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Pompton Lakes,nj

just cut one off yhe vine. 65 lbs. it sounds like theres fluid inside. only 2cd. yr. grower. please help.

9/22/2007 11:58:46 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

A sloshy pumpkin doesn't sound good to me. This normally means rotting from the inside out.

9/23/2007 12:51:03 AM

Wood River, IL (kennyw_49@yahoo.com)

Shannon, same thing happen to me a few weeks ago. And I'm trying to understand it. I was wondering if you could shed some light on it. Does it start rotting after it stops growing? Or does it stop growing because it's rotting. Thanks Kenny

9/23/2007 3:09:43 AM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Sometimes they get diseased. We find this in the field pumpkins alot. The outside is sound the inside is rotten.

9/23/2007 10:47:59 AM

Rhode Island

kenny

a healthy pumpkin will last for months if the conditions are right
an unhealthy pumpkin can go down at ant time during or just after the season
we had a 500 pounder several years ago that stopped growing in mid august.sat in the patch just hooked up to a small piece of main vine until we sold it for a porch pumpkin in early oct
we retrived the seeds out of it early november and that seed went on to be the 500 wallace which grew many pumpkins over 1,000 pounds in the next few years
its a crap shoot at best. all the fungicides and sestemics in the world will help but in the end its still a crap shoot
pap

9/23/2007 12:48:39 PM

Pompton Lakes,nj

thank to all. if i drain it will it last longer?

9/23/2007 6:59:39 PM

Wood River, IL (kennyw_49@yahoo.com)

Jim,
Mine lasted about 10 days. And when you open it up, it is really going to smell. And I don't mean smell like roses. lol I wish I would have hauled it off before I cut it open. Good luck. Kenny

9/23/2007 8:49:49 PM

Cduross1@rochester.rr.com

Trust me a rotten pumpkin is not something you will want to smell. It's nasty! I just dealt with one this weekend, and it's mushy and very stinky! That smell does not go away in a hurry either. If you remove it, put it some place where you won't catch wind of it somewhere, it's really nasty!

9/24/2007 10:59:45 AM

Cduross1@rochester.rr.com

Pap, can you provide some numbers on how many go down in a season, and how many do you count on to make up for it? If you know what i mean? Say you want 2-3 good Giants, how many plants do you plant for the pumpkins you want?

For example, I planted 4 plants in basically 1200 sq ft patch,and had one giant per plant. I am down to one pumpkin and it's the last one that pollinated in late June/July sometime. I'm wondering if I should have done a bit more in the strategy department, ie, 2 pumpkins per plant and see which one goes down first? Just curious? Any suggestions?

9/27/2007 10:12:42 PM