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Thanks! Good luck in the contest!

Definitely looking forward to drier weather. As I am writing this, it is currently raining…ugh. Good luck in the contest!

Thanks for following along. Good luck in the contest!

Good to hear that yours is healing up fine. Hope mine does the same.

I am not sure if you have seen my previous videos, but I dug a trench along the one side of the wet patch. Only about a foot deep, a foot wide and maybe 6-8 feet long. I started by carry 5 gallon buckets of water out of the patch and moved to pumping after removing about 700 gallons by bucket. I probably removed 3,000-4,000 gallons of water before I gave up. Mainly gave up because I needed the hoses and extension cords for other purposes. I really appreciate your suggestions! I may just move to a new location for this patch next year.

Thanks for following along! It has been fun following your grow as well.

@@theturnerranchwifor sure! I might roll with the set I have at about 10 feet small day 20 but it’s starting to crank a bit putting on 4” cc a day. Not awful

@@Giantpumpkinswitheric I don’t start measuring until day 20 so should have my first measurements in my next update.

Yes, I have the ability to water all of my pumpkins. Really not sure what I am going to do with the swamp patch. Might move to a new location for next year or just grow 2 pumpkins. Yesterday, I trimmed off some of the dead leaves/vines and uncovered any vines I had buried earlier in the year. I also put compost under the vines to get them a little elevated.

Also my goal is 250 to 350 lbs I would definitely take one bigger if possible but without packing a ton of fertilizers so that its still edible so I can share with family and friends and I'm growing with a small budget so I can't afford the like 10 different fertilizers that the pro's use and am open to any and all advice

Hard to say without pictures (and potentially still hard to say with pictures). Could be bugs biting the plant and giving it yellow vine disease/decline. Could be soil disease. If you were curious, you could get a soil disease test done.

Burying vines is probably the best option to get the best size without a bunch of fertilizer. I put a bunch of stuff into my plants, but definitely wouldn’t eat my pumpkins. We grow other pumpkins in a separate patch for carving and eating the seeds. If you have access to compost, that would help as well without the need for fertilizer. Good soil is key so compost would be helpful. To get my soil completely balanced for giant pumpkins, I end up having to add a handful of different fertilizers. Thanks for following along and good luck in the seed contest.

Yes I did. Definitely not the first time. I should probably add a way into the patch at some point.

Today I fed the plants 5-2 Wonder Blend, which is humic/fulvic acid plus seaweed.

​@@theturnerranchwiI've heard about using seaweed. The powder you used looked like algae powder to me so that had me wondering if algae could be something good to use. It has nitrogen in it but I guess you're probably not focusing on getting nitrogen in the plant over other nutrients.

Good luck in the contest!

Thanks for following along! Good luck in the contest!

Thank you! Looks like we should hopefully have some dry days coming up. Good luck in the contest.

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@@theturnerranchwi thanks sir for replying me ❤️

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You are welcome. Good luck!

Hope the Big Max are growing well! It is fun seeing the true giants put on the pounds. Good luck in the contest!

You are welcome! Good luck!

Good luck!

I know there is a spring on the other side of the field next to that patch. Probably won’t grow there again.

It has to stop at some point.

Thanks!

Good luck!

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I appreciate every single one of the subscribers!

Good luck getting a pollination to take!

Good luck!

She jumped up on my shoulder when I was kneeling down trying to check a video clip I just filmed.

Good luck!

What area are you in? What kind of temperatures? Our highs are only in the 70s right now.

@@theturnerranchwi North Florida extremely hard given 100 plus degree days with lows only in the mid 70's. I start around late Jan under grow light and transplant around end of feb.

Thanks! Went 5 days in a row with no rain, then got a decent amount and now have been dry 3 days. Heard we might get 1-2” tonight into tomorrow.

Good luck!

Good thinking. I will have to get rid of it after this next round of rain we are getting tonight into tomorrow. I normally leave that leaf most of the season, but not with where it is coming off the vine.

Thanks! Definitely hoping for drier weather. Good luck in the contest!

Good luck!

My leaf will probably come off soon too. Good luck in the contest!

Thanks for following along. It sounds like we are going to get another 1-2” of rain tonight into tomorrow. Hopefully you dry out soon.

I never saw them growing up, but have seen one the past 4 years.

That is what it feels like. We actually got our biggest break from rain of the season this past week. However, rain came down hard yesterday. I wish all of my plants looked like this one.

Just hoping it stops raining and the patch dries out before the plant roots all rot.

No, I didn’t. I have tried foliar feeding some Cal-Mag Plus since it has a little nitrogen in it and calcium is supposed to help with cell division. However, every time I do, it rains so not sure how much has gotten absorbed. With how wet the soil actually is, I don’t know if this plant will survive until things have time to actually dry out. Even our yard around this patch is like a sponge when you walk on it. We have never had that before. Where the main part of the plant is was amended with granular fertilizer so it should have what it needs in the soil. I don’t want to overdo it in case it actually starts taking up what is in the soil. I am a grower that doesn’t like to overdo things typically. I like to do little things and wait to see how the plants respond.

If they start to run, I am going to have to find more time to keep up with weeding and burying vines. Not a bad problem to have.

On Sunday, the forecast had said no rain for 5 days. Now, it says we are going to get 2 to 3 inches tonight. Ugh!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Swamp pumpkins! I’m excited for you! I’m invested! ❤

@@jesusisGod1434 Thanks! I have been doing my best to keep up with your updates. Good luck!