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Farming- a bunch of catastrophies that result in a lifestyle

I have 8 plants and 7 kins going nicely. My prize Winner babies are growing 4" per day, and my Dills are growing 2"-3" per day. is this slow? Fast? I don't really know what to expect out of these guys having only grown howdens and luminas before. Soil tested after 5+ days of rain and flooding. Nitrogen was wiped out, as was phos, but potassium still stellar. Fed em a foliar fish feed yesterday, and did a 10-17-17 drench of TNt and fish this morning. They never slowed up during the rain, they are quite constant at 4" a day for the prizes and 2-3" for the dills.

7/7/2013 9:59:15 AM

Eastern Pennsylvania

It depends on the age of the pumpkin. At 10 days 2-3 inches per day is okay- I assume we are talking circumference here. As the pumpkin approaches day 20 5 or 6 inches circ growth is expected. Then as the pumpkins start getting really big 2-3 inches a day is just not possible as that would represent an insane weight gain. This is withatlantic giants I don't know much about prizewinners other than they won't grow as large overall.

7/8/2013 11:42:45 AM

Farming- a bunch of catastrophies that result in a lifestyle

Thank you for taking time to reply, they are in their first week of growth, the dills that is. The prize winners are in their 3rd week, that is circumference measurement.

7/8/2013 3:57:49 PM