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Key West, FL

a few days ago i accidentally put a few scratches in the skin of a 10 day old pumpkins with my finger nails (witch i have cut as short as they will go now) with a circ of about 16" and since then the scratches have gotten wider and deeper. width of about 3/16 and depth of about 1/8 should it has been growing ok it is at 23 in circumference 3 days later. the scratches look healed, but will they get worse in the future and cause a real promblem? should i keep it or not? there is a pumpkin about 5 days old 3 feet after it should i go with this one instead?

8/24/2002 7:35:33 PM

Long Island,New York

Ben...you dont even know if these have been pollinated yet...wait til thier basketball sized and then get back for advice..........G

8/24/2002 8:01:17 PM

Key West, FL

ok well i think it may have been slugs anyway

8/24/2002 8:38:34 PM

North Ga

I scraped a bigun' on a fencepost about a month ago. Peeled a lot of skin off, and it's still in good shape.

8/24/2002 9:24:15 PM

Amherst, WI

In July some of my pumpkins got scratched by raccoons, they would stand up on them to see if they were anything to eat, I guess. My biggest one got scratched about 3/4 in. deep. I was pretty worried at the time, but it recovered nicely. The raccoons...well...they didn't do so good.

8/24/2002 10:29:14 PM

Key West, FL

ok thanks i wont worry about then
i put like one or two scratches on them but the slugs put a couple more on and now there is lots of slug killer all around

8/24/2002 10:39:24 PM