The Pumpkin growing and carving challenge 2015

How the hell did I miss that? Cheers Canny

 

Yes it's normal for some to be yellow all mine have always been yellow

 

Yes it's normal for some to be yellow all mine have always been yellow

 

Yes it's normal for some to be yellow all mine have always been yellow

 

Plant is really starting to grow now at last got two pumpkins growing but think one has been stood on by a dog or something as it's scratched so might remove it and go for next one down on the vine I will take some photos of them at the weekend and put them up

 

Yellow is normal for big pumpkins, but I 've found that Halloween/Jack o lantern types start orange green.

Yesterday I noticed one of the pumpkins on the plant with 2 on had been damaged and I removed it (nice in lasagne or soup when up to football size). Unfortunately it was the furthest along the main stem.

My third plant still hasn't had a flower open, and despite seeing (and photographing so I'd have a record of when they appeared) 2 female flowers on it, there is now only 1, about 15 - 16 feet alomg the main stem.

 

It opened today! (9 days after I first noticed it).



A couple of plants, 1st one has got a 5" pumpkin hiding behind a leaf, 2nd pant has that open female flower.

 

Nothing really happening with my pumpkins I keep checking & looking...& checking & looking...
*taps fingers*
Do I need to get rid of any foliage - or just leave to take its course?

This is taken from the bedroom window - the only way I could fit it all in a picture

 

Hey there cannyfullpots looks nice and Healthy as for trimming leafs I would say but one thing to think about is training it so you have the main vine and then vines come off that but them more vines come of them side fines those I cut off to stop the plant putting too much into producing leafs rather than putting it into pumpkin growth if that makes sense

 

Yes that makes sense. Thank you @Richard360
I would have had another look today & sorted it out ..but its raining

 

Six days on from post #188, pumpkin nearly football size. Plant not growing much.

 

Looking well scungee mine is still no where nr

 

I pollinated two flowers 9 and 8 days ago, no movement on either so far. Polinated another this morning on one of those plants and one on my third plant. It's not looking good at present I think we have just had too many cold nights and it's knocked the plants for six.

Ill give it another week or ten days then if no movement I'll take advantage of the fact that the bed is clear of weeds, pull the plants and cover ready for next year.

It's been an awful Spring/Summer for everyone so I'm thinking my time might be best used preparing for next season. But I will give it time yet to see if things pick up.

Steve...

 

It's hard this year Steve I have one pollinated that was not really growing but going up last night it looks to have put some growth on so here's hoping but it's very late it would have to game some weight a day to archive much