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Colorado

I set a new personal worst this week.

50 inch circumference... next year I'll leave the back up pumpkin on there a little longer.

7/31/2008 4:23:52 PM

Whoa...my biggest was the size of a basket ball.

Martin

7/31/2008 4:47:14 PM

oops i ment mine sorry.

7/31/2008 4:47:39 PM

Minnesota

23 c, yesterday.

7/31/2008 5:09:36 PM

Cincinnati,OH

113 lbs est. 2006

7/31/2008 5:38:33 PM

Nova Scotia

day 17 169.5"ott weighed 161.5lbs

7/31/2008 5:57:33 PM

Roselle, IL [email protected]

55" it was the last choice on the plant too

7/31/2008 5:59:33 PM

Ohio

Petey, couple years ago I had one abort on me at 30 days old on a 1370 Rose plant, and had one abort on me at day 22 on my 1402, both plants never had any back up pumpkins growing and all I was left looking at was green salad. (To late to start another pumpkin) I couldn't stand looking at a healthy plant with no pumpkins growing off them so I pulled the plants. Its a heart breaker when they abort at these ages, because most of your hard work in burying vines and keeping it bug free and diseased free are now a skate in the park.

Look at the bright side Pete, this wont be our last time this prolly happens,lol. I always plan on losing at least 50% of the plants I grow, this way It isnt as big of a let down when something like this happens.

7/31/2008 6:11:12 PM

Denver, CO

Damn, sorry to hear that Pete! I have never heard of that size of a pumpkin aborting around our parts. But with 100 Degree days and not a drop of rain since April, I think we are all in dangreous and uncharted territory this year. We are approaching a once in 100 years (a lifetine) summer right now.

7/31/2008 6:20:34 PM

montgomery,AL

50 lbs. THIS YEAR

7/31/2008 6:23:04 PM

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45.5"

7/31/2008 7:26:05 PM

Rhode Island

350 pounds ----- a couple of them this year
not sure if you want to call it an abort. they just stopped growing and i did not wait long enough to find out before i got the plants out of there.

7/31/2008 9:09:22 PM

Western NY

had a plant 7 or 8 years ago that killed off each one as they hit 80-90 pounds.

7/31/2008 9:11:46 PM

[email protected]

I had a squash plant two years ago that did the same thing Andy just described. The largest on it got to about 120 lbs before it aborted.

7/31/2008 9:19:08 PM

White Plains, NY

723 lbs Day 70 Thin walls, fell in on itself.

8/1/2008 9:02:21 AM

Midway, UT

Sorry to hear about that Pete. Are your vines completely terminated at this point or is there a chance to still get another female that you can grow?

8/1/2008 11:41:23 AM

Jefferson, Ohio

I'm having same problem this year as Pap. One at 250 just completely stopped for over a week . Had a 985 werner going great at 100 lbs severl weeks back that stopped as well.

8/1/2008 12:13:50 PM

Decatur, IL

My pumpkin was starting to do well, I think, since this is my first rodeo, and at about 100 pounds a week ago, it seems like it stopped growing, since it has only gained maybe an inch in circumference and nothing ott. Am I finished? Why would this happen? The vines are still growing good, although the early leaves are looking lousy. Thanks for any ideas.

8/1/2008 12:22:44 PM

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I had one of my plants abort at 1856 pounds 2 years ago.. What a mess I tell ya.. THis happened in mid June too.. I was very sad..I was hopin for 2 tons that year..

8/1/2008 10:43:03 PM

Rhode Island

rocky you were supposed to keep that to yourself. got any pictures or proof for glen?
pap

8/2/2008 3:09:10 PM