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Adam044

New York

The last few days have been crazy it went down into the low 40’s one night and has rained a lot. Last night it began to let up and was finally warm. When I woke up this morning I found a crack about 1/8 inch deep and 6 inch long towards the blossom side. When I got back home it was about 3 inches longer and twice as deep the weird thing is the pumpkin doesn’t measure anything different from yesterday. Is there anything I can do? It seems dry. My weigh off is the 30 so should I just cut off the pumpkin now?

9/12/2018 6:52:14 PM

Adam044

New York

I just went outside it was a little longer and I could feel a little sprinkle. Will the pumpkin last if I cut it off?

9/12/2018 6:54:58 PM

Adam044

New York

Another 5ought I had was cutting off a large amount of the plant to keep the pumpkin healthy but not make it grow a large amount

9/12/2018 7:02:37 PM

cojoe

Colorado

I vote for leaving it on and trimming a bunch of secondaries.Keep a blanket on it at night,part of the cracking can come from temperature variation.

9/12/2018 7:26:02 PM

Orangeneck (Team HAMMER)

Eastern Pennsylvania

I agree sounds like cracking due to temp flux not growth so a blanket is your best defense. Just like for people , layers work best to insulate.

9/14/2018 10:33:37 AM

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