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Pleasant Grove CA

First year grower. I have a deep rib with scored line in the center of the rib, not leaking any fluids. In your experience will this turn into a split? Any possible interventions? Harvest early? Pic on diary page. Thanks

8/28/2012 11:13:40 AM

West Michigan---Hasekg39@gmail.com

Yeah I have the same thing on 2 of my pumpkins, with one having 2 ribs that are starting to collapse in on each other and the other one has to ribs that are growing out and making a big crease between them.

sorry I can't help cause I'm a first time grower myself but figured I would throw it out in case this gets answered by some one who knows what they are talking about

8/28/2012 2:18:18 PM

morristown, Tn email fredwhitacrejr@yahoo.com

deep ribs can sometimes hurt it send me a picture of it to fredwhitacrejr@yahoo.com i will tell you if i think it will make it

8/28/2012 3:15:41 PM

Rhode Island

bearflag
should not be a problem.
when the skin pinches together, its no where near as bad as when you have a deep rib intersected with a indentation(dill ring) running around that area in an opposite direction.thats when a blowout (or pin hole)can occur.
i would not worry about yours.
full steam ahead.
pap

8/28/2012 7:05:31 PM

Pleasant Grove CA

Thanks for the insight!

8/28/2012 7:15:10 PM

West Michigan---Hasekg39@gmail.com

if it's possible could some one post a pick of a dill ring (it doesn't sound right asking to see a dill ring) or some blow outs and what to look out for.

Thanks for any pics in advance

8/28/2012 9:30:22 PM

The bottom of New Jersey

Brosco, I will have pictures in my diary in the next day or two of exactly the thing that pap is talking about. It is a very small opening to the naked eye, but the hole goes all the way in. My dill ring is a minor one, but it intersected with a deep rib and it was curtains for that pumpkin.

8/29/2012 7:36:50 AM

Germany

Brosco, you can also site search for "sag line", and then you can find pictures like the one here:

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=187275

This one gives you a nice impression what a "Dill ring" is and where the holes could develop.

8/29/2012 8:41:43 AM

Germany

...btw, Brosco, a bottle of beer isn´t essential for a sag line and some pin holes to develop, but you may want to leave some empty beer bottles behind on the patch after you discovered such features on your pumpkin.

8/29/2012 8:44:05 AM

West Michigan---Hasekg39@gmail.com

Ha Ha it is funny cause it's true.

Those pics make me want to throw up. Are there ways to prevent this stuff from happening and is this a genetic flaw or some other reason for them.

Thanks for the pics

8/29/2012 5:45:21 PM