RE: When Is It Time To Pick?oops it broke HELP!

First, shoot your hubby (for you animal lovers out there...with a camera).
Get some silicone caulk and fill up the crack AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!  This
will slow down the rotting process.  Keep the fruit as cool and shaded as
possible.  Hopefully, when you carve it for Halloween, it won't be full of
rotted goo, but don't be surprised.

Actually, to save your noses, if you want a carved design, just carve it
skin deep.  If you go all the way to the cavity, you will get into that rot
and your fruit won't last very long after that.

Hope everything works out for you.

-Gus

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	alex imperial [h*@yahoo.com] 
Sent:	Thursday, October 03, 2002 10:13 AM
To:	pumpkins@hort.net
Subject:	Re: When Is It Time To Pick?oops it broke HELP!


---SO my pumpkin stopped growing, so my insane hubby
decided he could move it all by himself. well when
were placing it in place out front he rolled it and
well as I am sure all of you know the huge weight of
it caused it to split in a section on its back....
besides his unending apologies is there anything I can
do to prolong its life until halloween ? the crack in
it is about 12inches.


hseiwof oiiunt Robert Troy <rptroy@earthlink.net>
wrote:
> Dry the exposed flesh and spray with several coats
> of hair spray ......
> 
> 
> Craig Johnson wrote:
> 
> > Cindy:  If you measure your pumpkin on a daily or
> weekly basis you will
> > quickly see when it stops growing.  Then it is up
> to you when you want to
> > pick.  I like to get the pumpkins out of the
> garden to allow cleanup and the
> > planting of a cover crop before it gets too cold. 
> Just make sure you don't
> > sit the pumpkin directly on cement as this speeds
> rot.
> >             I am curious about using petroleum
> jelly to extend the life of
> > the sculpted pumpkin. Right now I mist mine with
> water and cover in plastic
> > wrap to extend the life of my pumpkin art.  Any
> better methods?
> > Craig Johnson
> > Pacific Palisades
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "cindy moran" <cimoran@worldnet.att.net>
> > To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
> > Cc: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 12:59 PM
> > Subject: When Is It Time To Pick?
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm growing my first Atlantic Giant,  I think
> it's about 250 lbs.  My
> > > question is, how do you know when it is time to
> pick?  Should I wait until
> > > the stem is completely dry?
> > >
> > > Also, I'm starting to see green on the bottom of
> the pumpkin.  The skin is
> > > not soft, it won't wipe off.  Do you know the
> cause?  Is there anything I
> > > can do to prevent it?  Will it eventually rot my
> pumpkin?   Should I pick
> > it
> > > now or wait?
> > >
> > > I don't own a lifting tarp.  Are the pumpkins
> pretty easy to roll?   I
> > want
> > > to place it on a regular tarp and just grab the
> corners and lift.  Any
> > other
> > > suggestions?
> > >
> > > How long will the pumpkin last after it's been
> carved?  I read that you
> > can
> > > apply petroleum jelly to help it last longer.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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