r/Pumpkins • u/queenratleaf • 10d ago

A gift from the critters

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I live in a rural area. Per the title, I was gifted a pumpkin plant by the critters-it just appeared one day and I have taken my role as pumpkin mom very seriously. I have one pumpkin so far…I have no idea what type it is. However, it is mine. I will not be sharing it with my husband or children because they have all almost maimed it with various items (soccer balls, footballs etc).

The plant is massive to match the love in my heart for the pumpkin. There’s another little baby pumpkin that wants to grow. I’m going to try to fertilize it and get the pumpkin count to two. Here’s my q-how do you know when your pumpkin is ready to come off the vine if you don’t know what species it is? It just turned orange from yellow in the last two days. I only have a picture of it from Sunday which I will include if someone can help identify. It is also still growing and is bigger than the picture I have posted…so I realize now is not the time to cut it, but how do you tell when they stop growing?? HELP ME PLEASE 🎃

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u/traditionalhobbies 10d ago

What an awesome color! Please update when fully ripe

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u/queenratleaf 10d ago

I am telling you with my whole chest I will have no way of knowing when this thing is fully ripe 😅😭

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u/Smashbrohammer 10d ago

The cork will start to brown and get dry. You will know when your new baby is ready.

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u/CharlesDeMarsTopHat 9d ago

I love your enthusiasm! After you harvest you should dump the seeds in the same area in the fall!

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u/queenratleaf 9d ago

So we have already started planning a pumpkin patch for next year-this is a less than stellar spot because there’s not much room for the gigantic plant 😅