Too Much Water?

I have the giants (and field pumpkins, okra, tomatoes, etc.) on a drip system that runs every morning so I keep a consistent water profile.  However, this month (after the 6th) has been very wet.  Another 1.58" fell Sunday evening/night.  The soil is saturated.  Now I fear that this water logged soil is now compacted (it has a fair amount of clay) and is "choking" the massive root system of the giant pumpkins.  It's also been overcast the past few days.

A week ago in that post (read it by clicking here), the pumpkin on the 1257 plant was ~ 39 pounds at DAP13.  With the rapid and exponentially increasing weight gain, I thought there was a chance that the pumpkin would be as high as 160 pounds as of this morning (DAP20).  But, it looks like it has slowed down on growth (hopefully temporary).   This morning the estimated weight was 119 pounds.  That is now behind the weight of the state fair 542.5 pound pumpkin from 3 years ago.  Here is the picture of the 1257 pumpkin as of this morning...



The pumpkin on the 1713 plant has made good growth too this past week, but less than what I expected.  This morning at DAP14 (14 days after pollination) it was at an estimated weight of 59 pounds.  This puts it heavier at DAP14 than the 1257 which was at 48.5 pounds.  Here is the picture of the 1713 this morning...



The two pumpkins I pollinated on the 250 plant (on the 21st) were around 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 pounds.  This morning would be DAP8 and puts both behind the other two.  I'm not too pleased with that.  The plant on the other hand has had crazy growth!  So, maybe the pumpkins will kick into gear very soon.  I will decide over the weekend on which one I will keep (culling the other one).

Today should be much warmer with quite a bit of sunshine, so maybe the pumpkins will start gaining again at a more rapid weight.  At DAP20 the 1257 should be gaining at a minimum of 20 pounds per day - and accelerating. The 1713 at DAY 14 should be gaining 10 to 12 pounds, so it appears to be on course but the next few days will be critical.

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