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Dillsburg, PA

I have two nice pumpkins going on one plant. The biggest one is on the main and the second one is on a true secondary coming out of the root. The main pumpkin is about 72 inches cir. (113lbs ott) and the second one is younger at 60cir. I kept the 2nd pumpkin as a buffer but probably should have cut it off. Will the second pumpkin take juice from the main pumpkin? Should I cull the second fruit or keep both? These are the biggest pumpkins I have to date and they look like both could be in the 200+lbs range when finished.What to do? Any suggestions would be appreciated! JEff

8/11/2003 2:15:27 PM

Edmonton, Canada

It depends what your goals are. Do you want 2, 200 pounders or one that's bigger? If you cull the smaller one, the larger of the 2 will grow faster.

8/11/2003 2:23:30 PM

it's your decision, like smitty said. if you do cull one, you might want to cut the stem a little at a time over a period of a few days so your main fruit doesn't blow up on you.

8/11/2003 4:06:35 PM

Spanish Ontario

what i do is start a 3rd fruit about after second when it takes cut #no 2 work,s well for me KEN

8/12/2003 9:47:04 PM