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Ga.

How soon before a fair do you cut the pumpkin from the vine???????

8/27/2001 3:36:11 PM

Utah

you want to leave it on the vine as long as you can.
(unless the plant has die or something like that)

once it is cut- it starts drying out and losing weight.
g1t

8/27/2001 3:48:20 PM

Ga.

So the day before will be ok then,,, Didnt know if stem needed to be cured when it is entered..

8/27/2001 8:19:48 PM

Puyallup, WA

It depends...how serious are you at maximizing your final weight?

8/27/2001 10:10:44 PM

Utah

The stem doesn't need to be cured. most of the heavy hitters cut vine like 2-4 ft on both sides of the pumpkin.
then they stick the cut ends into a 1 gallon milk jug full
of water. Then right before the weighoff they cut the vine down - to the maximum allowed by the weigh-off rules.

so to answer your question- the day before would be fine.

8/28/2001 10:23:58 AM