Who would have thought that planting pumpkins would lead to this , but these pumpkin seeds I planted , sprouted over the weekend . The seed package said that the big and beefy vines that will crawl out of these seeds will be the source of pumpkins that will weigh in at between 300 and 500 pounds . These pumpkins will be encouraged to do what I am hoping to avoid . My wife innocently asked if the pumpkins would ruin the yard by having baby pumpkins all over the place .

Question: Why does n't the speaker want the pumpkins to become extremely large ?
Answer: He has no use for giant pumpkins and this was not his intention when he originally planted themPumpkins are notorious for using an inordinate amount of resources from the soil and starving the other plantsNone of the above choices .He is afraid of the large pumpkins because they may fall onto and crush the other vegetables in the garden