well I slightly lifted the pumpkin below to place a board under it and pow the stem broke. I guess it was ready . I was hoping it would get a little bigger . It's a little lighter than a half barrel . I can't lift a Half barrel up onto my shoulder without help and I can't get this behemoth onto my shoulder . I need to find a scale that can deal with this . I'm pretty sure it's over 80 lbs since I can hoist the 80 lb bags of water softener salt easier than I can handle this. I've got two more still growing but I doubt I'll get to my 300 lb target for 1 pumpkin but I'll definitely have 300 lbs of pumpkins this year. I'm not touching the other two until the end of October ground boring insects be damned.
