There is a good chance it will turn orange from the stress of being removed. Keep it in a cool dry spot.

Thank you.

I hope George revisits this thread and sees your photo. He knows more about squash than anyone else I know and I bet he'd have something to say about what it looks like to him. Your photo leaves me almost speechless. If that winter squash were growing in my garden, I wouldn't think it was Seminole because I never get long-necked ones like that. Even the ones that seem to me that they have a longer neck than usual are nowhere near as long-necked as the one in your photo. So, in my garden, I'd think I had planted cross-pollinated seed or incorrectly labeled seed, and I'd think that big green winter squash was either a cushaw type or maybe one of the many neck pumpkins....maybe a C. argyrosperma (formerly known as ) of some sort. I have grown something that had that shape once. It might have been Tennessee Upper Ground Sweet Potato (which is a winter squash, not a potato) or something similar, but it didn't have that dark green color at any stage that I can remember. It is possible it could be Seminole. Some people get some very elongated shapes like yours. However, when I have seen photos of the elongated ones, they are nowhere near as dark green as yours. I feel like that is crossed Seminole seed out there, too, because a decade ago I rarely saw any except the teardrop shaped or almost rounded ones and every year I see more and more people posting photos of them with longer and longer necks. If you look at the photos in the below link, you'll see some on the bottom row with a shape similar to yours, but with lighter color. The Seminole pumpkins I get usually are more like the ones in the first three photos on the left side of the first row of photos in the link. Did you look at the BC catalog on the winter squash pages to see if they sell something that is an identical shape/color to yours? Of course, yours may change color later on. For a Seminole to be that big and that green while already that big just doesn't fit what I know from growing Seminole for about a decade or so. You'd think if that size/shape was in the normal range of what Seminole regularly produces, Id have seen one that size/shape at least once, and I don't believe I ever have. Dawn Here is a link that might be useful: Photos of Seminole Winter Squash

The Seminole pumpkin seems to set fruit late after the vines get real long. Give it some time and it should start producing. Check out David Goodman's website for Seminole Pumpkin info Seminole Pumpkin project I harvested about 24 pumpkins off two vines. Hopefully yours will do the same. Craig