Lost two big pumpkins in 11 days. This hobby can be rough on a person. I can not imagine the emotions involved with loosing a record size pumpkin. The lose of FRIEDA at 1200lbs and still packing on 26-30 lbs a day, has sucked some of the wind out of my sails. Time to collect my thoughts and start planning for next year. POST PUMPKIN DEPRESSION is real. It is much easier to handle when they make it to the scale. Well I guess I will just concentrate on carving these beasts this year.