Hi all, I have "Pumpkin Hundredweight" plants grown from seed and they are doing well. Do I need to leave only one or two fruit on the plant and watch them grow or just leave them to sort themselves out? I imagine that too many might drain the plants resources?
Thanks
TonyM
Stopping the growing tips regularly after a few fruit are set will certainly help Tony, have a look in the Pumpkin section lower down the home page!
;D
Last year I allowed no more than two per plant and got these, pity I didn't put them along side something to indicate size unless the 3" bench laths help in this.
They all weighed in at over 50lbs
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Quote from: saddad on June 16, 2006, 17:54:47
Stopping the growing tips regularly after a few fruit are set will certainly help Tony, have a look in the Pumpkin section lower down the home page!
;D
Would that generally apply to all squash then dad?
Dont think this will help much!! apart from giving you a Laugh!!
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Click on pic to enlarge!!
If you want really large pumpkins, read through this
http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/secert.html