It's a whopper, all right! For reference, the corn back there is about 5 feet tall (although you can only see the upper half because of the pumpkin). My pumpkins are now about 10 inches across. I lost one last year at this stage--reason unknown. For now, the leaves are giving the pumpkins enough shade, but I may shelter them later if need be. I think the lady I met was suggesting the plant itself could use some shade. She was Canadian--possibly those long, long summer days were just taking too much out of her pumpkin otherwise.
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