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Windsor, Ontario, Canada

If cantalouping is a sign of maturation, then I don't think this can be cantalouping. It started around day 8 or day 9 with sap oozing like this:

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=90912

The fruit is continuing to grow well and now looks like this (day 14):

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=91636


Anyone information is appreciated.

8/5/2008 5:05:04 PM

Danville, CA ([email protected])

The second picture looks like it may have been sort of scratched up with a leaf stalk or something. Doesn't look like cantalouping but rather scarring/healing to me. Was it roughed up a bit as a very small pumpkin. Scars grow and grow as the pumpkin ages.

8/5/2008 5:14:48 PM

Minnesota([email protected])

I agree with petman.

8/5/2008 6:07:59 PM

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Others have said that, but I am almost certain that didn't happend. Would the pumpkin ooze from the spots where a leaf rubbed it?

If that is the case, then I can expect it to look ugly, which is fine...but no problem for growth??

8/5/2008 8:53:22 PM

St. Thomas Ontario

Not saying you did this (but I sure have)...it kinda looks like a burn. With everything we put on them, some plants/pumpkins will react differently. I smeared gibberelic acid on my pumpkins one year and got a very similar look, while others were fine. Could have been the way the sun hit it...or the way i looked at it when finished (dunno;) It was supperficial and I don't think had any bearing on my end weight. Happy growing.

8/5/2008 9:20:44 PM

South Bloomfield, Ohio

Young pumpkin skin is very tender and even resting against the main vine as a new set can create a blemish which cantaloupes later.

My new sets were put on sand on mill fabric only to have a wind storm that night get under the fabric edges and scratch the hell out of them.

8/5/2008 9:42:45 PM

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Ok, thanks everyone. I guess it won't hurt the growth too much, and I don't care what they look like as long as they are big.

8/6/2008 11:07:10 AM