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Hey everybody!
Sorry for not posting a "how things are harvested" for a while but I'm back
Today I'll show you the process of pumpkin seed harvesting
At first all of the pumpkins have to be corralled into rows so that the next machine can follow up and pick them
This machine picks the pumpkins up a crushes them to separate the seeds from the flesh of the pumpkin.
Another view of the seed harvester
When the machine is full, seeds can easily be emptied with an auger before being washed and processed.
PaulSmackageFromGrapevineTexas
alwaysalurker
so are they growing pumpkins just so they can grow more pumpkins.
someonefigureditout
Annnndddd follow
sunyudai
Username checks out.
My6thUsername
Sauroctonus
The only thing that's spooky about pumpkins is how disappointed I was when I finally tasted them.
sarahlwilling1212
I feel like Linus “You didn’t tell me you were going to kill it.”
thelovechildofhitlerandstalin
+1 for vegetable agriculture
jbilly90
Love seeing how other farms work love these @op
ImSoyExcited
Thank you so much! I love showing people about farming
MisoMan2
Thanks for posting. Interesting stuff.
ImSoyExcited
Thanks for finding it interesting!
derekmatters2
this right here is awesome
ImAllergicToCatsSorry
This is my favourite Smashing Pumpkins album.
ThisIsEmilyPingingBackAndFlyingLikeACheeseSandwichTiedToABrick
Needs more upvotes
ImAllergicToCatsSorry
Thanks, I've been waiting since 1979 for that comment. Was feeling rather Mellon Collie. Gish.
DJudy
There is something deep inside me from my childhood that says, "Whoa! Cool!" to equipment and it being used.
dave481
I always enjoy watching those machines work. Forts time I've seen pumpkins. Mainly grain, cotton and corn around us.
ImSoyExcited
We're corn, soybeans, wheat, and sugar beets
MazelJew92
It's literally a plow that rolls the pumpkins slightly to the side
MyImages12345
#3 kids all around the world devastated Halloween cancelled this year.... Bahhhh just kidding it's a ImSoyExcited post
Mercenarity
BRB, launching Farm Simulator on Steam.
ImnotAllowedtoPostPublicly
I love these post
ImSoyExcited
Thanks! I like to spread agricultural knowledge!
Splekh
Sad that most of the pumpkin gets wasted, could still be used as food for animals etc
asthmatherapeutics
Beautiful post
pelicansfightingterrorism
"You roast the unborn?!" - The Great Pumpkin, Simpsons Halloween Special
heirsasquatch
Excellent post sir! The rolloffs would be proud
ImSoyExcited
Thanks!
HolyHellJezebel
I hate the smell of raw pumpkin, its pretty gross. Pumpkin pie is ok because of nutmeg and cinnamon.
Cheomesh
Also because it's mostly not pumpkin.
ATribeofAfricanNatives
Amazing
forreallyandfortrue
Fucking awesome. Thank you!
ImSoyExcited
You're welcome!
PrincessLeliana
What a waste of all that flesh.
FerrousBuehler
Good for the soil!
ImSoyExcited
Exactly! Increase that organic matter and add some nutrients back!
thatgreygentleman
Out of context that’s horrifying
PyroAvok
It's not gonna taste all that great; they're bred for the seeds. Also, the farmer will let the cows eat it.
AdrianDunne
The spirit is willing but the flesh is spongy and bruised.
HexiHamaski
pumpkins are one of the crops used to "rejuvinate" a feild, its not a waste this was entirely the purpose of growing the pumpkins
Ifyoucandodgeawrenchyoucandodgeaball
The pumpkins are "seed pumpkins" the flesh inside is not the same as your jack-o-lantern, artificial selection at its finest.
Scuzzellbutt
And imagine how many pies that could make.
RoboticTurtle
The best "pumpkin" pies are made with squash. Butternut Squash is my favorite. Real pumpkins don't have a lot of flavor.
TinCook
They use different varieties of pumkin for eating then what you get for jack o laterns
forreallyandfortrue
Truth be told, I add pumpkin to my tomato pasta sauce for sweetness. No one can ever tell, they just know it's a little sweeter than plain.
RoboticTurtle
I'd never thought of that. I might have to try it once I get back to cooking.
Cheomesh
Is it canned pumpkin or do you get an actual one and do that up yourself?
forreallyandfortrue
I grow squash & pumpkins (along w/ beets, carrots, tomatoes, beans & snowpeas) in my little garden.
SaraFourImgur
Heard of doing this with carrots
forreallyandfortrue
Either or both are great for balancing tomato's acidity; I've also used beets. It depends on what I have too much of in my garden that year.
SaraFourImgur
You can also skip that altogether and eat the superior sweet potato pie
adriedupoldprune
Maybe we could just make pies with fruits in stead.
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SaraFourImgur
Yeah you'd like that wouldn't you?!
MilDravin
Heathen
SaraFourImgur
I shall meet you in the battlefield
StAnonymous
I hate sweet potatoes.
SaraFourImgur
CustardPies
They waste all of that flesh?!
ImSoyExcited
It's added back to the soil to increase organic matter and replenish nutrients
CustardPies
Yeah wasted, as in not eaten my man nor beast
Cheomesh
Animals will *definitely* get there.
ImSoyExcited
Animals, bugs, and microorganisms do though!
ataradov
It is not waste. If you don't do this, there will be pumpkins next year, unless you dump a lot of fertilizer.
pollypocketfullofposies
There really is a tool for everything... a ridiculously specific tool for every need.
RiverRoyal
One of the selling points for Capitalism in my opinion. For all it's flaws, the pursuit of wealth encourages people to be quite ingenious.
Cheomesh
Or to patent troll to oblivion.
RiverRoyal
One of the flaws.
IamJustinSane
So we grow pumpkins to get pumpkin seeds, so we can grow more pumpkins to get even more pumpkin seeds? This is an exercise in futility.
Cheomesh
You eat the seeds.
IamJustinSane
Fuckin’ vegans! If you let seeds grow, they can turn into food, you impatient freak. I’m just fuckin’ with ya, I bake salted pumpkin seeds.
PresidentProTempore
The pumpkins don't make just one seed...
IamJustinSane
But they are destroying every pumpkin to get the seeds... to make more pumpkins... to get more seeds.
PresidentProTempore
1 seed makes a pumpkin that makes like 50+ seeds.
IamJustinSane
That makes 50 more pumpkins which gives them 2,500 seeds which gives them 2,500 pumpkins, which gives them 125,000 seeds. Where does it end?
FayeKalius
With pumpkins taking over the World, muhahaha!!!
dontmagpie
so they just waste all the squash flesh and take just the seeds? thats fucking retarded
streak1
Maybe it's used as fertilizer?
Cheomesh
Fertilizer. Also, livestock will probably come and graze. Pumpkin flesh itself isn't all that valuable.
dontmagpie
b-b-b-b-but muh pumpkin pie!
Cheomesh
Different variety of pumpkin.Also pumpkin pie mix is mostly not pumpkin.Pumpkin doesn't taste very good.
dontmagpie
yeah it does. its delicious. i keep plain canned pumpkin as a home remedy for my dogs and it tastes great
Cheomesh
Canned pumpkin is not exactly pumpkin.