RE: Need Help
I wish I had your problem! If I were to cut it (and I am no expert), I
would cut, as far as I could, the vine it is growing on. Keep the bulk ofthe
plant going to the other pumpkin if that is possible. If it is on the main,
before the other one, I think you would just have to cut it off and hope for
the best.
Your other option is to keep it going and hope for the best. I would spray
some chelated calcium on the weak spot to try and strengthen it as much as
possible. (I get my Calcium from a fellow grower, so don't ask me where to
get it.)
I wish you luck in whichever choice you make. Just remember...if you cut it
off, you will loose weight for about a month before weigh-off. Also, some
pumpkins weigh light to begin with, don't rely on the measurements for the
state record.
Good luck!
-Gus
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Grunow [g*@bytehead.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 9:44 PM
To: Pumpkins; giant pumpkins
Subject: Need Help
I have a nice pumpkin that I would like to stop growing or slow down to next
to no growth but I need it to hold up till weighoff. What do I do? The
reason why I want to stop it is because it seems to have a weak spot where a
small dill ring is starting. The pumpkin has a 173" cir. with a side to
side of 83.5 and a front to back of 102 for a total of 358.5OTT. It is est
at 893LBs and is still putting on 15LBs. a day. The WI state record is
829LBs. It is cantaloping around the whole bottom one-third of the pumpkin.
If I had another nice pumpkin as a backup I would let it go but the next
biggest is only 302 OTT and is on the same plant. What can I do?
Gary Grunow
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