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Giant Pumpkin Plant

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May 21, 2007 | 2:49 PM PST
Tag: giant pumpkin
Wow is this plant a quick grower!  It is already at least 5 feet long.  There are male and female flowers on it and it has put down roots from the nodes on the bottom along the stem.  I have been fertilizing and watering regularly.   I need this plant to stay in a certain area so I have been guiding its direction and putting in stakes so it will grow in the right direction.  Can't wait for the flowers to start opening and the fruit to start growing.

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Mikhailah	May 22, 2007 | 9:56 AM PST Hi AngelsGarden, I just checked out your pumpkin, it's looking good! Do all pumpkins 'put down roots from the nodes on the bottom along the stem'? Thanks for the awesome photo's. I also have a beefsteak from seed, still a while before I plant it out though! M.
AngelsGarden	May 22, 2007 | 6:09 PM PST Thanks Mikhailah, I'm crossing my fingers. I'm not sure if all pumpkins do that with the roots on the stem. I did read somewhere that to reduce the possible damage from squash bugs on any squash plants you can push soil up around the stem here and there and it will root like this one is. I haven't tried it though. I will try to get a pic of where it is sending down roots from the stem.

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