I have a question for Ray Newsam, (expert on growing giant pumpkins). I think my pumpkin has stopped growing, it has gone a darker orange. It is not that big, but as it is the first I have grown, I am quite pleased with it. It is far too heavy for me to lift !! I have to take it to our village pub (Plough & Harrow, Tilmanstone) on the last day of October. Can I leave it on the plant as it is, will it be OK until then? Or will it need cutting off and keeping dry before the end of Oct? I suppose it might get a bit heavier if left on the plant ?
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