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Cincinnati, OH

Most of you know my struggles up to this point. I have several more pumpkins still trying to form, (with plenty of males as well) I've been pinhing these off. Now I wonder if i can let four or five grow in conjusntion with my lonestar. Since I am certainly not going to have an extremely large one with "Punky", it would be nice to have a few large ones for halloween. Will it kill "Punky" though? and how mature will these young ones get if I let them go now?

7/22/2009 2:06:10 PM

Cincinnati, OH

***Pinching****I need a spell check.

7/22/2009 2:06:59 PM

Cincinnati, OH

***lol***and a proof-reader! Conjusntion? What is that?

7/22/2009 2:08:22 PM

Pataskala,OH

I wouldnt it might stress the plant to much.

7/22/2009 2:33:14 PM

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In 2007 we set 7 fruit on a plant known for its deep orange color. The goal was to have a half dozen blaze orange behemoth jack-o-lanterns. One by one the late open sets all aborted leaving a single 575 lb Howard Dill award candidate.

Obviously the new sets that you leave will take away from "Punky" but they shouldn't kill it. If our experience says anything, the opposite might be true.

Several yewars ago a grower got over 2000 lbs on a single plant.

Have fun whatever you decide to do.

7/22/2009 5:39:50 PM

Ohio

wont hurt it a bit, if your big one is almost done growing, go for it.

7/22/2009 6:02:09 PM