Progress - but behind schedule - Updated 07/14/20
The struggle continues with the giants this year but progress had been made since the last post on the 29th. Each plant now has a potential female pumpkin as described below... This morning here was the 250 plant and it has made a lot of growth since the 29th.. The first pumpkin on this plant was one pollinated by bees and it occurred as I was not home on that morning of the 5th. Thus, I don't know what the pollinator host plant was, although it's likely it was carried by bees from its own male flowers (250 x 250). That is not preferred (not knowing as genetics are in question). Here was that pumpkin this morning sitting at an estimated 1.8 pounds on DAP8 (8 days after pollination)... A weight of 1.8 pounds at DAP8 is not good (pathetic I would say). I will likely terminate this pumpkin. A second pumpkin (but on a secondary vine) was pollinated this morning (by me) from pollen from the 1713.5 Lancaster plant. If this one takes and grows faster, I will