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Walhalla, ND.

Looking for statistics on largest kin’s grown how far out on the main.

6/15/2019 9:55:02 AM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

1725 Harp @ 9 feet on the main (so I’ve heard) but lots of plant after the fruit.

6/15/2019 11:10:30 AM

Plainville, Connecticut 06062

I will put my two sence in on this one. There have been big ones grown anywhere from the 9-20 foot range and beyond. I believe the sweet spot for most serious growers would be 15 feet down the main with ten good secondaries to a side. My biggest was grown at ten feet with 8 good secondaries to a side and about another 15 foot of main past the pumpkin with several good secondaries off the main past the pumpkin. That fruit almost hit 2,000. My goal each year is to get one that sticks at least 10 feet out with at least 8 good secondaries to a side, a plant like that with more main vine past the pumpkin can and will grow a big one with good care and very good genetics, good weather and a lot of luck and hard work. I would much rather have a pumpkin set at 11 feet out with 8 good secondaries to a side then one set at say 16 feet out with only 6 good secondaries to a side. The healthy good strong secondaries to a side is super important more so then vine length set out in my opinion. Also don’t forget that sometimes those secondaries are weak secondaries those I do not count as healthy ones per side! Hope this has helped you out and GOODLUCK!

6/16/2019 8:39:19 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Yes Pooh-bear, I’m with you on that one, I like a minimum of 8 secondaries on each side before the fruit. With our new patch, we’ve extended the length of our secondaries so that they can be 15’ in length each.

6/16/2019 11:34:32 PM

Walhalla, ND.

Good info poo-bear. I’m in a dilemma here. I have one at 12ft that’s good to go. But I have 3 plants that are at 10 ft and will be opening in the next few days. Because of our weather here in North Dakota I’m trying to get as early a Pollination as possible. Things really start cooling off here September. My secondaries started to kick in a week ago now the last few days our highs have been mid 50s so things have slowed down.
Thanks for the input everyone.

6/17/2019 6:13:02 AM

Eastern Pennsylvania

It’s been my experience that once I have one set on the main the secondary vines beyond it don’t grow much. The main keeps going forever but the secondary ones quit. I’ve seen others have the same experience. So I never understood how you could get a pumpkin at nine feet and end up with a plant big enough to push a large pumpkin. I assume the contribution of extremely long secondary vines ahead of the pumpkin stop contributing after they get crazy far out from the main.

6/17/2019 12:20:30 PM

Vancouver Washington

Rodebaugh has one set at a 1000 feet...... wonder how many secondaries that is?

6/20/2019 8:10:36 AM

Greenbrier Valley, WV

I started counting the secondaries yesterday morning but it got dark before I could finish.

6/20/2019 10:03:38 AM

Saunders County, NE

Just curious what type of square feet of plant are we targeting at pollination. Number of secondary's can be arbitrary due to length variation. Is 350 sq ft reasonable? 300? 400 or more? This is assuming the goal is ~1000 square feet final target.

6/22/2019 11:01:54 PM