Posted by Ron H on September 9, 2007, 1:07 pm
I have a bumper crop of squash ( both Acorn and Hubbard ) and two kinds of
pumpkins ( small pie and large decoration ). How and when do I know when to
pick them? The Acorns look ripe fropm the get go but now they are sounding a
little hollow. The Hubbard start green and turn golden, do I wait for the
hollow sound too? The pumpkins are turning orange but there are still a few
green. It is getting close to the first frost time here in western Wisconsin
, should I pick everything with the first signs of frost?
Ron H.
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Posted by sf on September 9, 2007, 3:09 pm
>I have a bumper crop of squash ( both Acorn and Hubbard ) and two kinds of
>pumpkins ( small pie and large decoration ). How and when do I know when to
>pick them? The Acorns look ripe fropm the get go but now they are sounding a
>little hollow. The Hubbard start green and turn golden, do I wait for the
>hollow sound too? The pumpkins are turning orange but there are still a few
>green. It is getting close to the first frost time here in western Wisconsin
>, should I pick everything with the first signs of frost?
Did you find these links yet?
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/hortihints/0410c.html
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/winsquash.html
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Posted by farmerdill@bellsouth.net on September 11, 2007, 10:08 am
They will not handled a heavy frost, so I would pick every thing when
a killing frost is predicted. Most times a light frost will kill the
vines without hurting the fruits. But at any rate, pick them quickly
when the vines die.
> I have a bumper crop of squash ( both Acorn and Hubbard ) and two kinds of
> pumpkins ( small pie and large decoration ). How and when do I know when to
> pick them? The Acorns look ripe fropm the get go but now they are sounding a
> little hollow. The Hubbard start green and turn golden, do I wait for the
> hollow sound too? The pumpkins are turning orange but there are still a few
> green. It is getting close to the first frost time here in western Wisconsin
> , should I pick everything with the first signs of frost?
> Ron H.
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>pumpkins ( small pie and large decoration ). How and when do I know when to
>pick them? The Acorns look ripe fropm the get go but now they are sounding a
>little hollow. The Hubbard start green and turn golden, do I wait for the
>hollow sound too? The pumpkins are turning orange but there are still a few
>green. It is getting close to the first frost time here in western Wisconsin
>, should I pick everything with the first signs of frost?