I love growing pumpkins, but every year end up a little disappointed in my harvest.
I can only seem to get one pumpkin per plant, is that normal? It always starts out with a few, but only one ever seems to make it to maturity. The rest end up getting mushy before they get very big, or don't start to fruit up until it's way too late in the season.
This year I've fertilized them every 2 weeks (with tomato-tone) and hand watered every single plant twice a week and I still didn't get a very big harvest. I've also noticed that commercial growers use overhead sprinklers on their fields, but it kills the vines when I've done that in the past.
How do you guys do it? Do you just have to plant a cussload, or what?