Re: Odd Pumpkin Shape and Color
In a message dated 7/16/2005 9:36:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
cheatdogg62@comcast.net writes:
Hello,
I'm a first time pumpkin grower. I purchased a package of "Dill's Giant
Atlantic" seeds and have grown a pretty big vine with 3, one week-old
pumpkins.
However, they don't look anything like the pumpkins I'm use to seeing.
Instead of being round and orange, they are long and light-green. They look
like giant "Butternut Squash.
Is this how "baby" Giant Atlantics look, or am I wasting my time cultivating
squash?
Normally if it starts green it will stay green, but you can not be 100% sure
of that. If you don't have more plants I would keep it what you learn can
be applied to next year. AG's should be pale yellow from the start then turn
a darker color when they mature. Your area may have a contest for Giant
Squash also. All AG's have Squash in them way back in their ancestry and you can
get a throw back.
George Brooks
32 Ward Street
North Tewksbury, MA 01876 USA
_greenholloworchard.com_ (http://greenholloworchard.com/index.html)
Approximately 25 miles Northwest of Boston
in the Merrimack River Valley
Zone 5N
Personal Bests
617.6 1991
641 1993
648 2000 (Unofficial & died prematurely on Aug 29)
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