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Farmville, Virginia ([email protected])

My pumpkin was growing at the rate of 4 to 5 inches per day until this past Sunday. It was 39" circ. On Sunday I put a shade up over it using 4 stakes and and old bedsheet. The sheet is just at the top of the stakes so no airflow was disturbed. From Sunday until this afternoon (4 days) my pumpkin has only grown 3" total. It is now 42". The plant looks great (leaf problems taken care of) and I have done nothing different as far as fert and water. The pumpkin is not getting soft, the stem is fine and I see no splits on the vine.Is it possible the lack of sun on the fruit caused the lack of growth or do I just have a dud punkin?

7/20/2006 5:10:55 PM

San Jose [email protected]

from reading this site for over a year, I would say it has NOTHING to do with the shade of the pumpkin

7/20/2006 7:45:46 PM

Okla

garysand, you sure about that?

7/20/2006 9:38:35 PM

SF Bay Area, California

It may be that the plant has decided to abort the fruit. Hard pill to swallow but I have seen it at that size before. Probably has nothing to do with the shade structure unless you severed the main with one of the stakes....

7/21/2006 12:09:23 AM

Danville, CA ([email protected])

I think Peace Wayne unfortunately has had similar issues with large sized aborts. We will hope for the best and let us know if it resumes.

7/21/2006 12:49:31 AM

San Diego

yeah, nothing to do with the shade cloth, sounds like an abort unfortunately

7/21/2006 1:22:39 AM

Farmville, Virginia ([email protected])

Thanks guys, guess I'll set back and pull for everybody else this year!

7/21/2006 1:33:00 AM

Follansbee, Wv

The question is, is it still shiny? Sometimes they just take a little break and resume growth. Crossing my fingers for ya Hoots!

7/21/2006 8:17:22 AM

Indiana

It may have slowed down due to the heat.
Steve

7/21/2006 10:45:21 AM

Castro Valley California

I just today cut off an abort at 37 inches circ. from a 695 Handy.

7/24/2006 4:38:01 PM