S-L-O-W Weight Gain
The giant pumpkin growth continues, but at a relatively slow rate. The first pumpkin to start growing this season, the 1257 Wallace, was taped at about 394 pounds this morning. This would be DAP48 (48 days after pollination). The pumpkin is maturing so I'm not really expecting a whole lot more weight gain as it's gaining only 4-5 pounds a day. I suppose that by frost it "might" be around 500 pounds. The 1713 Lancaster is gaining a faster rate, but it's also younger as this morning it was at DAP42. It taped this morning at around 377 pounds. The current weight gain is around 10 lbs/day. You might recall the hail damage that occurred a couple of weeks ago. If you missed the previous post, you can read it here that I mentioned that the two rednecked patches seemed to have worked! the "wounds" healed over. I never really expected much from this pumpkin as I started the plant on a whim and very late in the season. It didn't even get put in