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formerly RGG

I have read on here that AG fruit grow at night. But I know Carolina Cross watermelons grow during the day when they are young. I have a young 18 day AG fruit and carefully took it's first OTT measurement early this morning and it was 137".Then about 7 this evening I took the OTT again just to see if there was any growth and it had added one inch in each of the three measurements. Or by the chart I am using has added 3 pounds during daylight hours going from 61 to 64 pounds. So does daytime growth go on during the critical period of cell division ? I did use Anthesis so perhaps at 18 days my pumpkin is still doing some cell division ? Your thoughts please.

7/11/2016 7:31:29 PM

formerly RGG

I only hit the "post reply" button once but it somehow doubled. Sorry about that.

7/11/2016 7:33:04 PM

Eastern Pennsylvania

I believe that pumpking has clearly demonstrated AG fruit growth during daytime hours. But most fruit growth definitely seems to occur at night.

7/11/2016 8:06:19 PM

Hadley Ny

As is true with most fruits and vegetables the growth is at night.. Absorb sunshine in the day .. convert to fruit at night. Check apple orchards and my Snow Peas sure prove it. .

7/11/2016 8:16:03 PM

Upa Creek, MO

Rule is they mostly grow at night, but I have always got about 20-30% of my growth during the day. This might be because I am in heavy shade after 2pm through the entire patch.

7/11/2016 9:12:46 PM

sevierville, Tn

same here, when they are young , they do show some growth through the day. it was like 80/20

7/11/2016 10:43:16 PM

Willamette Valley, Oregon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXrffguWqbY

youtube video of squash clearly growing during the day (by the hour). Look later in the video when the pic is just once every 12 hours. Seems about the same growth day and night.

7/12/2016 2:58:45 AM