Growing Pumpkin

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29 Mar 12 Tim - Tocumwal (Australia - temperate climate)
my pumpkins are ready and the vines are showing signs of dying and i want to remove them. popular opinion says if i want to store my bountiful pumpkin harvest for future use they need a frost. QUESTION: must the pumpkins be still attached to the vine, or can they be harvested and suitably stored outside until the frosts come, then transfered to shed storage. Tim.
30 Mar 12 Kelly (New Zealand - cool/mountain climate)
I used to live in Queensland and never got a frost ever but grow and stored pumpkins for many years. I would sun them before storing.
01 Apr 12 Tim (Australia - temperate climate)
thanks kelly. i will harvest them today Tim.
01 Apr 12 Liz (New Zealand - temperate climate)
Make sure that you leave a small piece of stem attached to the pumpkin when you harvest .
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