How to know when the pumpkin is ripe and ready to pick

There are also different varieties of pumpkins, and people's needs for pumpkins are also different. Therefore, people choose what kind of pumpkin according to their own needs, and the main difference is the old pumpkin and the young pumpkin. It doesn't matter if you pick it early or late for a few days, and if you pick the seedlings early, you will grow small pumpkins.

If you want to eat a tender pumpkin, you should pick it while it is still tender. Everyone will have the impression that the pumpkin that has just grown is that the small pumpkin is very bright and grows very fast. When it reaches a certain size, it will stop growing, and at this time, the surface of the pumpkin will not be so shiny and will begin to dim, and it can be picked.

If you want to eat old pumpkin, after the pumpkin does not grow, the surface begins to dull, and then continue to grow is to slowly get old, and to a certain extent, the pedicle part of the pumpkin will also become watery, then you can use your fingernails to pinch the surface of the pumpkin, then it will be harder.

When the skin of the pumpkin becomes harder, it is generally older than the bark, and it can be picked off. It can also continue to grow, and depending on the pumpkin variety, the skin of the pumpkin will change color and yellow. At this time, the seeds in the pumpkin can be eaten.

However, the old pumpkin will occupy the pumpkin seedlings, and then grow the power of other pumpkins.

Or pumpkin pie, whose seeds can also be eaten as melon seeds. In rural areas, every household will plant a few trees, do a good job of management, and the pumpkin will not be eaten. There is also a special approach to the harvesting of pumpkins, so I don't know if you know it.

Everyone knows that both young and ripe pumpkins can be harvested. Some pumpkin planting is mainly harvested by young melons, young melons are generally picked and marketed 10 to 15 days after the female flowers open, and attention should be paid not to damage the leaves and vines when harvesting young melons, and by strengthening fertilizer and water management, promote the plants to continue to flower and bear fruit, and market in batches and phases.

To harvest the old ripe pumpkin, should grasp the reasonable picking time, harvest the old ripe, neat melon shape, intact melon without injury, the ripening standard is the peel is hard, showing inherent color, the fruit surface has wax powder. Generally, the Indian pumpkin that eats old ripe melons should be harvested in time 40 to 50 days after pollination, when the fruit has expanded and formed, the fruit stalk has begun to lignify, the quality in the fruit has improved, and there is a good taste. Medium-late ripening Chinese pumpkin.

Types are harvested 50-70 days after flowering.

Harvest time: It is best to choose the afternoon when the morning dew has disappeared and the weather is clear, and it is not suitable to harvest at noon or afternoon on rainy, dewy or foggy weather and sunny days. When picking, the operation should be light, pay attention to the length of the fruit stalk should be slightly higher than the fruit shoulder, do not sell soil at the incision, and should not be stacked immediately after harvesting, and should be placed in cool and ventilated conditions for a period of time to dissipate the heat in the field.

During the picking process, it is difficult to avoid melons being bruised and bruised.

etc., the injured fruits should be removed and stacked separately.

In addition, for the selection of pumpkins for storage and seeding, when picking melons, should choose sunny days, cut off the melon handle 2 3 cm long, and generally root melons (the first fruit) should not be used for storage for seeding, can be removed first, and leave the second melon on the main vine for storage. Choose nine ripe live vine melons that are injury-free, disease-free, thick meat, less moisture, harder texture, more orange in color, and covered with wax powder on the fruit surface.

The first pumpkin is golden brown and can be picked.

It is generally known that when the pumpkin is ripe, it can't be pinched, and it is ripe.

The pumpkin can be picked as it begins to turn red and yellow. Pumpkin is a vegetable that ripens in late summer and early autumn, generally blooms from May to July, and fruits from July to September, and is usually marketable in 10 days after fruiting, but it takes about 1 month to turn yellow. Pumpkins can be picked after they turn yellow or red, and can be stored in a cool place for two weeks for better taste.

How to choose a pumpkin to be delicious.

1. Look at the appearance. The most important point in choosing a pumpkin is that it is ripe, and it is also what we often say that the melon should be old, so that the pumpkin is nutritious and rich in substances. The older the pumpkin, the less water it contains, the more sugar it contains, the less gluten, and the taste is thick and thick.

The appearance of the old pumpkin should be complete, and it is not suitable to buy those with damage, insect pests or spots on the surface.

2. Look at the color. Due to the different types of pumpkins, the selection methods are also different, the golden pumpkin is better to choose, the color is dark yellow, and the stripes are cleaned and heavy for the mature pumpkin; For green pumpkins, choose the green and blackened ones for the ripe pumpkins. No matter what kind of pumpkin it is, the deeper its edges, the more bulging the petals are the old melon.

3. Smell the smell. The pumpkin has a special aroma after it is old and ripe, which is the fragrant smell of pumpkin, and the unripe tender melon has the taste of vegetable melon. When choosing old melons, you should also choose the kind that is best with melon stems, such pumpkins indicate that the picking time is shorter and can be stored for a long time.

4. Pinch the skin. Use your fingernails to pinch the skin of the pumpkin a little harder, and the skin of the old pumpkin is harder and firmer. If the pumpkin peel breaks when pinched, it proves that it is not ripe enough and is a tender melon.

If there is water seeping out, the water that seeps out is fast and mostly young melons, and the water that seeps out is less old melons. You can also use your fingers to dip a little water and rub it with your thumb, if you touch your hands or there is white powder on your hands, it means that the pumpkin is old.

5. Shoot the pumpkin. Hold the pumpkin in one hand and gently pat it with the other hand, just like picking a watermelon, if the pumpkin has a muffled sound and a thick feeling, it is an old pumpkin, and if the sound is crisp and hollow, it is a tender melon.

It is generally in September, because the old pumpkin is generally picked 50-70 days after flowering, after the skin turns yellow.

Pumpkin selection methods and skills:1. The surface texture of the pumpkin is clear, and the deeper the edges, the more bulging the melon petals, the better.

2. Pat the pumpkin with your hand, there will be a muffled sound, and the pumpkin is highly ripe.

3. Look at the tail pedicle, the guati is green, which proves that the melon has not been picked for a long time.

4. Pinch the skin of the pumpkin with your fingers, the pumpkin with water is full of water and delicious.

5. Pumpkin, a species of the genus Cucurbitaceae, is an annual creeping herbaceous plant with roots in the stems, thick petioles, broad ovate or oval leaves, slightly soft, leaf veins raised, tendrils slightly thicker, monoecious, stout fruit peduncles, ridges and grooves, which vary from variety to variety.

There are often several longitudinal grooves or none on the outside, and the seeds are numerous, oblong or oblong. It is native to Mexico to Central America and is commonly cultivated all over the world. It was introduced to China in the Ming Dynasty and is now widely cultivated in the north and south.

Pumpkin (Nangua) (Cucurbita Moschata) is commonly known as cucumber, pumpkin, and squash. It is native to South America and later introduced to China. Annual creeping herb.

The stems are several meters long, rooting at the nodes, stout, ridged, covered with short bristles, tendrils divided into 3 4 forks. The leaves are alternate, the leaves are heart-shaped or broadly ovate, 5 shallowly lobed with 5 angles, slightly soft, 15 30 cm long, densely hairy on both sides, often white spots along the margins and on the leaf surface, with irregular serrations on the margins. The flowers are solitary, monoecious.

Male flower receptacle short. Calyx lobes linear, apex enlarged into leaf-like. Corolla bell-shaped, yellow, 5-lobed, lobes abducted, crepe-striated.

3 stamens. The anthers are close together, and the medicine room is regularly s-shaped. Female flowers calyx lobes, leaf-like, ovary round or elliptic, 1-chambered, columella short, stigma 3, 2-lobed each.

Gourd, oblate spherical, pot-shaped, cylindrical, etc., with longitudinal grooves and bulges on the surface, smooth or nodulous protrusions. It is orange-petal-shaped, ranging from orange-yellow to orange-red. The fruit stalk is grooved, and the guati expands into a trumpet.

The seeds are ovate or oval, centimeter long, grayish-white or yellowish-white, with thin margins. The flowering period is 5 July, and the fruiting period is 7 September. Native to southern Asia, it is cultivated all over the world.

fruit as a vegetable; The seeds contain oil and are edible, and the seeds (pumpkin seeds) and guati are often used in medicine, which can repel insects, strengthen the spleen, and lower milk.

Calligraphers and painters can judge whether a pumpkin is ripe or not, and you can check the roots of the pumpkin, and you can pick the pumpkin when the melon is shriveled.

No wonder when ripe it is golden brown, and the fruit inside is edible, which indicates that the pumpkin is ready to be picked.

Pumpkin seeds. Also called pumpkin seeds.

Pumpkin kernels, which grow inside pumpkins and other plants of the Cucurbitaceae family. Most pumpkin seeds are hidden in a white or yellow shell. Pumpkin seeds are green in color and flat-shaped, and are often considered a health food due to their rich content of magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, iron, copper, protein, and zinc.

Although the husk of pumpkin seeds can be eaten, some people find it too hard and have a poor taste. You can crush the shell of pumpkin seeds, boil them in water, or peel them off one by one by hand.

Method. 1. Shell the pumpkin seeds.

1. Remove the pumpkin seeds from the pumpkin. If you want fresh pumpkin seeds, buy a pumpkin from the supermarket and cut it open and take the seeds out. Carefully cut the top of the pumpkin around the top of the pumpkin with a knife, then remove the round flesh from the cut.

Use your hands or a spoon to pick out the seeds and pulps inside.

In addition to pumpkin seeds, there are also orange melon pulps. Later, you will have to wash off the melon pulp that sticks to the seeds. Before that, put the melon pulp and the seeds in the same bowl.

2. Wash the pumpkin seeds. When all the seeds are removed, the next step is to wash them to remove the pulp and juice. You can put the seeds and gourds in a large colander, then turn on the faucet above the kitchen sink and start showing.

Most of the melon pulps can be turned off after they have been washed off.

Some melon pulps are difficult to rinse off, so it's okay to leave some residues on the seeds. However, you must rinse most of the melon pulp, which is especially important for roasted pumpkin seeds. If there is too much gourd, it will burn in the oven.

3. Crush the pumpkin seeds with a rolling pin. Now start removing the hard outer shell of the pumpkin seeds. The shell of pumpkin seeds is not poisonous, and it is not harmful to your health if you don't remove them, but melon seeds are softer, so they are more popular.

The first step in shelling is to spread the pumpkin seeds on a hard surface such as a kitchen counter or cutting board.

Try to separate the pumpkin seeds evenly so that the adjacent seeds do not overlap.

Gently crush the pumpkin seeds with a rolling pin. Use just enough force to crack the pumpkin seeds slightly.

Don't try too hard when grinding, because the inner melon seeds are relatively soft and easy to be crushed. All you have to do is frack the shell a little bit.