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salamanca,NY

Hope Someone Can Help With This...I Was Just Out Measuring My Pumpkin And I Accidently Leaned Into It With My Knee Causing A Small Dent In The Skin....Is This Going To Be A Problem Or Will It Stiffen Back Up?? Should I Place A Calcium Soaked Washcloth On It?? Also Im Having An Issue With My Main Vine Starting To Kink Due To The Pumpkin Being So Wide And Circular...Any Way To Combat This...More Masonry Sand?? I feel that i may snap the vine if i attempt to pull it up further...i think i may have not kept up on not raising the vine up with the pumpkin...the tap roots have been cut on the main near the stem area and there is play in it..but it is starting to kink...any ideas on both questions??? Thanks in advance!!

7/25/2010 1:07:48 PM

New York

How big is the fruit?

7/25/2010 2:51:00 PM

Joliet, IL

i once hit a small fruit about 20 days old accidently with sledge hammer. it got bruised but healed and was just a scar in the end. if it didn't split or push too deep, you will have a scabbed over indention there.

7/25/2010 3:09:51 PM

salamanca,NY

fruit is abit over 250lbs and growing 22lbs/day and gaining

7/25/2010 7:25:07 PM

Bristol R.I. USA

I think that you'll be okay. Just remember that you spent so much time on the hobby already so use caution. As far as stem stress is concerned. Start to address that at once. I had a similar issue. I cut the tap roots and lifted the vines and placed some 2x4's beneath the main vine. It took alot of stress of the vine dont neglect the side vines near to the fruit they to should have their tap roots cut if they're not allowing the vines to move. As far as calcium soaked towels on the pumpkin itself there's no proof that anything is absorbed directly from the fruit. I would save the calcium for the plant to absorb. Calcium is slow to move through the plant to the fruit. Thats why one of my birdbath pumpkins has a thin blossom end. If anyone has any proof that calcium soaked towels work please let me know.

7/25/2010 11:31:29 PM