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Bristol R.I. USA

That thinks that May Is the most teeth grinding time of the year just waiting for the vines to start running.

5/5/2010 8:55:30 AM

Glosta

I already have vines running. whats taking you so long? LOL

5/5/2010 9:42:34 AM

Minnesota

The wind in may in Minnesota is bad or alot of it.

5/5/2010 10:46:00 AM

Wait until Sept 8)

5/5/2010 11:41:13 AM

Massillon, Ohio

I think August is the worst! When you just know that when you take that sheet off that you'll see a split in your biggest pumpkin. You already put all the work in and it just doesn't matter anymore.

5/5/2010 11:56:43 AM

Johnston, R.I.

Relax Kenny this is the easiest month, wait till mid June thru mid August...

5/5/2010 1:11:52 PM

Anamosa, IA [email protected]

The last couple weeks can be bad. Will it frost? Will the pumpkin split? (My son and I both lost personal bests in the last week of 2005) Will there be a mouse hole in the bottom? Will a deer or groundhog get in the patch and wreck the pumpkin (ask Carlson & Petersen about that) Will it rain and be too muddy to get the pumpkin out of the patch?

5/5/2010 1:13:19 PM

Bristol R.I. USA

I hear yall, I'm just waiting to get out there and start burying vines. Bry seems to have vines already....Not sure if he's messin with me.

5/5/2010 1:28:14 PM

Pocatello ([email protected])

Yesterday had 60mph winds. Last night was 25 degrees.

No vines running here, just surviving.

5/5/2010 1:30:08 PM

Eastern Pennsylvania

In May you wait for vines
In June you wait for baby pumpkins
In July you wait for big pumpkins
In August your pumpkins are getting too big, too fast
In Sept your pumpkins are not getting big enough fast enough
In Oct you are waiting for the scale and hoping to make it there

5/5/2010 1:42:31 PM

Cedar Lake, IN.

there's a grower in Indiana that has 10ft. vines and it ain't me.

5/5/2010 3:31:38 PM

Redmond, Washington; U.S.A.

34 degrees here last night. One of my plants is looking frumpy. The other two look great. Go figure. We are in a heavy cold weather/rain trend. If I could only have some sun! It's a roll of the dice. You start early hoping to win the fair, then the weather dictates your growth rates. Good luck

5/5/2010 5:41:17 PM

milford, CT,

Kenny, May is tough in respect to huge weather fluctuations. Don't try to push plants in May...It only takes one frost or forgetting to open hoops (100 + degrees) to set you back.
May is protect your seedling month...Last year another local grower lost all his plants..we replanted May 25th...he caught up and pollinated July 6th. Good Luck..Mark

5/5/2010 6:44:16 PM

Griffith, In

kurty,,,,who has 10 ft. vines in indiana right now??

5/5/2010 9:54:44 PM

Cedar Lake, IN.

LOL....I think you may know him, her or they.

5/5/2010 10:09:13 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

PC, I would be a guessin, that some folks in KY. have vines close to 10' as of 5/5/10!! Happy cinco da Mayo, all!!! Personally, I am, as usual...a lil short!!! See ya at the Greatest Fair in the mid/south/east/mid-west/??? Indy that is!!! Peace, Wayne

5/5/2010 11:31:19 PM

Rhode Island

kenny

its a very long season my young leaf hopper.

if they held the weigh-offs in mid august a lot more growers would be in contention for a world championship and, at that point in the season some world champions would not even make the top ten.

its a marathon not a sprint. i dont worry about where the oter growers are at.theres always going to be rumors out there regarding pumpkins that are possibly bigger than yours.

the scale will tell the tale.

5/6/2010 7:15:00 AM

Marion,IN

Kurty, psssst, if you know a secret, keep it to yourself. There is no need to start getting people excited already in the season. Remember, loose lips sink ships.

Mark G.

5/6/2010 8:21:34 AM

Bristol R.I. USA

Thanks all. I've been treating these things with extra special super dooper kid gloves. Waking up to see how hot or cold it may or may not be outside. Adding the right amount of moisture, Ventilation, I got some great seeds andd i'd like to do them justice. Not to mention all the pre season work to the compost pile..lol Coffee grounds anyone!

5/6/2010 8:23:45 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

If you aren't losing sleep, you aren't growing :) (or so I keep telling myself) I wish I had 7' of main already on something. It's a LONG time to October....

5/6/2010 10:24:05 AM