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Can anyone help me to identify what the light brown crust is on my pumpkin's skin? It has a cross hatch type of pattern and a picture is in the last entry in my diary (SoCal Kevin) posted today. It covers about 5 - 10% of the pumpkin. Can I get rid of it, and how? It does seem to scape off with some effort, but it's hard to tell if underneath is healthy skin or if I am also scraping off the top layer of pumpkin skin. Thanks.

7/31/2012 8:29:23 PM

San Diego, Ca.

Kevin, as your pumpkin gets older the skin gets harder and starts to crack slightly developing scars that looks alot like a cantaloupe because the pumpkin is still growing and stretching. What your seeing is common but not all pumpkins develope these scars. There is nothing that you can do to get rid of the scars that I know of.
Good luck with your pumpkin...looking good! Vince

7/31/2012 9:14:44 PM

Michigan,up North

my 1059 looks like that too.on top of pumpkin. .day20tomaroo.thought it was from the shade cover off for 8 hrs in the sun.

7/31/2012 10:18:08 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

Have you kept your pumpkin covered? To me it looks like a burn...either UV or Chemical.

7/31/2012 10:40:33 PM

Torrance, Ca.

Have that all over my 985,,,,,, look at my diary pic with Kingston standing on top of the pumpkin.


Makes it look like the tough one in the patch!!!!!!!!

7/31/2012 11:14:50 PM

San Diego

Thanks for the replies everyone. The pumpkin has been continuously covered. Sounds like this is just the pumpkin getting older. My skin hasn't improved with age either LOL.

8/1/2012 12:04:11 AM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Don't scrape it off Kevin, like Vince said, it is just the skin canteloping and maturing...will still be growing...not worries.

8/1/2012 12:45:17 AM

Stanwood, Washington

I have been told that the cantaloped ones tend to weigh heavier. Mine was cantaloped last year and went 23% heavy over the chart.

8/1/2012 2:25:35 PM