Pumpkins Turning Orange Too Early And What To Do With Them

[@g2g70]

Dude thats awesome - thats all one plant!? My plants grow huge with giant leaves, but so far i only have a about 2 that look like they can get big. However, gourds - I have more gourds than I want. I swear I didn't even plant some of them. I think gourds could grow in space.

[@Finswerion]

That's really interesting about the carotenoids, I didn't know that about pumpkins! And I'm amazed that your vine is all from one plant, and that it has so many pumpkins! Despite fertilizing my pumpkin vines and routinely checking on them for insect damage, I never really get too many secondary runners- just really long main vines. And I really only get one pumpkin per plant, two or three if I'm really lucky, even when the variety calls for much more! Great video as always. Looking forward to more!

[@docholliday2754]

Something that helps is cut off male and female flowers early in the season. This lets the plant focus engery on the vines and you should get bigger and longer healthy vines. After you are happy with your vines start to let the flowers polinate and grow. You will notice with bigger and longer vines you will get more pumpkins. You should aslo elevate your pumpkins early on and use a material that doesnt hold moisture. Plastic mesh baskets from a dollar store work well. When the pumpkin starts to turn orange it is done growing, part of its life cycle. You can harvest at this point or wait till its fully orange. After harvesting let it sit in the sun for a week to cure then store in a cool dark place untill you are ready.

[@KimberlyField-f6o]

I have planted Jacks, white and warty pumpkins. One of my jacks are orange, one is half orange and green but I noticed on that one it is filing soft. My white, I thought was white has now growing warts and is starting to turn a soft yellow. I am afraid that I will loose them. Some of my vines had bugs and I pulled them and spend days squashing them by hand as they didn't affect Amy other vines. I need some advice as this is my first time.

[@stephencaddy8886]

I live in Georgia,I have a pumpkin vine that we did not intentionally plant(a single vine with a single pumpkin). It is July 2nd and it is already 90% orange stem is still green. Any advice other than leave it on the vine? Vine looks healthy and is not being attacked by bugs. Gets watered daily, but sits in full sun the majority of the day.

[@CmdrSoCal]

Green and orange buttercup and Cinderella are the best.