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Carrollton, Ga.

What is the heaviest pumpkin ever grown on a main vine only without any secondaries?
Doug

6/14/2004 6:49:44 AM

Appalachian Mtns.

Doug...Russ Landry posted in another thread that Brett Hester may have grown a 400-500#'er on a single main vine only.
You doing a main and no secondaries?
I've got a plant I snuck into the kids garden to run out into the yard, and may have to do a similar type situation. I wondered the same thing myself.

6/14/2004 7:34:03 AM

Eveleth MN

Wronski's 794 03' was on a "snake" pattern.

6/14/2004 8:56:46 AM

Ontario, Canada.

Here is the link. I remebered this from before. Brett talks about this pattern in a grower chat two years ago......I am going to try one of these as well with only short secondaries of about 6' or less.

http://bigpumpkins.com/ViewChat.asp?id=85

The Pumpkinguru: Okay first is the "Snake" or Anaconda should you want a fancy name.
The Pumpkinguru: Pretty simple, cut off all secondaries, bury all the main runner you can without termination. Fertilize the crap out of it, and hope you one fruit on this plant doesn't split.
The Pumpkinguru: I have heard this main runner alone can push fruit at 20 lbs a day.
The Pumpkinguru: Any questions about the Snake?
jeff352: How far out would you try to set the fruit on the snake?
Brian C.: What the biggest pumpkin grown from it?
The Pumpkinguru: It is great for experimental seeds as you can plant a bunch in a small area, just may lose oveall fruit size.
The Pumpkinguru: I would set fruit around the 12' mark and the biggest fruit I have heard of was in the 650 range.
andy W: How long did the vine get?
jeff352: Does the main get terminated?
The Pumpkinguru: The one I did went out about 45', and no termination of main.
The Pumpkinguru: Keep trenching and burying that puppy
The Pumpkinguru: It sounds funny, but if you have a little room on the side of your patch, try it

6/14/2004 9:14:28 AM

Rhode Island

last year we had a 450 lb gagger that lost its base and main right up to the pumpkin in early august

the pumpkin grew close to pickin on just a main after the fruit with no sides off the main

although we did not get a whopper the fruit still put on an additional 340 lbs from early august on

6/15/2004 9:23:27 PM