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darius wrote:
Pumpkins are "ripe" when a fingernail leaves no indentation on the skin.

I have no pumpkins nor winter squash this year, thanks to my yard man's weed-eater machine. It looks like the one he missed is spaghetti squash, not good for Halloween decorations.