This is a great topic! Very informative. Thanks Russ for the insights and to all the other opinions. I will be terminating early this year because of this discussion. Just a heads up on the homemade ethylene. When squeezing out the contents of the pillow I poked my poor little baby in the side with the corner of the ziploc bag. I'm sure it will be a permanent mark. Love that line. "its the pumpkin with the best plumbing that wins at the weigh-off not the one with the biggest solar panels..... "

Thanks for the input Chris. Zeke and I had a long discussion about this and we agree with you. Off it comes.

Ok. So, I've allready pollinated at 6ft. Rookie mistake. I have one at 9ft and one at 12ft. It sounds like I should wait for the 12 footer at least. I will terminate the 6ft. My question is this, Has my plant been comprimised by allowing the 6 ft. pollination? Is that what Russ was talking about?

The only plant I have is the 1512 Butler at about 10+ feet. I self pollinated it this morning at 6 ft. Another female in the waiting at 9 ft. I'm not real sure I want to continue all summer at the 6 ft. mark. LOL.