Has anyone seen this before? its the end of the main it has 3 tendils 2 secondarys 2 leaves one male and one female its at 18 ft , not sure what to do , its one of my best plants have one pollinated at 16 ft
j.vincent
Feb 7
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After a few years sabbatical, i will be growing a couple pumpkins in 2020. I plan to keep things as simple as possible with just the two The seeds have not been finalized . The short list includes the 2005 Haist, 1911 Urena, 2114 Wallace, 1871 Bryson and the 1884 Crews. I started the prep last fall on two 850 ft2 planting sites. Unfortunately I didn't get everything i had planned on completed in the fall. Hopefully, i will be able to get in there early. I will be building much larger clotches than in the past. Likely close to 200ft2 each. I'm planning on in ground as well as above ground heat.
I would just trim it to resemble a normal vine. Keep one secondary and remove the male and extra tendrils. I'd remove the female unless you really want it as backup.
I'm with Ryan on this. Trim the crap off & just leave 1 vine to act as your main.
Done thanks guys!
Can someone tell me where I can get an updated measuring chart I've been using one from 2009
I have a fruit at 211 inches at day 20 how much is that?
215lbs
Going to be nice and orange.
Sorry forgot to mention that's the 1803 Hoelke
1803 Hoelke starting to pick back up after a couple cool days and lots of cool nites
This is the split in the main on the 1803 that happened in early June from a wind storm about 3 feet ahead of the stump, I was going to pull the plant but John Vincent said he had seen a lot worse glad I listened
looks good dan. very similar shape and colour to mine last year.
This is the 1585 Werner at day 27 240 OTT this plant is high maintenance lots of sunburned leaves and we haven't had a lot of sun and it doesn't like the wind either
They do look similar Ryan but I don't think I can top yours lol
1803 Hoelke 7 day average 39 lbs could be a new PB fingers crossed
Just keep those leaves healthy and it will keep cruising. Nice numbers.
Came home to find this tonite on the 1803 no smell and no ooze but it's deep sprayed with alcohol patched with sulphur alcohol paste and put fan on wasn't going to measure till Saturday but it mite be done so today was dap 38 OTT 319
1803 today
There's probably guys that know how to try and save that stem. I don't have much experience with stem splits but the experienced guys do and may chime in.
I've seen people save them because I've seen pumpkins at weighoffs that you can see right through both sides of the stem. They cut them open to relieve stress and expose to air to prevent rot, but honestly I don't know how exactly it's done. Maybe someone will give a quick plan of attack.
Thanks Ryan I think I figured out what to do from big pumpkin archives sure hope it works
Hi guys sorry for the delay. I was up at the camp.
I use a sharp knife & start from the split. Slice 1/2 way deep into the center of the stem (length way with the blade) & cut towards the plant. You only need to cut @ 1-2" (depending on the split) along the vine to relieve the pressure. Do the same if the other side is splitting. When your done, sulfur the inside & cut lines & put a fan on it. We have one that we're dealing with now & that is what we did.
If it splits deep into the pumpkin, we will put a small slice (2" long) across the end of the split & that will sometimes stop the pumpkin from splitting through. Not always though. Some you just can't stop from splitting. Sulfur all areas that you cut. Don't worry they will heal over
Good luck