Pumpkin is incredibly valuable dietary product. Fruits of pumpkin are used in cookery for preparation of porridges, soups, salads and also desserts in the form of pies, mousses, jam, etc. The most tasty and useful viands turn out from mature pumpkin therefore it is very important for the culinary masterpieces to choose such fruits.
To define ripeness of pumpkin, first of all it is necessary to look at its color: the fact is that when maturing these vegetables sharply change the coloring, for example, fruits of green color become bright yellow, bluish shade - pink-yellow. It is important to consider that color of mature pumpkins exclusively saturated.
When determining ripeness of pumpkins it is also possible to look at their peel, to touch it: unripe fruits when pressing easily cave in, and peel so gentle that with ease it is pierced by nail. The peel of mature pumpkin opaque also has the drawing inherent to this grade (usually upon purchase of seeds on the label there is photo of ripe fruits with the characteristic drawing). Many grades of pumpkins when maturing become covered by raid which with ease is erased at touch.
It is possible to determine ripeness of pumpkin and by sound: mature vegetables at prostukivaniye make ringing sound, unripe - the deaf.
In general, the majority of grades of pumpkin keep up in September therefore it should be taken into account that by the end of September pumpkin is ready to collecting.
If all above signs speak about ripeness of fruits, then the last what it is necessary to pay attention when determining ripeness of pumpkin to is fruit stem. Unripe vegetables have it light and strong.
If you have broken pumpkin and do not know, ripe it or not, then it is possible to determine its maturity by sunflower seeds. For this purpose cut fruit and look at seeds, try to separate them from pulp: at ripe vegetable sunflower seeds dense and roundish, they easily separate from fibers. You remember, pumpkin has one remarkable property - to ripen in house conditions, for this purpose it is required to allow it to lie down in the dry cool place.