"Martin Sykes" wrote...
If a single fruit is allowed to develop, will it be larger if it is nearer
the base or the tip of the plant? Or doesn't it matter?

When they grow huge pumpkins (i.e.. The Boot Inn Pumpkin Club) they ensure
the whole plot is watered so the plants put roots down from every node and
so increase their water/nutrient take-up. They also plant the special seeds
about Christmas and grow on in heated polytunnels!
Growing outside you have a problem with the shortness of our season so I
always try to get a fruit set asap, therefore near the base and make sure it
isn't checked by lack of water etc.

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Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London