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I got one pumpkin on my 812 Landry Plant. This pumpkin's growth rates are ziggzaged on the spreadsheet. It is green (a squash maybe?) Football shaped, and kind of deformed. If you see 1300 lbs Daletas how its big and round on the front and then goes way down on the back, well mine looks like that, except its about 335 lbs OTT. One side is longer but the other side is bigger (fatter). There is also small lumps spaced out around the pumpkin making it diffult to measure. Sorry should have a picture. This pumpkin has appeared to stop growing sort of, as SS and SB are the same for the past 2 days, but C is growing about 2.5 inches per day, which makes no sense. I don't understand why this pumpkin is slowing down. I have a plant in mint conditions. Leaves are little old and have a bit of heat damage, but are a deep dark green. NO disease, or Insects at all. NO wind damage. 1 1/2 of water applied by an over head high pressure water canon every week, weekly pottasium applied 15-10-32 Supafeed. Pumpkin at 14.5 ft, main is 31 ft. What is slowing this down? I was on pace of 1000 lbs and now am - 7 inches below. NO splits or rotting, or leaking. My only blame is temperature. It dropped to the mid 20's (degrees Celcius) and now is up in the mid 30's with high humidity. But still my pumpkin should be used to it. Thanks for your help! If there's something I can do please let me know. Right now all I am doing is praying that I get some mega growth and soon!

8/8/2005 9:37:44 PM

Eastern Pennsylvania

everyone keeps saying too much K can shut you down. Oh well you're bigger than me right now anyways. Good luck
-Jim

8/9/2005 4:28:30 PM

C N Y

i'll bring up the only thing i will be thinking about all the way home now....the Pistano Push!
i hope this goes to it for you.....ooop, outta time...eric
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8/9/2005 7:05:34 PM

If Circ. is going 2.5 inches a day, I wouldn't worry about it.

If it altogether stops growing, I'd worry about a split on the bottom because it sounds like it has a bad shape.

8/9/2005 7:18:56 PM