Pumpkin ponderings - will they ripen? What's wrong with the leaves? (etc)

[SusieG]

What a wonderful display Jay-ell..!!

They do still have some leaves on, a bit further up the vine (I cut a lot back so the squash could get the sun on them). Think I'll leave them for another week or so before I cut them off ....!
Think you can make out the plant/leaves in the photo ~ behind the 'bare looking' bed ...

[Jay-ell]

Those leaves are looking nice and healthy. Mine were brown and dry when I took them off.

You could cut off any little vines and side shoots that don't have squash on them and also take off the ends with the growing tips on so that the plant focuses on the fruit rather than new growth (if you haven't already though it looks like you have).

Nice looking beds - what size are they? Is that the squash growing up the hedge in the background?

[Small pumpkin]

Here's my babies


over all view. most of the leaves are still quit healthy.


my two jack-o-lantern


small sugar, starting to ripen.

I do have my other pumpkin (who's name I don't remember the name of right now ), my hundred weight ( embarrassingly smaller the my small sugar! ) and my last two spaghetti squash.

[Jay-ell]

They're looking good SP - unless the weather changes they could stay on the vine a bit longer.

One of my small sugar accidentally came off the vine when it looked like yours however it ripened on the kitchen window sill and looks the same as the others which ripened on the vine.

I think small sugar is a pepo - same as most of the courgettes - so I'm wondering what I'll end up with if I saved the seeds for next year.

[Small pumpkin]

I've never grown a small sugar so small before !!! ( all seeds grown from a packet, from a reputable company, so shouldn't of been crossed ) The smallest I've grown was 4kg. So I'm quite looking forward to trying them.

[SusieG]

Nice looking beds - what size are they? Is that the squash growing up the hedge in the background?

The beds are approx 4ftx6ft ~ and yes that is squash trying to take over the world...!!!!

[SusieG]

.......SP, they look wonderful..!!!! You're beds look a lot bigger than mine .....but I think if I had a small field the squashes would still try to take everywhere over .......!!!

[Small pumpkin]

.......SP, they look wonderful..!!!! You're beds look a lot bigger than mine .....but I think if I had a small field the squashes would still try to take everywhere over .......!!!

They would Susie that's what they do & you got to love'm for it

They will be taking over my garden next year because I'm growing 15 varieties of triffid
3 courgette
4 pumpkin
8 squash

I didn't realise I was growing that many ! I may be in trouble