tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post7492094389824666013..comments2023-09-22T06:09:26.601-05:00Comments on Pat and Jim's Gardening Adventure: so, when do pumpkin plants stop growing?Jim Groblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18027723131261970051noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post-2625522886097215212010-07-31T11:33:51.596-05:002010-07-31T11:33:51.596-05:00That pumpkin looks gorgeous!That pumpkin looks gorgeous!jsbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01826484750708720099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post-12758177368584554892010-07-28T15:55:05.010-05:002010-07-28T15:55:05.010-05:00As I'm growing one for the first time I was wo...As I'm growing one for the first time I was wondering if I should stop the leader and let the side shoots grow?Is the Wizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10761353128112632116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post-54332520775659020382010-07-28T15:24:18.175-05:002010-07-28T15:24:18.175-05:00Wow, that is an impressive pumpkin plant! Here is ...Wow, that is an impressive pumpkin plant! Here is my experience: it grows madly in August, slows down a bit in September and finally stops in October. When there are 5-6 pumpkins per plant I am happy and I am quite brutal from then on: I just cut all the new growth off. The plant and the pumpkins don't suffer from this. <br />Let us know who wins: the pumpkin plant or you!Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15613461230340431733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post-43212998084759566522010-07-28T12:52:17.095-05:002010-07-28T12:52:17.095-05:00wow Jim they certainly are taking over the lawn no...wow Jim they certainly are taking over the lawn now! By this rate once October comes you won't see a lawn. There must be some good muck in that soil of yours to have them grow like that.Rosie Nixon Fluertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10851979959739600135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post-33764419677791312322010-07-28T09:45:58.562-05:002010-07-28T09:45:58.562-05:00I'm sorry to tell you that the last pumpkins I...I'm sorry to tell you that the last pumpkins I grew, in a patch on my grandfather's farm, didn't stop growing until October. You may be in for a fun time. ;)<br /><br />Beautiful vines, though, Jim. I'm enjoying watching this intrepid volunteer go to it!Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11454557080455458675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post-75226077071006841112010-07-28T09:05:25.214-05:002010-07-28T09:05:25.214-05:00I think I would worry when you wake up one morning...I think I would worry when you wake up one morning and find your wife has been displaced from the place in bed next to you, and has been replaced by three pumpkins.<br /><br />THEN it might be time to get out the weedwhacker.Kynahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13222304237028745181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post-58682011970955361882010-07-28T08:36:33.368-05:002010-07-28T08:36:33.368-05:00Jim, the pumpkin looks great. I was never success...Jim, the pumpkin looks great. I was never successful growing pumpkins. I think the squirrels got them when they were small. Good luck, they should be peaking very soon.<br /><br />EileenGatsbys Gardenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04228978705943696143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post-9233676933287672922010-07-28T06:35:03.759-05:002010-07-28T06:35:03.759-05:00Twice, I have tried planting pumpkins,and somethin...Twice, I have tried planting pumpkins,and something (or someone) stole them when they were very small, yours look great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post-82926698840904712902010-07-28T05:03:17.651-05:002010-07-28T05:03:17.651-05:00My cucurbit plants have taken off despite my initi...My cucurbit plants have taken off despite my initial disasters. The largest pumpkin I have is currently around 12 feet across but shows no sign of slowing. <br /><br />Good luck, they'll be cutting you out in October!The Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345021580985320660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post-44579331737842404202010-07-27T22:18:28.900-05:002010-07-27T22:18:28.900-05:00Nice looking pumpkin. I have not been able to grow...Nice looking pumpkin. I have not been able to grow pumpkins in south Texas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697025858360692792.post-35610160676935490072010-07-27T20:53:59.393-05:002010-07-27T20:53:59.393-05:00Pumpkins stop growing when the local rascals steal...Pumpkins stop growing when the local rascals steal them the week before Halloween.<br /><br />Christine in AlaskaChristine B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08335289758548637661noreply@blogger.com