Harvesting and Storing Pumpkins Horticulture Harvesting and Storing Pumpkins Pumpkins are one of the fun crops in the vegetable garden.
Pumpkins make delicious pies and other desserts.
To insure a long life, pumpkins must be harvested and stored properly. Pumpkins can be harvested when they have developed a deep, uniform orange color and the rind is hard. Pumpkins can remain in the garden through a light, vine-killing frost. A light frost will not damage the pumpkins themselves. However, all mature pumpkins should be harvested before temperatures drop into the mid to low 20's.