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New Hampshire, USA

Is the circumference measured parallel to the ground or parallel to the stem?

7/14/2008 12:02:54 AM

Pinedale, WY

Parallel to the ground

7/14/2008 1:50:50 AM

Rocky-r@stny.rr.com

Start at the stem, wrap around the pumpkin until you get to the blossom, then continue around to make a circle parallel to the ground. That is the circumference.

7/14/2008 11:13:26 AM

Kevinstinindians@yahoo.com

When the fruit gets older you should take measurements around the largest diameter parallel to the ground. It may not be around the middle of the fruit. But when they're this small its almost always around the middle. If its not, I'd probably cull it.

7/15/2008 12:45:54 AM

Buffalo, New York

my baby pumpkin is standing blossom up in the air, how can i measure circumference with it like that?

7/15/2008 1:53:35 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

It should lie down by day 10 which is when you usually take a measurement. Doublecheck there isn't a blockage by tendril nub, leaf, or secondary preventing it from coming down. Most land by about day 6-8 unless growth is slow due to the temperature (cold) or weather (rainy). If the blossom nub is standing out do not measure over that, go around it. On a 10 day fruit I usually go over the stem and under the nub.

7/15/2008 7:07:30 AM