They grow a very large pumpkin plant but terminate all other pumpkin buds/flowers. So you have a huge pumpkin plant within 100s of leaves all sending nutrients to one bud. Also, you’re correct, to maximize growth there can be no limiting factors so the plant has all the water and nutrients it needs in proper ratios.
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They grow a very large pumpkin plant but terminate all other pumpkin buds/flowers. So you have a huge pumpkin plant within 100s of leaves all sending nutrients to one bud. Also, you’re correct, to maximize growth there can be no limiting factors so the plant has all the water and nutrients it needs in proper ratios.