r/Pumpkins • u/umamibanani • 12d ago

Help: Stem looks odd

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Hi! We‘ve been growing a few pumpkins, and our biggest one recently started to develop this odd looking stem. Does anybody know what this indicates? Should we harvest it? (we don‘t know the variety or when it was planted, call it a happy little accident).

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u/umamibanani 12d ago

oh and: the brown part of rhe stem is still firm, not mushy or rotten soft

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u/CrazyMadHooker 11d ago

It's perfectly fine. It'll resemble cork in color but still be hard. That's how several of these stacking varieties are for stems.

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u/umamibanani 11d ago

thank you! and, in your experience, how can I tell when it would be time to harvest (since we don‘t know when it was sowed)?

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u/CrazyMadHooker 11d ago

I'd say it's not far off, could likely harvest now. If the skin still feels grippy/rubbery, wait a bit.

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u/justalittleloopi 10d ago

Looks like a hubbard type. That's very normal and expected for that lineage.

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u/Opposite_Heart138 6d ago

I think its just corking im pretty sure that means harvest soon :D. It's normal and happening to my pumpkins as well