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Jefferson, Maryland

I have one that has posted consistent gains. It was 271" yesterday at 25 DAP.

Watered as normal today.

No growth.

No visible signs of any other problem?

Is this one about to go down?

Nervous here.

8/2/2016 5:40:28 PM

British Columbia, Canada

Growth varies a bit from day-to-day, but if it completely stopped all of a sudden, that's usually not a good sign.

8/2/2016 6:18:46 PM

Colorado

no,not unless a huge cool down

8/2/2016 6:32:08 PM

Jefferson, Maryland

As I feared.

I may throw up.

8/2/2016 7:03:11 PM

Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com

I had one doing around 30# a day this year, then 4 days with no growth at all. I'm wondering if it is disease or a mouse got into it. Growing in the same spot where a mouse wrecked one 2 years ago. Its not fun.

8/2/2016 7:25:23 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Measuring inconsistency is a possibility. Take a few days off and try again.

8/2/2016 10:02:33 PM

Upa Creek, MO

Agree with Linus

8/2/2016 11:06:22 PM

Ellwood City, PA, USA

I was just in a similar situation. Mine stopped growing suddenly too. It was roughly 400# at day 30, when it stopped.

I could not really find anything wrong with the plant. All looked good.

A few days later I noticed a lot of new plant growth in a short amount of time. This told me the plant stopped feeding the pumpkin and changed to growing more plant.

A few days later, I found large sections of the plant collapsing during the day. Each day, more of the plant is failing. Water was not an issue when this started.

My nearby zucchini plants collapsed at the same time. Some pest, probably squash bugs, got me. At one point, I found a few squash bugs, but spraying seemed to take care of them. Cuke beetles were not really a problem and I have not seen any in about 3 weeks.

Just keep an eye on it over the next few days to see what happens.

8/3/2016 8:27:45 AM