tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676860552207743709.post8452741478839165170..comments2024-01-11T14:14:53.474-07:00Comments on Giant Pumpkin Growing Tips From The Pumpkin Man: Ouch! Hail is the Colorado Gardner's Worst EnemyJamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01608113960894125871noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676860552207743709.post-37165881606555474112008-08-25T21:47:00.000-06:002008-08-25T21:47:00.000-06:00Sorry to hear about the trouble. Hail and bad weat...Sorry to hear about the trouble. Hail and bad weather can be very discouraging. Pumpkins are very resiliant however. The key will be how the vines held up. Damage this late in the season will definetly slow the pumpkin down, but you would be suprise how many pounds you can add on a pumpkin after most of the plant has been lost. I great grower back East was telling me a couple of months ago how they last all of the plant from the stump to the pumpkin late in the season from powdery mildew. Everything was tore out. All they had was the pumpkin and the back vines and that pumpkin still put on 400 pounds. If your vines are okay you will have a chance to keep it growing. What I would do is measure the circumfrance every day for the next few days to see if it is still growing. If it isn't growing then take it off the vine and store it in a cool place. If it is still growing then you are still in business.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01608113960894125871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676860552207743709.post-24167695243632173352008-08-25T11:52:00.000-06:002008-08-25T11:52:00.000-06:00OOOOOOOHHHH, my poor pumkins were all but destroye...OOOOOOOHHHH, my poor pumkins were all but destroyed yesterday. I am in Castle Rock, and we had a bad storm move through. Almost all the leaves on my four vines are shreaded. The pumpkins themselves have some marks from the hail, but my question is, will they continue to grow. It is late in the season, and I am wondering if all is lost....what happened with your vines last spring?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02878267001211234869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676860552207743709.post-91394101865095348532008-06-05T14:28:00.000-06:002008-06-05T14:28:00.000-06:00Honey, don't confuse drama with catastrophe. And ...Honey, don't confuse drama with catastrophe. And stop praying against me! ;-)Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01608113960894125871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8676860552207743709.post-81433748707227577942008-06-05T12:56:00.000-06:002008-06-05T12:56:00.000-06:00FINALLY. Some drama to this blog.:-)FINALLY. Some drama to this blog.<BR/><BR/>:-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04135190793124857820noreply@blogger.com