Approaching uncharted territory but with issues
The last posting on the 9th (you can read it here ) I was pretty optimistic with the giant pumpkin growing for this season, up to that point. The first pollinated pumpkin was up to about 150 pounds. Today, 16 days later, I'm approaching uncharted territory! My biggest pumpkin I've ever grown was the 595 pounder produced last year, but well short of one of my goals of growing a half ton pumpkin. That particular pumpkin 38 days after pollination (DAP38) was 339 pounds and that wasn't until Aug 22nd. This year the1990 Marintzer pumpkin on DAP38 (today the 25th) taped at 534 pounds! So, comparing at the same biological date - it's MUCH bigger! More importantly it has put on 64 pounds in just the last 2 days! Here is a pic of that pumpkin (and it's just barely showing any orange)... Certainly a lot could still happen (insects, disease, weather, split stems, etc.), but I'm liking my odds that this will be my first 1000 pound pumpkin. However, not every thing