GC Pumpkin Growing Challenge 2013

I was going to nip out out soon but the bit I snapped off had a pumpkin I wanted to set lol been taking them all off till it got longer lol

 

What do you do? Just nip it off and that's it? Do you leave the seconday vines alone?

 

I've nipped off all of the growing tips on mine, there are a few tiny secondary vines starting to grow which i'll leave.

I don't want the plants to get any bigger but on the other hand i don't want them to not have the chance of growing another vine should one die.

Mine are doing pretty well i will get some pictures up later

 

I have got got loads of secondly already fro what I have read you train them like a Christmas tree shape so let your first secondary on each side and let them grow to about 15 foot then go smaller for each set till nothing

 

It looks as if they slow right down when they get to a certain size, but im shure they are still growing at the same rate. just coz they are bigger it is harder to tell.

 

Yes Allan I know what you mean was shore mine had stopped till I measured it other day

 

Well one of mine is growing nicely thanks to Richard for kindly pollinating it

 

My ornamental gourd is coming along nicely, as is the Jumbo Squash.

Mean while, something strange is happening.....

 

Wow love the look of the twins could be interesting

 

Nipped out the leaders yesterday and the pumpkins are bulking up already!

 

just a quick question. do the plants ever stop producing flowers? or do the flowers keep coming until the end?

 

When will it be too late to carry on pollinating flowers? my thought is that the season is starting to change now, and I don't want to be pollinating flowers if there isn't enough time for the pumpkin to grow to maturity.