S-L-O-W Updated 6/1/2020
May weather has not been favorable for the giant pumpkin plants. Also, considering that when I put them in the ground the plants did not appear to be healthy, I'm not surprised by the ho-hum growth. I'm not sure if the unhealthiness was because of inferior seeds or there was some other issue. They are growing, but at a relative slow growth. For June 1st, they should be really taking off. Hopefully, in a few days maybe things will change but this week will be hot and windy. Stupid SW KS weather! Because of the unknown issues, I decided to start 3 more seeds on May 23. I started a seed from my old 542.5 pounder; a seed from the 1068 (that seed produced my 542.5 pounder in 2017); and a seed from a 1713.5 pound pumpkin. All three looked really healthy! The 1713.5 plant appeared to be the most vigorous of the 3 (barely), so I planted it yesterday evening (the 31st) in a "new" part of the garden. This area had previously been the hybrid iris, tulip, and daffod