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Topsfield, MA

Hi, I wanted to post this because I found that this was very interesting. I am currently growing the 2363 Holland. Starting a few days ago I wanted to measure it during the morning and during the afternoon. I wanted to know more about the growth pattern. What I found was shocking to me. For example I measured it this morning. EST weight of 252 pounds. I then measured it again at 4 PM today. I got 269 pounds. That’s a gain of 17 pounds during the day. I did this multiple times over the days to make sure I was not just imagining it. I then got 12 pounds one day then 20 the next. So what i found is that my 2363 is in a pattern now. Every other day the gains up. During the night I’ve noticed it grow a little more than the day then sometimes it does not possibly because of back and fourth night temps. Many of you think pumpkins grow most at night BUT! I think I am discovering something new here. Let me know what you think. Thanks

7/19/2018 4:23:32 PM

I once parked crane in patch lifted mine morning and evening inline scale was(science) project I called it

7/19/2018 6:33:46 PM

Blaine MN

I've noticed that too Henry, but my patch doesn't get full sun. Not sure if that factors in or not.

7/19/2018 6:41:23 PM

Topsfield, MA

Zacman are you growing the 2363? Or is it with a different seed? Very Interesting! Good luck

7/19/2018 7:18:56 PM

Blaine MN

No I got a 778 Gansert going, but in previous years I find that I get the bigger gains during the daytime.

7/19/2018 7:40:07 PM

Topsfield, MA

Interesting. Thank you for sharing

7/19/2018 7:44:55 PM

Wisconsin

Do you water every other day?

7/20/2018 1:08:29 AM

Watlington, UK

Plants absorb water and CO2 during the day during photosynthesis and the result is sugar formation. At night the sugars are burned up during respiration. So it makes sense that there is weight gain during the day.

7/20/2018 3:36:42 AM

Topsfield, MA

Mike I usually give them a little water every day

7/20/2018 5:30:02 AM

Topsfield, MA

Lots of weight gain for the day

7/20/2018 5:30:27 AM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

The solution is to measure only once a day, once every 2 days or once a week.

Richmond Dave measures twice a day and drives me nuts with his miss-measurements, diagnosis, incredible weight gains, massive weight loss, circumference getting smaller and everything in between.

7/20/2018 10:37:50 AM

Grittyville, WA

If you water in the morning it may gain more during the day. If the temp is low at night then yes they wont gain much. Make sure you are measuring in the exact same place a half inch error is a couple pounds try to get your margin of error to less than half an inch... Measure and remeasure a few times to see if you are getting the same result every time.

7/20/2018 11:23:35 AM

Grittyville, WA

ps you are in a more humid area. Dry heat and sun is maybe what slows our daytime growth out west. We got some more humidity during the day last year because of the smoke and fires. No doubt Joel's pumpkin was growing during the day on those days. Thanks for posting. & Please share anything you discover.

7/20/2018 11:43:48 AM

Topsfield, MA

Yes, I am going to measure once a week now, just thought it was interesting

7/20/2018 11:44:09 AM

Syracuse, NY

right there with ya henry--- i have a few bits to tell everyone as well, just never in the mood at any proper time.
yes, it is interesting and all discoveries are worthy of mention, even if they MIGHT be old news---most now-proven scientific theories were once considered blasphemy. for instance, last summer in NY we had a serious rainstorm, so bad you would think that trees would fall and rivers would cross the road...wasn't until an hour AFTER the storm was OVER that the damage started OCCURRING; (gravel and driveway-stone encrusted roads, driveways became streams and such)...when i was going to a town 7 miles away for McD food. the point being that all that rain was soaked up by the local dry terrain and then when it got saturated and flowed along the bedrock, THEN its effects were completely evident. anyway, keep up the good work----eg

7/22/2018 12:43:22 PM