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Little-TON - Colorado

Does any one compost their pumpkin once seeds are gone? Worms seemed to love it last year.

11/7/2006 1:30:28 PM

Anamosa, IA [email protected]

I put this year's chunks of pumpkins on our gourd patch. They seem to rot down to just a thin dry sheet, which I till into the soil in the spring.

11/7/2006 1:36:54 PM

Minnesota([email protected])

I do the same. I cut them into 1-2" slabs.

11/7/2006 4:23:00 PM

Minnesota([email protected])

I tried shedding them by hand with a hashbrown grater, way too much work IMO, and dangerous for the fingers. The stainless steel grater bent out of shape as well.

11/7/2006 4:25:30 PM

Minnesota([email protected])

shredding....I meant

11/7/2006 4:25:56 PM

Montoursville, PA

I CHOP AND ROLL...mine into the compost after seasonal carving and rot down on display. Stinky but good stuff none the less. Cover them to eliminate temporary stinch if you have close neighbors.

11/7/2006 5:38:27 PM

Picton,ON ([email protected])

Big pile in the back of property along with everything else organic I have lying around!

11/7/2006 9:43:59 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Me too, I dig a trench and cut it up into chunks. When I want to go fishing, I know where to look for the worms.

11/7/2006 10:06:11 PM

Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

Any concerns about disease? I've heard that if you've had mildew or bugs that you shouldn't compost your leaves and vines. But, what about the fruit?

11/7/2006 10:09:54 PM

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You guys have pumpkin left over? Dont you make pies with them? I know I just finished my 1,253'rd pumpkin pie and boy are my arms tired.......

11/7/2006 11:50:51 PM

Follansbee, Wv

Powdery Mildew will not overwinter in the north. By the time the plants are pulled in October, most bugs are gone and do not overwinter in them. I compost everything, unless the plant showed signs of certain diseases like Sclerotinia, those are burned immediately.

11/8/2006 7:51:36 AM

Montoursville, PA

Once in a great while Mother Nature seems to make a mistake. In her book on composting She says to just drop it on the ground and forget it. Everything once living remains as a mulch until it rots and becomes compost. To date I have never seen an apparent mess that did not have man behind it.

11/8/2006 10:35:44 AM

North Smithfield, RI USA

or woman !!!

11/8/2006 5:47:54 PM

San Jose [email protected]

I put my 1500 lbs worth of pumpkins right back into the compost pile, I figure you should return all the nutrients that your pumpkins took out

11/8/2006 9:10:52 PM