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New Hampshire, USA

Any 5 day markers to aim for?

7/14/2008 12:03:29 AM

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Let er go until 10 days. 5 days is still a wonder if she set. The best way to go about it is to do the Ronco method.. "Set it, and forget it"..

7/14/2008 11:23:47 AM

Rudolph

at day five my average circumference was 8 inches

7/14/2008 5:01:14 PM

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

If you want a 5 day measurement, shoot for somewhere around 10". 5 inches is pretty small. That would more likely be day 3 or so. As an example, the 848 MacKenzie was 15" on day 5 and 1066 Vezzolo was at 12" on day 5.

7/14/2008 10:55:18 PM

New Hampshire, USA

mellow pumpkin, how big are they now?

7/14/2008 11:53:29 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

I only take a 5 day if I am setting multiple fruits at different days on same vine, to have something to compare when deciding later what to cut. In which case I often take every day from 5-10 on first one and whatever I need to on the later ones to compare. Usually the fruits on the same vine will grow similarly...

7/15/2008 7:04:35 AM

touching fruit at these young ages will do nothing but cause massive scars later on,,patience,, soon you will be measuring to your hearts content,,

7/15/2008 7:52:09 AM

Rudolph

1234567890 right now is the morning of day nine for the pumpkins off my secendaries and there both aroud 19 inches in cir, mite i say the one's on my main vines are 3 days old and there are about the same size off my secedaries when they where at day five.

7/15/2008 10:10:10 AM

Rudolph

plus the pumpkins that are on my secedaries survived two nights of 40+wind and 4 inches of rain fall, when they were only three days old.

7/15/2008 10:18:09 AM

Pinedale, WY

I understand the whole size isn't everything in the begining theory. But my daughter just pollinated her pumpkin today (7-15) and it was 6.5 inches circumferance. My others are 3.5 and 4 inches at the time they were pollinated. Is hers huge, or just normal, and mine are small?

7/15/2008 6:31:50 PM