow em BIG!!! LOL Peace, Wayne

7/29/2010 12:34:46 AM

Rudolph

Let me make my sentence more clear for you guys,,,,

Green = squash,, and yes it has to be more than 75% to be called a squash,,(last I heard?)

the Pumpkins you see on this site are Ag's( Atlantic Giants),,
they can be white(pale),yellow,bright orange,,,,,,,
And people that like orange, cross pollinate orange pumpkins in hopes of have the offspring orange,, thus make a seed with the ability to produce more orange off spring than other seeds.(of the same type,, ag's)

And I think I see were you got confused Wayne correct me if I'm wrong,,my last passage right,,lol(one more thing a I wanna talk about),,I was in a rush,, had the other sentences down,, left for an hour came back to finish it,, thought I was writing about,,,,the fruit of an unknown seed that is orange when it is young,,,

7/29/2010 10:06:24 AM

Roy, Washington

Here is the rule on determining whether a fruit is a pumpkin or a squash from the GPC website -

"Article III Color Requirements and Prize Money

Squash will be classified as follows- 100% of the following colors or color combinations green, blue, and gray. The surface area of the fruit as grown in the garden, not including the portion that was in contact with, or close proximity to the ground will be considered. This area will include the area between the ribs, around the stem, and the blossom end. This will not include any netting (cantaloping), any discoloration caused by the close proximity to the ground, or minimal amounts of white striping or mottling associated with some squash."

Todd

7/29/2010 11:03:29 AM

Owensboro, Ky.

Josiah, last I heard, as Todd stated, a squash is 100% green,blue, and/or gray! But back to the foremost question, "not sure what a genotype is". but aren't all of these fruits, "Dill's Atlantic Giants"? Hoping I learn a lil here!!! Peace, Wayne

7/30/2010 12:55:51 AM

Rudolph

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genotype

I was useing that word to refer to the dominant trait of the seed that is in question,,orange,white,green any color.

7/30/2010 9:25:39 AM

Rudolph

And I believe I never said these were not Dills Atlantic Giants,,
I may not have put the Dill in front of "Atlantic Giants" ,but I thought the readers would understand,

7/30/2010 9:38:05 AM

Long Island,New York

Best to just call them giant pumpkins because what you learn in these posts is hogwash anyway. The GPC and the Green Jacket people have a rule on color for contest purposes....not as a descriptor for some business classification or PVP......a white poodle is a poodle....a black poodle is a poodle.....guess what...a black and white poodle is a poodle too...but you cannot enter a white poodle in a black poodle contest and expect to win....(except if your in Ohio anyways.....)j/k !

7/30/2010 1:46:09 PM