Re: Yesterday

Yep! Compost them. I figure, all the stuff that the pumpkins took out of your 
soil, just put them back into the soil. Use a shovel to chop up vines, leaves, 
and the fruit.

Even if there is a smell, a little exposure to the air will quickly dry out 
what's left of your fruit and the bad smell will quickly be replaced by a good 
one. The only challenge in a rotted fruit is to recover the seeds............ 
but still, let them dry out a little, then recover as many seeds as you can.




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From: George & Carolyn Heyne <gheyne@millcomm.com>
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Sent: Tue, August 24, 2010 11:39:22 AM
Subject: 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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