[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Thank you! I was also unable to find this info. The vine has deteriorated, but is not dead. I have been nursing my volunteer along and have a 15-20 lib green pumpkin. I think it is ready to break color and think it will be good if I can nurse it along another week or two, Else......

Forager chef Green Pumpkin Pie

(Liz! They say green pumpkin is similar to zucchini! Exciting! :)

How to cook green pumpkin

[Liz]

Forager chef Green Pumpkin Pie
(Liz! They say green pumpkin is similar to zucchini! Exciting! :)

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Never knew that-——thx.

[Paul R.]

If the vine leader out past the pumpkin fruit is healthy, it MIGHT work to dive a short section of it back into the ground, with some rooting hormone applied. I’ve had pumpkin vines some distance from the main stem root back into soil they were touching, anyway.

How quickly and if such would root effectively this time of year, I have no idea. So, it might be a little risky, but, with the main stem on the way out...

Just because I have parts of the plant (with fruits developing) 20+ feet away from the root stem, I’ve “planted” and hopefully will be rooting two such vine leaders on my surviving (and how!) Opo plant. (They dive into the ground, and then back out for several inches, initially.) I just “dove” the 2nd one today. My idea was to create moisture and nutrition sources closer to the developing fruits, and have a backup in case the main stem failed, as they often do. That said, the 2 biggest fruits must have added 4” in length and doubled in volume in the last day. So, maybe the plant doesn’t need any help!