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Pumpkin comes from a pumpkin vine and grows on the ground
No...a pumpkin grows on a vine--on the ground.
No it grows on a vine on the ground similar to a watermelon or pumpkin.
It grows off of a stem protruding from the main vine, which grows along the ground.
Botanically a pumpkin is a fruit that grows on a vine. It's considered a vegetable in the culinary sence.
A pumpkin begins as a seed that is planted in the soil. It grows into a vine with flowers that are then pollinated to produce fruit. The fruit matures on the vine, is harvested, and then the seeds are saved for the next planting season.
A pumpkin is a vine that bears fruit.
No, a green pumpkin will not ripen off the vine.
The bugs will invade and the pumpkin, and maybe the vine, will be eaten/rot away.
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A pumpkin turns orange off the vine due to a process called carotenoid synthesis, where the plant produces pigments that give the pumpkin its orange color when exposed to sunlight.
No, a pumpkin is not a root vegetable. Instead, the pumpkin grows from a blossom on the pumpkin plant.