A "little" discouraged - updated 07/12/18
In the post I did on the 4th (read that one by clicking here ) I discussed the wind but also posted about the pumpkin that pollinated while we were in Colorado. As of this morning that pumpkin on the 1733 plant was "only" up to approximately 7 1/4 pounds. This would be day 10 after pollination. Compared to my 542 pounder from last season and the 510 pounder, it's way behind the curve. The 542 from last year was at 10.2 at DAP10 and the 510 was at 14.4 pounds! Anyway, I wasn't necessarily planning on keeping this one as I wasn't 100 percent certain what the pollinator was plus it's only 10 feet from the base of the plant. I'm not culling it just yet. Here is that 7.25 pound pumpkin this morning.... I pollinated another female on this 1733 plant on Tuesday the 10th but on a tertiary vine (third off the main). The pollinator was from the 1861 plant. Both the 1733 and the 1861 have great genetics! Both were decedents of 2,145 (McMullen) and 2,230