How to Harvest and Cure Pumpkin and Winter Squash + The TRICK for knowing when to harvest!

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Use this 1 simple trick to harvest pumpkin and winter squash at the right time!

Plus-- tips for how to harvest, cure and store pumpkin and winter squash to ensure optimal flavor & storage life. Properly cured & stored, some pumpkins and winter squash can last over a year in storage!


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00:00 Intro
00:34 What I'm Growing- a look through the pumpkin/squash patch
01:04 When to Pick- Determing Maturity
03:09 Curing Winter Squash/Pumpkin

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Your little helper cracks me up he's so helpful too cute ❤

Lculp
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Crown prince is my favourite squash for flavour ❤

Bobsmith-otsi
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Great information thank you. I didn't realize the curing process was important for developing the flavor of winter squash.

breehenson
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Thank you for this, extremely helpful and you're a great teacher!

loveandpanic
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I love my crookneck butternut squash. Huge and delicious.

janabandana
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I'm growing blue Hubbard, jack o lantern, kabocha and flat white this year. Best pumpkin crop I've ever had!

veggiemom
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Just harvested my first sugar pie pumpkins of the season. Thanks for the great video – straightforward and easy to follow information

mariaberger
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I love jarhadale pumpkins. They are the green blocky ones. They can grace my south-facing Atlanta front porch through Thanksgiving and then still hang out in storage for a few months! And they are the best tasting pumpkin I have tried.

daniellebradley
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I was thinking just this morning that I needed to research when to harvest my squash & your video showed up! Thank you. I didn’t know I had to cure them & it’s helpful to know how to store them. 👏👏👏

YoungAtHeart
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I love growing Pumpkins and Winter Squash! Even more than summer squashes. I’ve learned so much from your channel and your videos just keep getting better and better. You are a natural teacher ❤ Keep up the good work. Also, if you haven’t grown Kakai Squash, it’s a must! The seeds are hulless and delicious roasted or dehydrated 😋

amyk
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Excellent in-depth video! I only have a small area for winter squash, leaving the rest of my space for summer crops like beans, peppers, carrots after rotating out winter/early spring crops of spinach, lettuce and broccoli. My favorite winter squash is honeynut. I must not have cured mine properly last year as many became soft and moldy after a while. I had brought them into my kitchen so thanks to your video I will put them on my covered deck. I have a small greenhouse if I can find it after moving to a different climate 4 years ago. Still getting used to, and learning the change. (FL to the foothills of NC). Thank you for the video.

As I just found you, may I ask where you are located?

Oh one question, I have a sprinkler system set up for the garden so my honeynut is still producing but I know here in mid-September most of the new squashes will not have time to mature. Should I stop watering?

bjb
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Your little greenhouse is still so nice! Ours only lasted a couple years - the wind really takes it out. We built some 'real' greenhouses. But I still might cure the pumpkins in there if I can keep the chickens out. (The doors blew off.) Anyway, I always have to remind myself how to tell if they are ripe. I've been adding pumpkin/squash/sweet potatoes to the dog food sometimes, mixing up green vegetables as well. Also, I save the seed/pulp in freezer bags and it is a delightful, very exciting, chicken snack especially on bad winter days when I don't let them out of their coop. I've had delicata last until April, here in NY state. This year, I want to can some. I've also taken pumpkin puree and frozen it in cupcake papers. Then I take them out of the cupcake pan and put in freezer bags for if I just want a few tablespoons for a special fancy drink. (I never buy those fancy drinks. I have a thermos and know how to use it, LOL) I will also freeze pumpkin in 1 or 2 cup measurements for pie or whatever. Sometimes I just mix it up with evap. milk, egg, etc., just wing it and put it in a 8 x 8 pan on a graham cracker crust with some crumb topping for fast 'pie'. My friend gave me some of his seeds and I have three different pumpkin varieties this year: Baby Pam, Sugar Pie, and Winter Luxury. Delicata and Butternut, too.

palominogirl
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Hi Jenna! Great video again. Is there a video from you on growing pumpkins for seeds and starts and the timing for growing them for Halloween? If you have, I can't find it. Keep up the great videos!

sunsetfarmohio
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Your videos are awesome Jenna! 😀 I am a new gardener that has so much to learn. I am trying to learn how to cure.

GroLeafy
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Thanks for the info, we grow and love Golden Delicious squash.We have grown it for years and have very good luck with the storage of this squash. It also has an interesting history.

michaelmarchione
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You are very pleasant to watch. Thanks

joeymasterson
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Always such amazing information we get from your Mrs. Jenna. Been awhile since we grew any pumpkins. About the only squash we like is summer squash. Not big fans of all the other types. Thanks for all the tips and tricks you gave us. Stay safe and have a wonderful week!

CBsGreenhouseandGarden
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I’m growing pumpkins for the first time, Cherokee tan pumpkins, and they are prolific!

jenniferk
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Yr cap is good pumpkin colour and variety good

manvenderjeph
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This year was the first time I grew quash, it was a Georgia Candy Roaster, and in a friends garden since I don't have one. My question is "Do your plant vines tend to grow heading North?" Mine all grew heading North and I was wondering if this common, I'd like to plant a couple more next year but don't want to ruin as much of my friends plants as I did this year.

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