2014 The GC Pumpkin growing and carving challenge

While I was away last week there was a bad hail storm here,my poor fellow got a bit of a beating but he's hanging in there

 

It looks good despite the hail
Only thing is where are you hoping to set a pumpkin or are you trailing it to the floor

 

Now there's a question...I thought of a set up had it have grown in the direction it was first takingIt'll need to be trained but there are already two Pumpkins on it,not sure if they've set yet but would make life easier if they have

 

Simon nearly killed mine earlier, tried to pick it up. Nearly had to punch him

 

Who is Simon? Did he try to pick the plant or fruit up?

Steve...

 

Glad it's still growing Loll.

Steve...

 

Sort of ex Brother in law, picked the plant up before I could stop him It's only joined to the roots by a piece of stem the size of my little fingernail

 

Bit of a update one of the pumpkins is coming on well but one had to be cut off yesterday as it was growing on a side vine and was not a good shape but still sad face

 

I couldn't resist this little edit...



well....I doubt the pumpkin would be happy !

Steve...

 

Lol cheers Steve

 

Nice one Richard, not far behind you, mines now the size of an egg yoke

 

My 978 now has a female flower where I want it, the first few females where quite low on the plant and on secondary vines. I've removed those now as I have one on the main vine at 12ft, just remains now to wait for it to open and polinate it. Arrow on the pic points to where it is.



The 427 is still the strongest plant and I have a female flower at 14ft on the main vine now, which would have put the fruit right at th edge of the bed so I have had to shift the main vine round at 90 degrees to allow any fruit space to grow. Arrow on the pic points to where it is.



Here is a photo of the last two plants, and also the 847 near the top right, this one is now approx 9ft long.



The 1271 continues to grow in a weird way, it does not want to grow in the typical triangular fashion, rather is grows wherever it wants to, however it wants to. Growth is strong and the leaves are bigger and taller than all the other plants.





Steve...