green pumpkin!

[Urban Ayisha]

as i couldnt get down to my lottie last week a friend of mine harvested a few bits and bobs for me and cut a very young pumpkin thinking it was an overgrown courgette! i've heard if you leave it on a sunny windowsill it will ripen, its been on there for about 5 days now and no joy... what to do? is it wasted?

[Millymollymandy]

Oh dear. How big is it? Generally if it is a winter pumpkin you need to leave them on the plant for as long as possible until just before the frosts and then ripen them even more on a sunny windowsill or in a frost free sunny place.

Underripe ones picked too early can turn orange but can still be unripe and inedible inside - last year a neighbour gave us one and it wasn't worth bothering to cook as the flesh was beige.

Hopefully your plant will produce many more than you can leave to ripen properly.

[jampot]

it may be a lost cause as far as eating goes ,but at least you can carve an early lantern

[Urban Ayisha]

its on the compost heap lol. aww my friend was really only trying to help but grrr! i'm sure we'll have loads more though, at least i know the squah has gone mad!!