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Missoula, Montana

I keep seeing posts about how for out to pollinate, how far out for a 1k lbr etc. I am sure everyone has theories on were and why but can you pollinate TOO far out. Seems to me the longer the vine the more roots and leaves you have to feed the fruit?????

6/27/2005 2:39:01 PM

Montoursville, PA

I think your answer lies, in the aproximately 75 days, you need, to mature, from pollination. Excellent fruit have been grown on as little as 400 sq. ft. so it is not the mass, of plant, within reason, that makes the grow.

Of course you need to fit this inbetween last spring frost and first fall frost.

6/27/2005 3:01:11 PM

milford, CT,

This is only my 3rd year growing but I came up with an idea this winter . The winning pumpkin at the Durham Fair was 919 lbs and was grown on approx 100 sq ft. This got me thinking there is a minimum square footage necessary to grow a big one. I'm banking on my hunch that once this critical mass is achieved everything else is wasted plant energy. I'm only growing out to 350 sq ft this year on all three plants to test this out.

6/27/2005 10:06:08 PM

C N Y

i'm getting myself a Warren Hoe.
it looks like the devil's tail, but it is blue on the
business end. i cannot wait to start digging trenches to lay them secondary vines into, maximizing the plants'
potential. i think that would be a good idea if you are
intentionally growing smaller plants to see how it goes..eric

6/29/2005 5:50:34 PM