Pumpkin massacre - will they still ripen?

[marchogaeth]

If some stupid idiot severed a growing stem with two full sized but unripe Sugar Pie pumpkins on it while removing leaves to allow the same to ripen in the sun would they be advised to:-

a) move them into the poly tunnel to try and ripen them off the plant.

or

b) cut them into small pieces and put them in the compost bin.

or

c) None of the above (something else - if so what please?)

I am so cross with myself I can hardly speak.

[mothhawk]

Into the polytunnel with them

Pumpkin Nook : How To - Ripening Green Pumpkins

[marchogaeth]

Diolch. I should have googled shouldn't I?

[mothhawk]

Well, even if there was no info out there, I would still have given them a chance to ripen before giving up on them. Nothing venture nothing ripens

[Florence Fennel]

Good Luck with them March - I'd be gutted too if I'd done that.