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salamanca,NY

Is it a bad idea to try to put 2 plants in a 30x30 plot?? And if so what is your ideas on placement to utilize best shot at size??? thanks in advance...

4/16/2010 5:15:54 PM

Eastern Pennsylvania

reduced size will certainly limit your potential however i lost one of my 434's well into the 1100's zone on a plant that was 12 x 24 feet last year. grew the main out 12 feet, bent it 90 degrees, set a pumpkin to the inside of the plant 4 more feet down and terminated the main a t the pumpkin. lost additional plant mass to make room for the pumpkin. jim

4/16/2010 6:07:27 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

30x30 is small for two. Put one at each end and grow them across at each other to 'miss' and also offset them a little (instead of center of a side, go 10' not 15', other side do same so you will have 10' between them)
[10 ft*plant*10 ft *10 ft]one side
[10 ft* 10 ft*plant*10 ft]opposite side
Also, you could trim one back to be pollenator and let the other one have more of the space, another option.

4/16/2010 7:20:54 PM

Rhode Island

if it were me and all i had was a 30ft x 30ft garden?

id really consider one plant started in the middle of the garden. let the main run in one direction and the back main ? let it develop and run it in the opposite direction.
one base two mains and two pumpkins to grow.

with the right seed and good care you could grow something nice at both ends of the plot.

4/16/2010 9:22:33 PM

Brooklyn Corner, Nova Scotia

JR, what is your PB? What is your goal for this year? Pap's suggestion is perfect for growing two fruit on one plant. If you are looking for a special cross 450 sq. feet per plant seems like a good strategy to me. Grow two plants at each end of the patch and do the reverse on each. The big guns need more area than that but guys like us need the trial and error to get to where we need to be. More than one great cross was planted under 400 sq. feet, good luck to you.

4/16/2010 10:16:12 PM

Ohio

I grew a 1,024 on about 450sqft so it can be done.

4/17/2010 9:41:13 AM

salamanca,NY

my pb is 663lbs on a jutras plant....goal is 1000lbs

4/17/2010 5:28:36 PM

salamanca,NY

lost the stump on the 663 Pb Jutras palnt on aug 7!!

4/17/2010 5:31:46 PM

Vancouver Washington

i like Pap's idea of growing one off the back main or going two directions with one plant. However - 900 sq feet is plenty for two plants. There have been lots of pumpkins over 1300, 1400 and even 1500 hundred pounds grown in a 450 sq ft patch size. I would do a variation of Pap's idea. I would plant two plants back to back about three feet apart. Then you have two different genetic chances and better odds that one or the other is a strong producer. I think the effects of the overlapping stump roots etc....is pretty minimal. I believe in a patch that size you will determine the size of your pumpkin by factors such as: how your soil is, how well you tend the plant (burying vines quickly), feeding, insects, mildew, etc,,, It won't be your patch size that limits your success - It will come down to knowledge, hard work, and luck. Just my opinion.

4/17/2010 7:54:15 PM

Simi valley, ca

My 892 lber was grown in corner of patch in less than 200 sq ft , on rocky ground with a main rotted off plant, & died early ! With no special seed !

4/22/2010 7:04:19 PM

San Luis Obispo, Ca.

I would give my left eye ball for 900sq ft! I have 4 in an area of 400sq ft. One in each corner. One works with what they have.

4/23/2010 2:56:45 PM

Honeoye Falls New York

how long should the main vine be? I to have a 30 x 30 plot and was thinking of going back to back but that would only give me room for about10- 12 feet of main unless i bend it at the end .

4/27/2010 10:49:17 AM