the 1666 has a bit of a foaming stump a couple of days ago so iwent out about 3 feet and cut the vine and puuled it and the stump out it has a part of the vine about 5 feet back towards the stump from the pumpkin where the vine has got very round like a big knuckle i trimmed it up and covered it to keep dry but might have to cut most of main runner off if it deteriorates anyway it taped 306 inches on day 35