Hi Kevin,.
Yes, this has definitely to do with the flower. So far, my large mother tuber well before the daughter tuber has driven out. This year it has flourished but for the first time and then about a month it took to make a new Blatttrieb again. It has also quite slowly developed, while at the daughter tuber already well the new offshoot from the pots the mother has had only just your hand. My second major tuber, which also had a thick bloom in the spring, is still with the sprout busy (but hopefully soon finished...). That gives me even a little bit worried because the plants then only approx. have 4 to 8 weeks to get weight properly.
P.S.: Did a beautiful squash;-)
@ Tony, Erwin and Stefan: I think that this has to do something with the dehydration of the tubers. Especially the smaller tubers can lose my experience resulting from incorrect storage very quickly too much water and visibly damaged. This leads then logically slower emergence, smaller leaves, or even death during the sprouting. It also often happens me that too dry tubers to the pot up get half way faulen and then still have a little sheet (and put in most of the time even on weight).
Not only small, warm stored tubers are affected, by drying out with me but also larger and even cooled. It is mostly dependent on factors such as air movement or position of the tubers - a below this tuber dries naturally slower than one that is located in the box at the top, and a zugiger basement could be more problematic than a poorly ventilated window sill. Also it is possible that the tubers have damage or simply not properly mature, since they are also faster thong.
MfG Philipp