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Paradise Mountain, New York

Some growers have mislead some growers on it's to late to have a very big pumpkin if your pollinating a female pumpkin flower now. The 1230 Eaton was pollinated 7/16, 1140 Stealt was pollinated 7/19 and the 1019 Marcellus was pollinated 7/17

7/16/2003 9:00:44 PM

Liverpool , England

Never too late...never say die..you got to try whatever anyway.Many big pumpkins are not pollinated until late July. Its just that it has gone down in folklore that first week or so of July is the right time.


Alun

7/16/2003 9:10:58 PM

Manchester, N.h.

Thanks P.B. for the encouragement, I was getting worried because I do have a female but she won't open for a couple more days and I didn't know there were some big ones that were pollinated after the first week in July....Flora

7/16/2003 9:26:33 PM

Appalachian Mtns.

809 Joynson 2002 pollinated on 7-17

7/16/2003 10:17:47 PM

New Brunswick

I am not sure when my largest pumpkin was pollinated two years ago....but I do know that it was so late that my husband suggested we pick it off as it was way late compared to the other ones which were growing nicely already. Well, we left it and it turned out to be the largest of the year...only 192 pounds..but to me that was large. LOL

7/16/2003 11:01:24 PM

porterville,california usa

too late!? too late for what? :0) heck, i just planted 10 more plants today for my second season. my first 10 are only half grown now with fruit ranging from 4 days to 35 days old on them. so what if my fruit are too early or too late for an "official" weighoff. i`ll still know that i grew one to what-ever weight i reach. but my main goal now is knowledge and that comes with experience. regardless if i`m out of sinc with others or not, whatever time i get to spend growing my patch now will result in big pounds somewhere in the future. so don`t be discouraged by being "too late". if you weigh your pumpkin when it`s reached its maximum size, and not when some dork on a county fair board tells you to, it`s never too late.

7/17/2003 1:39:46 AM

porterville, calif.

Booth, I agree with you on this. To bad our county fair is so early.

7/17/2003 3:13:40 AM

Appalachian Mtns.

Here, here Booth!

7/17/2003 6:39:42 AM

Cooks Creek, Manitoba, Canada

It also depends on what you think is big. Personally my goal each year is to beat my personal best. Last year I did this with a pumpkin that was not pollinated until Aug 01. It ended up weighing 615lbs - it would have been bigger but frost stopped it in mid Sept.

7/17/2003 8:46:29 AM

Manchester, N.h.

WOW!!!! thebez that is awsome

7/17/2003 10:07:34 AM

Nova Scotia

say it booth i grow here when the weather is best which is no were close to most growers. i'm doing it for myself not some organization. down with the man.

7/17/2003 10:42:47 AM

Caceres, mid west of Spain

That is a good one Mr. T, and I agree, but, don't forget that days are getting shorter, and shorter... and light is the energy which moves everything in here.
I think in it much. Fot instance, I have three fruits set on the main vine of my 790 Daletas, one from the 30-6, one from 7-13 and one from today 7-17. The first two are very similar in shape, stem characteristics and position, and maybe the third will too. Which one will give me the hugest fruit? That is my question.

Don

7/17/2003 12:57:09 PM

Garden State Pumpkins

I think that is something that is learned from experience. I don't think you can read that out of a book. If you watch everyone's diary over the years they learn what suits their patch and conditions. The end of this year Carlos you know more abouth your patch then last year and barring catastrophe your fruit sizes will go up year after year all conditions being the same. Then theres the luck factor of things you cannot control. You'll need the right weather conditions for what you've prepped your patch for. which only occur twice a millenium! LOL...once the year before you planted...and again the year you lay it fallow!

7/17/2003 1:09:55 PM

Webster, NY

I'm glad to hear that. I got a slow start (live and learn) but I'll be pollinating my first tomorrow and there are half a dozen within a few days worth. I hope I can still pop a big one.

7/17/2003 2:42:55 PM

Choctaw, OK

Depends on the area you grow in too. the more Southern east and midwest growers have a bit more time. Really depends on your avg first frost. Ours is sept 15th. Its only two months away now......

7/17/2003 10:03:28 PM

porterville,california usa

Alex ,right-on!! you wrote the 2nd paragraph of my ranting for me!! thanks, you wrote my opinion exactly as i believe!!!..... .. Careful there sequoia!!! somebody out there might think we`re affiliated if you make remarks like that last one very often. pretty soon they`ll think you like nukes too!

7/18/2003 4:32:36 AM

syracuse, ny

my Gerry 728.5---poll'd July 21st, 2001.
my Gerry 632.5---poll'd July 18th, 2002.
my Gerry ???.?---poll'd July 17th, 2003.
behind, but not worried yet! 'pal

7/18/2003 5:18:03 PM