An absolute load of sediment

[James2008]

This is the pumpkin north american brew kit for 1 gallon.
It is 1lb of 6 row, specialty grains, liquid malt extract. Seasonal spices and whatver hops come with the kit. Just 1 addition at 45 min. And 3/4lb of pure cooked pureed pumpkin.

I added all grains, and pumpkin together in a biab. steeped for 1 hour at 160. Then removed grains, brought up to boiling temp, removed pot from heat, added liquid extract, brought it back up to a boil. Added hops, timed boil for 45 min. Then added spices at flame out.

I ended up with a perfect 1 gallon amount diddnt have to add any extra water..
I use a fine mesh strainer when transferring into fermenter. I aerated wort, then put the yeast in.
It's been 1.5 weeks. High krousen has fallen about half a week ago. Still some fermenting signs going on, fermentation temp is 70F.
I did not bother with OG or FG.
So why is there like 6 inches of sediment at the bottom of my fermenter. I know trub is normal but this is such a huge amount I've never seen this much. Could the real pumpkin cause this?
What could be some negative side effects?

 

[RPh_Guy]

3/4lb of pure cooked pureed pumpkin.

^^^

Completely normal.

 

[myndflyte]

Yeah I would guess you got a lot of trub because of the pumpkin. Looks normal to me. And the only side effect would be a little less finished beer than you were expecting.

 

[Jag75]

Yup what they said ^^. I had a bunch in my fermenter when I did a yeast dump.

 

[CascadesBrewer]

So why is there like 6 inches of sediment at the bottom of my fermenter.

Wow! You have pretty massive hands!!

I brewed a batch today with 3 lbs of sweet potato added to the boil. I ended up leaving about 3/4 gal of murk in my kettle, where I normally plan for about 1/4 gal.