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Rhode Island

With all the rain we have had our members in ri have experience many disapointing near pollinations.

Female flowers rotting before they open, pumpkins rotting beforw they can even be pollinated.In most cases many pollinations will be way out there, and later than we would like.

Gonna need a big September like the one Dave Stelts had when he set a record several years back.

how are things in your area?

Pap

6/30/2006 6:11:03 AM

Garden State Pumpkins

NJ is the same..had plenty of females on but all aborted...probably be another week and way out on the vine now...From two weeks ahead ..now two weeks behind.

6/30/2006 6:30:28 AM

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Cool, wet, humid & cloudy. Considering that I got our only plant started late, it isn't a whole lot farther behind than most. My late-start reasoning having to do with maybe the kids at school will enjopy ssing it grow rather than rot come September.

6/30/2006 7:37:17 AM

Western NY

plenty of time left. my big one wasnt pollinated until the 6th last year.

6/30/2006 8:18:15 AM

Trumbull, CT 06611, USA

Dick....I am in the same boat as you guys. Near pollinations have all rotted due to the rain. I have not one pollination and will not be able to pollinate until at least the second week of July - if those don't rot of course. They will all be way out on the main if all goes well.....Ray Leonzi

6/30/2006 8:45:31 AM

Pembroke, New Hampshire

We had a terrible late May and Early June with rain and cold, so my plants are a week and a half behind. I have females forming on 3 of 4 plants at 10 feet out, but nothing near ready for pollination. It'll be another week or 2 before mine are ready, although I see that Matt in Newmarket has pollinated one. Not to worry...lots of summer left for the big one.

6/30/2006 9:15:29 AM

San Diego

your wet rain is our heat wave. Man, 101 to 107 degrees for 7 days in a row with no let up in site here in June. Craziest weather I have ever seen and way too hot for good pumpkin growth!

6/30/2006 11:33:01 AM

Colorado

Mid 80's to low 90's and dry as a bone except for last
Saturday's hail storm. Busted up some leaves but nothing
like the devastation DA WIZ went through.
STUPID HAIL STUPID HAIL STUPID .................

6/30/2006 12:43:26 PM

Wallingford,CT

Dick.....same situation here. cool, rain and rot. All the females rot befor they can open. I have one last chance to pollinate on my 905, if it doesn't rot. After that the main will be out of the patch.

6/30/2006 1:22:56 PM

Follansbee, Wv

Rainy here as well, but no abort problems. Of course it's hard to have abort problems when there are no females on the plants. At this point I'll be lucky to get a shot at a mid-July pollination.

6/30/2006 1:30:42 PM

Rhode Island

At times like these we all think of doing something with a higher reward percentage.

i should be growing more tomatoes and peppers and less of these dam things lol

but im addicted

dick

6/30/2006 1:48:25 PM

Garden State Pumpkins

I'm seriously thinking about pruning the main and working a secondary about eight foot back because I'll be out of the patch with way to much pushing a new pumpkin...I think late growth is better then old growth late in the season.

6/30/2006 6:36:00 PM

Ohio

Im just wonder how Lipumpkin 'G' is doing,with his females, I bet a 7 foot 300lb frog with one eye ate every last one of em, but Ill ask 'G' so get your boots on folks...Ha! So here it goes...

G, Hows the females for you working out?

Brooks

6/30/2006 6:45:50 PM

Ohio

Alex, I like that idea, if I dont have any females by atleast the 8th of july on a main that is set Im going to give that a try.

6/30/2006 6:48:46 PM

Webster, NY

I'm just seeing the first tiny females now. A little later then I'd like, but there is still time.

6/30/2006 8:43:30 PM

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This is one year that seeing small females just starting this late might be a GOOD thing. Unless you have a very long patch that is.

6/30/2006 9:44:12 PM

Paradise Mountain, New York

What a crazy year. Where one of the county's that have been hit hard this year with rain. Unbelievable this past week. Patch has more mud then anything else. No males at all so far this year. I have picked off a lot of females. My 1068 Wallace has been loaded with females. Plants have been growing slow. I think most of the nitrogen has been washed out of the soil with all the rain we have had this spring. I'd probably have better luck growing rice..... but I guess I am a die hard like most pumpkin nuts and never give up.....

6/30/2006 10:37:39 PM

Deer Park WA

Beautiful spring here in the PNW 5 inches of rain over average with awesome warm temps.... Seems like the tropics! All in all, lost the early plants to a damn late frost, but have just started setting females.....

...Gerry

7/1/2006 4:29:24 AM

Deer Park WA

OOOOoooohhhh,,... Just re-read this posts heading and saw that this post is only for you "pa-ohio-ny east to ct-ri-nh" .... Folks, Please disregard my previous post,,, things are ...really, really, really sucky here in the PNW...

7/1/2006 4:34:36 AM

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Gordon is gloating.

7/1/2006 9:19:29 AM

new middletown ohio

What you got?? I don't have anything. Me too. he he

7/1/2006 9:58:30 PM

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Bag-O-Sand

7/2/2006 9:24:40 AM