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Temperature for Storing pumpkin?

copenhagenmonkcopenhagenmonk Posts: 8
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Hello,

My family and I are new to agriculture, and for the first time we have just reaped an incredible pumpkin harvest. Now we are little uncertain of how to best store them.

I read that the ideal temperature is between 10 - 15 degrees, and that seems fairly difficult to find a place that maintains such temperature throughout the seasons (hoping our pumpkins will last us till spring and summer).

Is it possible to store them in the house at room temperature or will they spoil? We were hoping to put them all around. Behind the couch, under the bed on top of shelves and so forth. And what if they are stored in an outhouse that goes below 10 but without reaching freezing temperatures.

Thanks in advance

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  • copenhagenmonkcopenhagenmonk Posts: 8
    And if they can be stored at room temperature.

    Would this be a problem? Storing them close to the water pipes under a table fx.?

    And if so, could this be overcome by doing some insulation of the pipes with wool?

  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    I kept mine in the garage. It occasionally dropped to zero, probably below 10 for most of winter.  The main thing is that they don't freeze and don't get wet or they rot.  I think in the house is too warm.
  • KeenOnGreenKeenOnGreen Posts: 1,831
    We also keep ours in the garage. It can get chilly in there, but not freezing. We store them on metal shelving, spaced so that they don't touch. Agree it's probably too warm in the house.  Do you have an unheated cupboard?
  • scrogginscroggin Posts: 437
    I keep ours indoors in an unheated spare bedroom, they normally last perfectly well into spring. 
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    When I've grown them I also keep them in the garage.
    It does get very cold, but not quite freezing in there.
    I stored them around October standing upright on a shelf and most were still fine by around Feb the following year.

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