Pumpkin growing advice sought

[Somerset]

I grow really big pumpkin leaves and long, long stems - just nothing much in the way of pumpkins. Over the years I have tried various types - all trailing and all capable of growing pumpkins that should do well. Would you advise pinching out the growing tips once they have reached a certain length - or let them just romp around the veg patch? Should I bury the leaf nodes to encourage the development of more root points?

If a site with so many from the USA can't help - I'm going over to flowers!

 

[Edward]

Found this on a web site:

" too much nitrogen causes vines to produce leaves at the expense of flowers." Are you putting a lot of nitrogen fertilizer on them? If so, try cutting that out and putting organic matter to enrich the soil. Can you all get free soil testing there?

Growing Pumpkins - Bonnie Plants

 

[a mere housewife]

Maybe if you read to them . . .

(I still remember reading to our plants in elementary school

I would choose something like Cinderella, to encourage them to grow as big as possible, just in case.

 

[Somerset]

Maybe if you read to them . . .

(I still remember reading to our plants in elementary school

I would choose something like Cinderella, to encourage them to grow as big as possible, just in case.

Or "Great Expectations".