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Western PA

How do pumpkins with deep ribs usually weigh ?

My thinking is that they would go light on the scale because you are measuring over a lot of air.
Has anyone ever tracked this question?

8/21/2011 8:59:07 PM

Vancouver Washington

I have heard that they tend to go heavier. If you had a smooth fruit and ran a piece of string over the surface of it from point a to point b...then measured it. It would take a longer piece of sting to go down and come up over the ribs. Meaning - a ribbed pumpkin has much more surface area - more surface area means more space for pumpkin tissue. That is one idea anyways...

8/21/2011 10:07:32 PM

Western PA

Very good point. I understand what your saying.

When I measure the circumference, I always measure the widest area. I believe I read that this is the proper way to measure . But if I were to measure on the inside of a rib, when taping the circ., it would be several inches smaller.

8/22/2011 11:03:41 AM

Colorado

genetic and environmental cause heavy or light.Ribby fruit can go either way.look at which parent was ribby(of that seed)-was that parent over or under the chart

8/22/2011 12:57:09 PM