Organic gardening 2025

[akroberts]

I'm hoping that my pumpkins ripen before it gets too cold. It's already getting cold at night so hopefully they will. I have a large pumpkin out there and it's still completely green.

 

[digitS']

One year, I cut a completely green pumpkin about the day before first frost and set it in the garage. I forget the exact date but it was about 3 weeks and by Halloween, it had changed to orange.

I checked Redding CA, although I don't think that is quite where you are, @akroberts. The Weather Service has the mean date for a first frost since 2000 as 20 November.

Steve

 

[akroberts]

One year, I cut a completely green pumpkin about the day before first frost and set it in the garage. I forget the exact date but it was about 3 weeks and by Halloween, it had changed to orange.

I checked Redding CA, although I don't think that is quite where you are, @akroberts. The Weather Service has the mean date for a first frost since 2000 as 20 November.

Steve

I'm close enough to Redding to use the frost date for them. It's also good to know that they will ripen off the vine