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Re: Should I be picking my Jack O' Lanterns, too? A newbie begs for help...

In a message dated 97-08-06 17:55:46 EDT, denise@saltspring.com (denise beck)
writes:

<< Subj:	Should I be picking my Jack O' Lanterns, too? A newbie begs for
help...
 Date:	97-08-06 17:55:46 EDT
 From:	denise@saltspring.com (denise beck)
 To:	Pumpkins@athenet.net
 
 I have the same question as Lisa from San Diego, even though I'm up here in
 the far northwest. I started all my pumpkins inside in March and as a
 result my Jack O' Lanterns look ready to harvest. They are big, thoroughly
 orange and no longer increasing in size. But I want them for Halloween!
 Should I leave them on the vines (which have also slowed down their growth,
 although they are still quite green and healthy looking) or pick now and
 try to find someplace cool to store them and hope they won't rot before
 October? Three months seems an awfully long time to hope a pumpkin will
 stay un-rotted!
 
 Please help!  >>


Leave on the vine until the end of the month, keep treated with a fungicide.
 At the end of the month pick the ones with good color and the skin has
hardened, (fingernail doesn’t dent skin easily.)  Store in sunny warm and dry
spot for 2 weeks to cure.  Then store in warm 55 - 60 degree dry spot inside.


George
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