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Somewhere in North Carolina

i have heard that people have leaves that are 2 feet sometimes, i was wondering how do you grow huge leaves like that?

5/24/2002 7:23:07 PM

Midway City, California

You do not grow the large Leaves They will grow large Naturally.

5/24/2002 7:31:59 PM

Ga.

we dont.The pumpkin vine does.....LOL...Hang in thee killler,,,you will have them if you are growing ag's......

5/24/2002 7:32:08 PM

syracuse, ny

uhh, there's been talk of removing every other secondary vine, alternating from side to side, like the foot-pegs on a power pole, and because of this, the plant may try to make up for its loss of leaf surface area by creating huge leaves...
i plan to try this experimentally this year on at least one of my plants---i know that when i trimmed some vines on my
1140 plant last year, sure enough the very end leaf got bigger than the one or two before it...neat-o!

per one of the Joel Holland videos, like 99 or 01, Lincoln Mettler
explains it sorta like i did....good luck to ya.....

5/24/2002 8:29:37 PM

Somewhere in North Carolina

huh i ll have to try that.

5/24/2002 8:45:06 PM

Puyallup, WA

In order to have very large leaves, one must give the plant everything it needs to grow maximally. That is why I had over a $1,000 fertilizer bill last year! At one month since starting, I have 20-22" leaves! I may not be able to grow a 1K pumpkin, but I do know how to have big leaves and healthy plants!

5/24/2002 8:58:03 PM

walton n.y.

pumpkinpal hit the nail on the head last year removed every other 2ndary and had leaves close to 36 inches across of course 17yards of rotted manure in the patch could have helped

5/25/2002 6:23:53 AM

Ga.

After the secondaries are removed,,do you treat the cuts the secondaries came off of with sulfur,,or let it heal naturally???Thanks...

5/25/2002 8:06:55 AM

Somewhere in North Carolina

doesn't nitrogen aid in the formation of large leafs?

5/25/2002 9:11:05 AM

Western Pa.

Jeff,

I have never treated any pruning wounds, and the plants have always healed themselves. If you are pruning more than 1 plant, though, rinse off your knife with some rubbing alcohol. This prevents spread of disease from one plant to another. In addition to pruning, it seems as though certain genetics seem to make for bigger leaves.Far north (Canada) seeds seem to always produce smaller leaves for me. Anyone else notice this?

5/26/2002 10:27:29 AM

walton n.y.

kilr, just the opposite for me those canadian seeds have grown bigger leaves for me and bigger vines as well

5/26/2002 10:37:46 AM

Connecticut, USA

The leaves will also bigger once the vince reaches the edge of your patch and you dead-head it. Dead-heading seems to make the leaves really get bigger too.

5/26/2002 3:41:27 PM

Ga.

Kilr,,the 1062 leaves are really small compared to the 455's...I cant believe how small they are....

5/26/2002 3:55:30 PM

North Ga

My 455 leaves are "small" too but there are some huge pumpkins growing from the vine!! LOL!!

5/26/2002 5:22:45 PM