As someone who’s never grown pumpkins before, does the green mean they’re underripe, more ripe than orange, or is it just a pattern? I know this is information I could look up online; I just like having discussions with green thumbs about the stuff they grow.
The dark green means they are underripe. Many people harvest them early if a frost is coming. When harvested unripe they do not store well and end up rotting out faster (the external shell has not cured).
It’s better to pick an earlier maturing variety if your season is not long enough for them to mature in. These varieties generally have the precocious yellow gene which makes immature fruit a bright yellow.
the squash bugs found me, so i had to adjust my timeline with the big pumpkins. the two smaller green are ‘dark knight’, i was trying them out but don’t think i’ll do them again. Then theres my one sad lonely winter squash.
As someone who’s never grown pumpkins before, does the green mean they’re underripe, more ripe than orange, or is it just a pattern? I know this is information I could look up online; I just like having discussions with green thumbs about the stuff they grow.
The dark green means they are underripe. Many people harvest them early if a frost is coming. When harvested unripe they do not store well and end up rotting out faster (the external shell has not cured).
It’s better to pick an earlier maturing variety if your season is not long enough for them to mature in. These varieties generally have the precocious yellow gene which makes immature fruit a bright yellow.
the squash bugs found me, so i had to adjust my timeline with the big pumpkins. the two smaller green are ‘dark knight’, i was trying them out but don’t think i’ll do them again. Then theres my one sad lonely winter squash.