Re: Harvested the first 4-H monster
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Harvested the first 4-H monster
- From: b*@pacific.net (Vickie Brock)
- Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 17:31:42 -0300
>Hi, all!
>
>This post announces the harvest and weigh off of the first AG from our garden.
>
>The fruit officically weighed 220 pounds, and I will tell you that the pumpkin
>was rotten inside. After getting the weight, we opened it up and oh, the
>stench of rotted pumpkin flesh! An odor I will never forget.
>
>Can anyone tell me, if a pumpkin begins to rot inside, does it lose weight?
>
>I could see where the sidewall was thick in many places, but certainly turned
>to slush in the FL heat.
>
>I saved plenty of seeds, will they be any good?
>
>Barb
>Orlando, FL
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>Barb,
Was that pumpkin shaded from the sun??.....the seeds should be good I have
had some stinky situations like that and place the seed in a light bleach
water solution and wash them then dried them.........it probably lost a
little weight as it stop growing ......
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