Jeff's Great Pumpkin Challenge

Below normal temperatures this past week really took a toll on the giants weight gain!  The two are still packing on weight, but no where near potential. The 1733 did have one day before it got chilly where it put on 20 pounds in one day.  Great except that potential is MUCH more! In two weeks this pumpkin has put on 188 pounds (measured not weighed) of which 97 pounds occurred this past chilly August week. Here is that 252 pound pumpkin this morning... A comparison over the past 2 weeks..... That deformation at the blossom end is filling in a little but will take away from the final size/weight. The 1522 pumpkins continues it's "slow" and steady growth and this morning was measured at 212 pounds, or a gain of 60 pounds this past week. With the trouble there has been with the pumpkins on the 1861 plant (4 have pollinated and grew a little before aborting) I wasn't sure I would have ANY pumpkins on that plant.  It's a shame too as there are strong