Hi,

I have a pumpkin plant that is pretty big that has been through a lot.
First it started growing near our front door and I had to transplant
it when it was already pretty big. We didn't even plant the seeds.
They came from our Haloween pumpkin I'm sure. That and the help of
some squirels. Suprisingly it survived the transplant after all the
original leaves wilted off and is now doing quite well. We had
several female flowers that didn't fertilize but finally we got one
that flowered and is growing a small pumpkin now.

I know its very late in the season, but we have a little pumpkin
growing now on a vine that is growing up around a weeping pine tree.
I'm worried that when the pumpkin gets a little bigger the stress will
make it fall off or hurt it so it can't grow. Do you think it would
shock the plant if I cut some of the tentacles that are holding it to
the pine tree or should I just leave it alone?

Thanks for any feedback. Next year I'm starting our pumpkins in
April!

Steve