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San Diego

Ok, this is not my favorite post, but I got to throw it out there. I'm growing an 1140 Finders. Plant is healthy as a horse (about 800 sq foot), great soil that produces big fruit consistantly in my patch last few years, good right?
My pumpkin is 24 days old and doing 13 lbs a day consistantly since day 18. It won't budge one pound up! I have never ever seen such poor growth in my many years growing. watering is great, etc. My question is, what the heck happened? :) lol I put a lot of work and effort into this plant. Can you ever get a total "dud" seed? Well, any comments would be appreciated. Feel free to check out my diary. Thanks, Jim

8/1/2013 2:54:36 PM

Western ny

your pumpkin maybe aborting-check the steam and the blossom endS =====is the skin feeling dif. ???

8/1/2013 3:32:23 PM

Colorado

Yep, some seeds are a disappointment out of every seed stock. If they were all grown out the same year in the exact conditions there would be a bell curve on the results.You must of got one of them seeds on the left side of the curve-happens to everybody sooner or later.

8/1/2013 3:42:56 PM

Germany

1) Imagine it might be 10% heavy...makes it 14-15 lbs a day, you just can´t see it.
2) My 2012 best pumpkin off the 1723 Marshall made about 7-10 lbs a day between days 20 and 25. Suddenly, on day 28 it went up to 18 lbs a day and eventually became my 929.5 within 92 days of fruit growth (never thought that would happen).
3) Don´t expect a 1800+ from the very beginning, the better will be the surprise at the end of the season.
4) May your Team never lose the Faith!

My best wishes, don´t give up on that plant.

8/1/2013 4:03:57 PM

Simi valley, ca

I had one that i thought was approx 730 lbs- but weighted 892 lbs !

8/1/2013 5:28:12 PM

Torrance, Ca.

Are you sand bagging ;)


I better get in the truck and make a drive by :)

8/1/2013 8:23:22 PM

San Diego

fruit does not look like it is aborting as for now. Chris, I wish I was sandbagging buddy! I don't need to this year lol. We'll see if she grows more or stops and aborts. Thanks for all of the replies.

8/2/2013 12:58:38 AM

Upa Creek, MO

I am in the same boat. I just can't get gains over 3 inches a day. Thought the soil was perfect, weather is perfect. I only get 4-5 hours of light, but that's the way it has always been here. I'm at 55CC on day 21, plus I'm on a side vine which usually start out faster. By late August due to the trees and the positioning of the sun, I will only get 2-3 hours of direct light a day so the pumpkin needs to grow now.

8/2/2013 8:13:28 AM

Cameron

Obviously the plant is missing something. I strongly suggest you take a piece of a newly formed leaf & have a tissue test done on it. It will give you an idea on what your plant is missing. We do tissue tests 2x per year. Once just @ pollination & another in late july/early aug. The nutrients might be in the soil (according to soil test), but if they are tied up for some reason or another & aren't available to the plant, then you have a problem. Good luck.

Jane & Phil

8/2/2013 9:08:00 AM

Upa Creek, MO

Day 22 and out of nowhere had big gains... maybe you're on to something Jorg.

8/3/2013 2:15:57 PM

Rhode Island

some times no matter how great the seed history? no matter how healthy the plant looks? no matter how well its maintained ? you get a pumpkin thats just a dud.
it happens at times

pap

8/4/2013 9:34:33 AM