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Auburn California

Hang in there Henry...better weather comming will help, and with Ron Wallace in your corner...well.... you are ahead of the pack. Good luck to you!

5/24/2025 2:29:45 PM

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

That 2020 Patton looks extremely healthy and ready to grow! Congratulations to you for rolling with the punches and getting back in there with another 2 plants. Us pumpkin people know how much work is involved in this hobby but the miracle-like growth of these massive fruits makes it all worth it.

5/24/2025 4:45:43 PM

Grittyville, WA

That will be a nice cross if things start to go your way.

5/25/2025 1:33:59 AM

Torrance, Ca.

You know the drill Henry, head down, stay focused and don't ever give up!

That year I caught pneumonia I didn't even go to the patch during the 2 most important months July and August. By the end of the season I still had 2 1500 pound plus pumpkins for weigh offs! All that went on those 2 months was water on a timer and zero ferts.

DON'T EVER GIVE UP!!

5/25/2025 12:05:03 PM

Boston

I could be wrong, but I think Alex Noel told me he has pollinated in July and still hit 2k pounds. Good luck this year.

5/25/2025 1:12:13 PM

Brooktondale, New York

You know Henry, I would love to hear what the heavy hitters say about those missing secondaries on a ten foot plant. I have no idea what I am talking about so I cannot offer much. My theory is that rather than doing something wrong you are missing the temperatures to mobilize nutrients and stimulate biological activity. Roots are sitting in the water that has deluted any extras your soil calculator recommended. Futher more nitrogen is highly volatile, by way of two mechanisms. One it leaches quickly and release into the atmosphere. Kinda smells like ammonia. That's when you moved away now you have a nutrient imbalance, ie low nitrogen condition. So what the heck do you do? Get out the jumper cables...quick available nitrogen sources..calcium nitrate...ammonium sulfate. Whatever flavor you prefer. Dosing I have no clue have not gotten there yet. However I am sure it is some where on Ken's incredibly amazing site. How the heck can you poor on anything on saturated soil? Foliar that's the golden ticket..maybe not. How much nitrogen can you cram into a stoma that is trying to remove the excess water? Probably not much. Most of the time the leaves are dripping wet in wet conditions any how. Fungicide might be a safer bet given the plant condition. Good news in about middle of July you can wack off the crapy leaves when you clean up the main anyway. Sweep the good growing secondaries back in that free patch space to give more room for that personal best. The other thing to think about is the only roots that can rot are the ones you have now. All the new ones will not be impacted by the current weather. Give it time to warm up/dry out and resume normal grow. Like I said, I would love to hear what heavy hitters say... the people who actually know what they are talking about. Just think with less plants you can chase more storms this summer. You got this Henry. Heavy hitters got anything you can spoon feed us ????

5/26/2025 9:42:09 AM

Grittyville, WA

I will only say its interesting that sometimes a grower will hit the side of their greenhouse first, other times the end gets hit first! Temps in the low 40s are annoying but for me really the hoop house is mostly there for frost protection. No frost= remove hoophouse. Well, I hope my comments arent too annoying, they are side-stepping a lot of it.

5/26/2025 10:11:01 AM