RE:
Philip
I'm gonna try to answer some of your questions, and make some comments
here.
You wrote..."I did pollinate one fruit approx. 3 feet from plant on 3
plants." It is unusual that a female flower will show up 3 feet from
the base of the vine. Did you mean to say 3 feet from the base of the
vine? Or three feet out on a side vine? Either way you should probably
cut the fruit off. If it is 3 feet from the base, you could have a
pumpkin grow quickly enough and large enough to pull the vine out of the
ground. Probably unlikely, but at least possible. If its on a side
vine, you should cut it off, because (as I have recently learned myself)
your fruit will not realize its full potential unless it is grown on the
main vine. On the other hand, its kind of late in the season to cull
poorly positioned pumpkins if they are the only pumpkins on your vines.
If you have others started on the main that are growing well, you might
want to cut the side-vine fruit off. It all depends on how much growing
you think you can get out of your plant before its time to harvest.
"(If) I cut off the larger pumpkin closer to the main plant, can this
plant be harvested? Take the seeds out prepare them for next year?
Make pumpkin pie from the pulp inside, are these pumpkins mature enough?
You probably won't be able to use the seeds for anything as they
probably aren't mature yet. I have a 15 day old, 40+ pound pumpkin that
I just culled a few days ago, that I am going to try to make some pie
out of, though. I am wondering if the younger fruit is any more tender
than a mature fruit. Mature AG pumpkins seem to need lots of seasoning
and special cooking care to make decent pie with.
"What kind of ingredient could be added to make the giant pumpkin pulp
smoother such as the smaller pumpkin varieties? Has anybody made
pumpkin wine from the pulp?" I do have a link that will give you a
bunch of recipes from people who grow Atlantic Giants. They have lots
of tasty ideas, including pumpkin wine (the wine recipe is near the
bottom of the page)!
http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewBoard.asp?b=16
Hope you found this helpful.
Toby
mr-sprout@sbcglobal.net
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Philip J. Vigna
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 4:28 PM
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Cc: pjs_uno@hotmail.com
Subject:
Hi. I'm from Victoria BC Canada attempting to grow some giant pumpkins.
I
would like to know, although, many suggest at least 10 feet from main
root
system, I did pollinate one fruit approx. 3 feet from plant on 3
plants...as
a precautionary measure should not female fruit develop on plant, and
just
to see how things grow...
At some point with other fruit growing approx 10 feet along vine from
main
root system, I cut off the larger pumpking closer to the main plant, can
this plant be harvested? Take the seeds out prepare them for next year?
Make pumpkin pie from the pulp inside, are these pumpkins mature enough?
It
would seem such a waste if they can't be used for anything other than
obtaining seeds.
I read also that pumpkin pies from giant pumpkins is rather coarse
compared
to the smaller pumpkins. What kind of ingredient could be added to make
the
giant pumpkin pulp smoother such as the smaller pumpkin varities? Has
anybody made pumpkin wine from the pulp?
Thanks for your responses.
Philip
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