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Wheeling,WV

i have same very nice long gourds but they are all cracking is ther a way i can fix this or what should i do and are the seeds still good thanks .

9/14/2006 1:09:44 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Yes the seeds are good..Cracks seem to be common with long gourds, when they have matured. I have not seen anything that says a long gourd can not have cracks in it. It can not have any breaks.

9/14/2006 3:57:54 PM

Topsfield, Ma.

LG's seem to crack when they've been left on the vine too long. They only grow for 30-40 days and stop, but then the cracking starts. The seeds should be fine (good luck harvesting them...LOL) but fruit should be w/o splits for competition in my opinion. Best of luck.

9/14/2006 8:53:15 PM

western PA

For AGs there cannot be a split into the cavity. I assumed that this was to prevent the possibility for weight being added inside of the pumpkin. With LGs, weight is not factored in. So does it matter whether there is a crack??? I will be trying some LGs next year, so I am not sure.

9/15/2006 8:16:13 AM

Long Island,New York

Splits shouldn't matter in a length contest....how long a split is a split?...lol

9/15/2006 4:32:42 PM

Topsfield, Ma.

...If we maintain the premiss of a sound healthy fruit, just like with pumpkins, then we will never be faced with deciding whether some 1/2 rotted mangled stretched and otherwise manipulated specimen should be considered eligible

9/15/2006 8:53:49 PM

Topsfield, Ma.

...fat fingers somehow ended that last post before I was done...LOL! I've noted some superficial skin cracks happening on older fruit and they ooze a little and stop just like AG's...but then's there's the wholesale 1/4" gap opening fissure almost the entire length of the fruit that spells a pretty quick demise! G's just partial to LG's because they're GREEN! LOL!

9/15/2006 9:07:46 PM