Re: Yesterday

I always let the pumpkin rot in place or cut the pumpkin up and place it in different areas of the patch. Pumpkins contain a lot of nitrogen and are good for the soil. After the pumpkin season is over and I am through displaying them (sometimes as late as Thanksgiving), I cut them up, toss the pieces into the truck, and spread them around the patch. It does not take long for them to melt back into the soil. 

George Heyne
Rochester, MN
----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ Stokes" <rstokes@wi.rr.com> 
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 5:36 AM
Subject: Yesterday
Yesterday I had the task of cutting up my 800 lb pumpkin that went soft. It was more rotten than I thought and it was one big mess. I had to cut it up little by little in order to haul one piece at a time to throw in the back of my pick-up truck. Hot sweaty work. There is nothing quite like the smell of 
a pumpkin when it goes bad.  Mosquito's were attacking me while I did this
chore. I think I spent an hour in hell. It made me appreciate the growers 
that manage to grow a "Big One".  Not sure what I did wrong, but I hope to
figure it out. Because hauling off rotten pumpkins is the worst job in the 
world!

I hope no one has to experience this.

Russ Stokes

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