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New Hampshire, USA

When do you start to remove the leaves and vines around the pumpkin once it has started growing?

7/24/2007 10:18:48 PM

San Jose garysand@pacbell.net

I do it as soon as i see the little pumpkin, but BE CAREFUL i snapped one little pumpkin off tonight. I take only the one leaf right by the pumpkin, the vine and the tendril

7/24/2007 11:20:04 PM

Minnesota(dw447@fastmail.fm)

I try and do it when there's a chance that the leaf or stem can scratch the pumpkin. Watch out for wind. Sometimes I'll use a bamboo stick to brace the the leaf stem away from the fruit. When the fruit grows to close to it, I cut it off.

7/25/2007 1:19:11 AM

New Hampshire, USA

Thank you for your advice!! Newbie

7/25/2007 8:49:47 AM