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Buffalo, New York

I have been measuring my 3 fruit everyday since day 1, they are all past day 11 now, I dont plan to keep measuring them everyday now.

How often do you guys keep measuring your fruit after day 10?

7/31/2008 1:07:30 AM

Washington

Jeremy, we don't measure until day 30, then we usually measure once per week to keep stats. We gave up measuring for fastest growing for culling purposes a long time ago. We keep the pumpkin that has the best position on the main vine depending on shape, stem angle, distance from base and criteria like that. We pollinate one or maybe 2 down the vine and cull them when they are at softball size only if we know the keeper has set. Then we allow open pollinations on the main that will be culled at softball size to keep the vine pushing juice. Sherry LaRue

7/31/2008 1:15:41 AM

Western NY

every 2-4 days here, depending on how much time we have. the more you do it, the more it will drive you nuts.

7/31/2008 8:15:52 AM

Somers, CT

I am nuts. I go out every hour. Seriously, the pounds are packed in the evening when energy from the sun is converted into growth. If you are impatient like me, you run out every day with the tape, otherwise you are normal.

7/31/2008 9:48:10 AM

Boulder County Colorado USA planet Earth

heck I do every morning and every evening. Sometiems in the middle of work I will leave and go check my baby. lol

7/31/2008 9:51:29 AM

Ham Lake, Minnesota

Everyday @ 7pm. I'm certified nuts.

7/31/2008 10:59:33 AM

Minnesota([email protected])

I try to keep records of my measurements every 5 days after day 10. I do admit to measuring more often than that sometimes. I only grow two to four competition plants, so measuring doesn't take me very much time.

7/31/2008 11:35:06 AM

Dummer Twp - Ontario

Don't have time for an answer I'm measuring my pumpkins!

7/31/2008 3:47:02 PM

Minnesota

Tape measure on me at all times.

7/31/2008 3:53:27 PM

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Every day at 10pm

7/31/2008 5:10:25 PM

Cameron,ontario Team Lunatic

Every 5 days after day 10. Once they hit day 40, we only measure once a week, on Friday nights.

8/1/2008 7:40:39 AM

Pataskala,OH

8am every day

8/1/2008 7:52:10 AM

Utah

10 pm every day with the same string, and I mark it with a sharpie.

8/1/2008 10:07:02 AM

Midway, UT

Every evening for me but I would do it twice a day if I could. After the measuring tape I am then in a great mode for the rest of the evening or depressed for the next 24 hours. lol

8/1/2008 11:44:01 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Freddie sees me daily, to get it's measure. The other two are 3-5 days between. 6 pm is time to make the trek and get the tape and go feelie up a pumpkin :)

Freddie comes out this week, I'm going to be adrift without my nightly pumpkin frisking fix.

In truth, a simple careful circumference days 5-10 when trying to decide which ones to keep so I had comparison numbers when fruits were 3-4 days apart. Kept hands off to day 15, circumference; day 20... and the skin toughening up a little, full OTT... my two fair ones are 3 days apart so a 5 day measure on one gets the other measured too. Freddie was and is the exception and it has been measured daily since it hit roughly basketball size.

8/4/2008 10:11:40 AM