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Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley, Quebec, Canada

Hi all, a few weeks ago I was wondering ways to prevent our worst enemy the blossom end split. It can be caused by two things skin expanding to fast or where the blossom goes in the weight pressing down causes the split for the first way I think the only way is using a seee that tends to grow slower but longer like the 2641 Paton. For number 2 it would be growing blossom down (Cinderella) but that leaves you with two more problems: not seeing the blossom and it pressing on the ground so for that my idea was putting the pumpkin when ~15 pounds on a pallet under a plywood with a hole by the blossom with sand on it. Then you can slide a camera under to see and no bloat pressing agtthe skin. Maybe the pumpkin slides weirdly or something but I don’t think so. Any thoughts?

7/27/2026 9:39:28 AM