Growing Pumpkin

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21 Mar 10 Nick (Australia - temperate climate)
I have planted 3 butternut pumpkin plants and they have all grown rambling vines about 3m long. Each has flowered and started to produce fruit but the now the leaves closest to where the plant comes out of the ground have all dried, died and fallen off the vines. This has left me with about 1m of dry woody stem and then 2m of plant with lush green leaves and small healthy looking fruit. This is the first time I've planted pumpkin so I don't know if this is normal behaviour for these plants or whether there is a problem with them. Any advice greatly appreciated.
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