Re: pollinating and terminating

Debbie,

After a week or so, the new pollinations should be giving you a good
indication of which direction they are heading. As long as they have that
shiny and new look, that's a good thing. If they start to look dull, that's
bad and probably means they're not going to make it. If you are growing
competitively, setting a fruit on the main is heavily favored over growing one
on a secondary. For sure, all the biggest pumpkins in the world were grown on
the main vine. I like to have my secondaries all terminated by the end of
July. At that time, my 750 sq. ft. area for each plant is filled up. Sometimes
I terminate my mains and other times, I allow them to grow around the edge of
the patch for the entire season. I've had good luck doing it both ways.

Joe Pukos

Leicester, NY





----- Original Message -----
From: "Debbie Runkle" <yorunk13@att.net>
To: "pumpkin" <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 11:59 AM
Subject: pollinating and terminating


>I was wondering how long before you know if a pollination is successful.  I
have
> pollinated two on my main, the first aborted (closest to stump).  The second
one
> (next on the vine from the aborted one) is slightly larger than a baseball.
> There is a third one after that which was open pollination.  I am keeping
the
> main going since I was told that pumpkins growing on the main are better
than
> secondaries.  I did pollinate one on the first secondary off the main.  When
> should I start terminating the main and secondaries?  I've been letting
> everything keep growing in case something goes wrong.
>
> Debbie
>
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