Re: ? about my pumpkins HELP!!!!

Hi Sue,

Your biggest pumpkin is only 4 days old - it's a little early
to tell really much at all.  Let them all get to 10 days and
start measuring them and comparing size, and growth rates.  You
usually are not sure until ten days have passed that the
pumpkin has "set" and will continue to grow.

If your pumpkins measure close to 20" circ at ten days, you are
off to a great start.

While the vine is still young and supple, now is the time to
try positioning it so you will not develop stem stress on the
pumpkin later.  Try to very carefully and gently give it a
shallow V or U shape with the pumpkin growing from the outside
bottom of the V. Use great care not to snap the vine.

Give special attention to the fruit growing on the main vine. 
Most of the really big one's come from the primary main.

Best of luck,

vince




--- sue chamberlain <esue53@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> It is me Sue the first time grower in upper middle Mich. 
> Which is in
> Gladwin by the way it is close to Harrison, and houghton
> Lake.  just so I
> don't have to keep saying where it is.
> 
> Anyway my question is this ,  I pollinated my first pumpkin
> on 7/24/03 on
> my biggest vine, since then I have pollinated 3 more 2 on
> biggest plant
> and 1 on the next biggest plant.
> 
> First let me give you how things are going here  weather has
> been pretty
> good high 70's to low 80's during the day an nights have been
> real cool 
> low 50's to sometimes high 40's also rain just about every 2
> days or so
> but not a lot still have to water in between and sometimes
> same day as it
> rains.
> 
> ok here is what is going on
> 
> Larry   my biggest plant
> 
> Zack    my first pollination 7/24/03   5inch  on main vine of
> plant
> 
>                                         7/25        6 1/2
> 
>                                         7/27        8
> 
>                                         7/28        9
> 
> Jyssi  2nd pollination         7/25        4 1/2 inch  on 
> main vine 
> only at opposite end of plant
> 
>                                         7/26        5
> 
>                                         7/28        6 1/2
> 
> Morgan  3rd pollination     7/26        5 inch on main vine 
> a few feet
> from Zack
> 
>                                          7/28        6
> 
> ok now on to Moe my second biggest plant   I have one female
> pollinated
> so far on main vine
> 
> Mahayla                             7/26        4 1/2 inch
> 
>                                           7/28         5
> 
> So my question is this ,  are they growing to slowly?  and if
> so what
> should I do about it?   I need help am afraid non will get
> much
> bigger.      
> 
> All of my plants look great and are produceing alot of   
> flowers male
> and female Except for my smallest plant Curley  he is a
> little slower in
> growing and produceing but has started to get males and a
> couple of
> female on him  females are not to big yet.  I think it is
> because he
> is on the end of the garden and gets a little less sun.
> 
> I am just not sure if everything is doing ok or if I need to
> do something
> different.
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Sue 
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>
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