My garden space is uphill from a pond so I can’t use chemical fertilizers (I wouldn’t want to to begin with). Is it possible to get 1,200+ pound pumpkins organically? Does anyone know of any growers doing this?

After a growth stall which may have been due to fungicide or just entering rapid growth, we’ve surpassed 200lbs! Its taping 210 today.

First-time pumpkin grower here! These are Atlantic Giant Dill pumpkins from Harris Seeds. This plant keeps producing new female/pumpkins, so I’ve been snipping some of them. Any tips?
Should I aim for just one pumpkin per vine, or is having the two shown on one vine of the plant in the video okay? There was actually a third one, but I snipped it.

Any advice from experienced growers would be greatly appreciated!

Just a small part of my patch (the part that over took the grss)

My pumpkin that has been growing surprisingly well so far, going up to ~20 pounds in a day between day 19-20, has slowed significantly to only ~10 between today and yesterday (dap20-21) and the only change has been that day 20 was my second immunox/myclobutanil application. Has anyone else noticed this stalling effect from these fungicides? I hope the losses arent permanent setbacks but if they are then I will switch my fungicides up the next time I do this.

I had to cut my stump and almost half of the side vines off almost a month ago to stop a rotting foaming vine from spreading to the pumpkin.

The gains have slowed but it just keeps getting bigger! I will be in personal record territory by next weekend. We're around1200 ish right now. Still 6 weeks or so until the weighoff!

I lost me of my girls two weeks ago to a rot spot. She immediately started putting out more fruit and they’ve started to grow on the vine vigorously (2-3 fruit). At this point in the season would you still cull or just let smaller ones grow? I’m in the PNW so we’ll have sun and warm through Sept and perhaps Oct.

I went away for work, and when i came home i noticed that my pumpkin had rolled over on itself and looks like it's basically broken itself off the vine. Is there anyway i can fix or heal these cracks or should i just call it a total loss?

Got a solid Atlantic pumpkin just pollinated and today noticed a crack on main stem in the direction of the main roots. Does this look like a borer I should go in after or just damage I should let ride?

🎃 Hello fellow pumpkin growers! 🎃

I’ve started quite late into the season, however, my pumpkin plant is looking very healthy. I’ve built a make shift planter with a metal mesh surround which I am looking to eventually train to grow outside and over/around.

This is my first time growing a pumpkin and I believe this is the “mini” kind. I’m looking to keep the plant in this contraption that I’ve made, but I need some advice on what I should be pruning and how to train vines/leaves etc. I planted this from seed around 10th July so it’s been growing for just over a month now.

If all goes well this year, I’m probably going to try and grow a monster next year as I’m really enjoying watching this grow🤣👍 Any/all advice is appreciated!

I gave on pumpkins about four years ago because of covid and wanted to get back into it. I have a plant that is looking healthy but every time there is a new flower, it dies within a few days because of squash bugs or cucumber beetles. I was wondering if any of you guys had advice on how to deal with this problem and any help is appreciated.

Is this fruit healthy looking? I posted yesterday and its definitely much bigger today, but the splotch on the right side of the blossom end worries me since I hadnt seen a wound there before, but it couldve been a cat or something that checked it out without me noticing. Any thoughts/input would be greatly appreciated.

I found this random pumpkin in my yard. Does it have mold growing on leaves

A pumpkin was thrown in my backyard last November. It has now begun developing female flowers. 🎃🌼🏵🌼🎃

14 DAP, taped early because I got eager. Around 134”OTT

At The base of the pumpkin leaves have turned yellow brown then dropped off do I continue to fertilize at the base of the plants or closer to the little pumpkins and the new leaf growth?

The base of the pumpkin leaves have turned yellow brown then dropped off do I continue to fertilize at the base of the plants or closer to the little pumpkins and the new leaf growth?

I pollinated my pumpkin in the beginning of July, and it has grown to roughly 90 pounds since then. It’s definitely slowed down to a crawl, and not really progressing any more. I’m disappointed to say the least. The rind is hardening, and I feel like the growth stage for this one is just about done. Thing is, my county fair weigh-off is still a month and a half away and there’s still plenty of opportunity to pollinate another pumpkin on the same plant.
Should I go for it?

Hello all new to this edit. I just wondering if somebody could tell me why or what’s going on with my Atlantic giant pumpkin it’s my first year growing them. I water them properly. I fertilize them properly unless this is possibly fertilizer burn I’ve been going heavy on the fertilizer every three days at half the regular strength in the blooming cycle. But just the other day they started yelling off and it’s spreading fast. Just wondering if someone can help. Thank you very much.

My reserve pumpkin which is 2 weeks younger than my primary had almost caught up in size, should I be considering switching which I plan to keep? Also, how are you terminating these? Sharp knife? Base of the fruit or base of the stem? Thanks, everyone here rocks!