What pumpkin to take off or not

Have you only the one plant Jason?...... by the sounds of it you only have the one, which is a pity! perhaps you should take the gamble......good luck!

yes just the one thats the rule of the comp, should i leave it for now or will that stunt the growth?

I can understand only one entry....but surely you can grow more than one plant...or have I misunderstood...?
I'm no expert on pumpkin growing...but if it were me ...I would take the chance and give the one fruit the best chance I could......I'd wait until one of the veg experts comes along and see what they think....

i would take the gamble

Use lots of fertiliser!

I'd just leave the one fruit - otherwise the plant's energy is being divided three ways.

thanks for all the advice, ambealice yes it was only one plant per entrant so i have to go with what i got. i have used loads of fertilizer and its planted on a pit that has been rotting down all winter and am feeding with loads of comfrey and netle tea. but which do i cut off the first , second or third????? the 3rd looks best at the moment. is this normal.

Remove the 2 smallest - good luck with it! :-)

Thanks Sid
I have removed the smallest to leave 2 which are growing well, i noticed the one i have removed had rooted would this not feed both fruits??

The pumpkin - the actual fruit - had rooted??!! Not heard of that before - weird. I suppose it's possible for a stem that has touched the ground to form roots and, true enough, those roots would feed the plant. However, the food/nutrients in the soil surrounding the plant are finite and therefore the two sets of roots/plants would be in competition with one another. You've done the right thing.