From

Location

Message

Date Posted

British Columbia

Hi I'm a first time grower and made quite a few mistakes with my giant pumpkins, however I have ended up with 2 fruits on two separate plants. I'm pretty sure I'm going to loose one of them as I failed to keep it from growing on its vines and since the stem is now under the fruit I expect it to rot. I posted some photos in the growers diaries Eileen from British Columbia (New) Any advice would be appreciated thankyou

7/27/2016 12:10:26 PM

Sourthern Utah

eileen you may want to post your e-mail addy so you can get some responces,, lol, best Curt,, i did see the pic,, thats quite a dilema you got for sure ,

7/27/2016 2:11:10 PM

British Columbia

Thanks Curt yea I'm not too hopeful this is all a learning curve my email
Is ricp@shaw.ca Thanks for any suggestions

7/27/2016 3:08:15 PM

Central NY

Anyway you can dig out underneath where the stem is to allow air flow?....that could help..def a situation

7/27/2016 3:54:42 PM

Sourthern Utah

eileen,, with the stem the way it is,, geez,, dont know at this point,, if i remember right you say you was in langley B.C. correct

7/27/2016 4:40:51 PM

British Columbia

Yes I'm in Langley BC Curt. I think I may try to dig underneath as pork chop suggested at this point probably not much else I can do???

7/27/2016 5:08:02 PM

Sourthern Utah

thats tru,, i read his post,, just dont wait to long,

7/27/2016 5:31:11 PM

Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com

We have had some "birdbath" pumpkins that grow on the stem and have the blossom sink in. You need to dig out under the vine to take the pressure off and keep water out of the blossom. Here is a photo of my son's pumpkin from 2010: http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=146836 You can see from the weeds he didn't give it a lot of care, we estimated 70# and it went 866.5# We dug a hole under it and it survived just fine.

7/27/2016 6:48:32 PM

Colorado

I grew one like that back in the day.600 pound "worst wheel ever" right on top of the stem/vine. I dug a trench for them to set in.You can prob do some of that from the sides-it may not need much

7/27/2016 7:09:37 PM

British Columbia

Thanks everyone I'm going to try to dig under the vines hopefully it will
Take some of the pressure off will post when I get this done

7/27/2016 8:41:28 PM

Central NY

Don't hit pumpkin with shovel!!

7/27/2016 9:02:58 PM