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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

where you hold tape changes 1 day big gain next less gain then it repeats

7/11/2016 8:10:37 PM

formerly RGG

I know all about how the tape is held making a difference and yes I have seen extra large gains and almost no gains from one day to another. This was not the case today however. The pumpkin clearly is growing a little bit during the day at least right now.

7/11/2016 8:48:28 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 9:12:09 PM

Wixom MI.

im not sure how true that is, in alaska dale m. gets the same growth up their when their is almost no night time during the summer growing time ? so how does that work ?

7/11/2016 9:19:10 PM

Lebanon, Oregon

A lot of magic happens up in Alaska. I know, I grew up in Alaska.

7/11/2016 11:02:13 PM

west central IN/East central IL

I work 12hr shifts and measure in morning and then when I get home and the 1676 I have grows all day and night about equally(not very well, but it grows)It's in the ICU, so growing very slow. Some pumpkins I've had have grown mostly over night too.

7/12/2016 9:00:43 AM

Wixom MI.

i think that the only way to truly test this theory is to measure at 8am and at 8 pm and compair the results ! i dont know anyone who really measures their pumpkin before they go to bed at night !i think that most people look at their pumpkin 10-20 times during the day and it always looks the same and the the go to bed and dont see it for 10-12 hours and notice the change ??? just my opinion.but i bet the difference from day to night is far less than we believe !!! i think that it is more like a 60/40 from day to night.

7/12/2016 9:17:49 AM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

I think it has a lot to do with measurement technique. Only true way to tell would be with a scale.

7/12/2016 1:26:46 PM

Western ny

i grow my pumpkin on a 5000 lb SCALE 4-0 x 4-0 ,i know for a fact that most of the wt. is put on at night ----also ,some days it may loss 3 to 4 lbs on a hot sunny day

7/12/2016 5:45:02 PM