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Scituate, MA

hi. very wet, cool spring in northeast with little sun. plant doing strange things. Main growing slowly but no secondaries, male flowers blooming. what gives. doesnt look good.....thanks for any input.

6/27/2017 7:01:30 PM

Kokomo, Indiana

Same thing here, have 2-3 other vines off of the main but very small plant with male flowers blooming. Cold weather that we have been having isnt helping much for quick noticeable growth. Usually by this time, plants should be getting a lot bigger with several vines and closing in on starting to pollinate pumpkins.

6/28/2017 11:34:17 AM

Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com

Likely just the weather. Our plants are about a week behind because May was so cool. Pollination just getting started here, but I'm not worried. First Saturday of October weigh off is on the 7th, so we get a few extra growing days at the end of the season.

6/28/2017 5:17:44 PM

Winston Salem, NC

little bit of CaN and warm water until the soil is warm two to three times a week for two weeks it'll probably keep you from pollinating for a few more weeks but its not gonna matter if you pollinate with a plant that cant push anyway. If you already have plenty of N in your soil a different idea is to hit it with a heavy dose of beneficial microbes and just use warm water and molasses or another sugar source just to wake that soil up.

6/30/2017 5:37:14 PM

Pittsburgh, PA

What ratio of molasses to water do you use? I have a gallon but afraid to use it.

6/30/2017 7:39:41 PM

Central Illinois

I think 1/2 oz per gal foliar and 1 oz per gal as a drench

7/1/2017 8:24:11 AM