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Buffalo, New York

I did a search on this topic but still unclear of what to do and when to do it?

Each of my plants has 3 pollinated pumpkins on them.
2 fruit on the main and 1 on a secondary vine.

If i pollinated the first fruit (on the main) a week ago and the 2nd & 3rd fruit 2 days ago, should i wait til the 3rd fruit reached day 10 before culling any?

advice please..........

7/21/2008 1:30:34 AM

Pataskala,OH

It depends

7/21/2008 8:14:28 AM

Western NY

if they're possible culls, i usually chop them off before they get to softball size.

if it's a possible keeper, i usually wait until softball size before i start chopping off the others, to make sure it set.

7/21/2008 8:54:24 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

I will GENTLY take circumference only on 5 through 10 days if I have multiple fruits to judge, so I can compare growth rates as younger fruits start to grow with older fruits. Most of the time all fruits on the same vine will fall pretty much in the same growth rate so it comes down to placement and what looks like the better fruit. I like to cull by 10 days old with maybe giving a younger fruit another day or two. If you don't want to take circumference, then take a soda can or ruler and lay it next to each fruit and take pictures every day to compare. Unless that secondary is seriously taking over compared to the mains, cull it. If all are 5 days apart, by the time the younger are five days old you can definitely tell which of those younger should come off, then wait a couple more days if needed to choose between older and younger. If in doubt, the secondary comes off before a main.

7/21/2008 9:20:15 AM