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Nottingham, UK

From the 90-100 days of growth from pollination, does anyone have a chart that shows growth over time.

I have started to put my own data on an excel spreadsheet for future reference. In a way I would like to compare how mine grows with others at different points in the plants life.

I realise that soil, weather factors etc etc will be different but just to give this novice some idea.

Thanks

8/8/2011 8:54:47 AM

Western PA

The link below has benchmarks that you can compare your pumpkin growth to:

http://www.gvgo.ca/downloads/2008_feb_ott_benchmarks.pdf

Good Luck!

8/8/2011 12:37:02 PM

Nottingham, UK

Thanks Pumpkin Picker, this link has come up a few times but I think that the 1200 benchmark may be out of my league. I am looking for a 300-500lb pumpkin. My pumpkin is growing but not with gains observed by others. It puts on 5-8" OTT a day and I am sure the higher end is weather related and our weather is poor at the moment.

What I am after is something along the lines of:

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=166467

My question is:
If at day 31 it measured 133" OTT (about 60 lbs). Would it be reasonable to think that it could continue for another 55 days with an increase of 5" OTT a day. That would give me a total a measurment of 408OTT = 1400 lb pumpkin. Somehow I feel not and I was wondering if someone had a chart to show growth tapering off over time. Although I guess all plants grow differently and am also thinking that OTT gains may be smaller as plants get bigger.

8/9/2011 5:04:13 AM