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Please Help with my first pumpkin ever after 3 years of trying!

Grantford
9 years ago

After 3 years in a row of trying to grow a pumpkin in my backyard in Chicago with no luck, not even to get a female flower pollinated. I have successfully (I'm pretty sure see pic) hand pollinated a female flower last Monday August 25th. It is now Saturday and it looks like the fruit has set.

I know its late in the season but is there anything I can do to help this pumpkin ripen and make it before the frost comes???

I have done a lot of research but still have no idea how long from successful pollination of the female flower to a ripe pumpkin takes??? Everything says around 100-130 days to maturity but I�m pretty sure that is from planting the seed, as I planted my seeds the last weekend of May with that info my pumpkin should almost be ready to harvest lol. What is the day range from successful pollination to a ripe pumpkin?
Even though it was 85 degrees today should I cut the leafs around the baby fruit? Would that help?

Any tips help would be greatly appreciated!!!

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