Long island update, HELP!!

hello everybody, have a small situation here i was wondering somebody
could assist me.  have 2 pumpkins growing on the same plant.  One of
them on the main vine, the other on a secondary.  The one on the main
vine was pollinated on 7/12, the other on 7/18.  heres my story, the
main vine pumpkin has been growing like mad, between 10-13" a day for
about a week and a half, largest gain 23.5" in 24 hours!  The other one
is quickly catching up, and as a matter of fact, at 2 weeks old, it was
an 1.5" bigger than the one on the main vine at 2 weeks.   the larger
pumpkin is a little over 200lbs. est. the smaller one is about 65lbs.
Now my larger pumpkin is slowing down drastically, to the tune of 5" per
day, out of nowhere.  I expected it to slow, but not from 11 to 8 to 5
in three days.  My plant is in an area about 650 sq ft, is this to small
a plant to sustain 2 pumpkins?  should i cull one of them in order for
the plant to transfer all of it's energy into one?  which one should i
cull?  I thought i was looking at over 700lbs, now i think i'll be lucky
to sqeeze 400 out of it.  Please help!!!  I want a
monster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

scott armstrong
long island ny


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