You could put a barrier under each developing fruit to protect them from the soil - a plastic lid or a plank or a brick or something would work. Not cardboard - gets too soggy when wet.
Probably yes. If you have bad soil, then root vegetables are the ones at highest risk. Leafy veg and fruits (like pumpkins) are a LOT lower risk. Also, anything that needs peeling is very low risk indeed. And pumpkins are usually peeled/skinned before cooking/eating as the skin turns into fingernail parings when cooked. So even for those who don’t know how the pumpkins were grown would not need to worry.
You could put a barrier under each developing fruit to protect them from the soil - a plastic lid or a plank or a brick or something would work. Not cardboard - gets too soggy when wet.
That works. But with the soil the fruit will be ok to give away?
Probably yes. If you have bad soil, then root vegetables are the ones at highest risk. Leafy veg and fruits (like pumpkins) are a LOT lower risk. Also, anything that needs peeling is very low risk indeed. And pumpkins are usually peeled/skinned before cooking/eating as the skin turns into fingernail parings when cooked. So even for those who don’t know how the pumpkins were grown would not need to worry.
That’s good, thanks! I’ve done an emergency repot into something improvised to buy time and will consider my options