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Thursday, October 12, 2006
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Tony Pumpkin
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Abbotsford BC
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Here is a picture of the stump. I ended up pulling it and leaving about 10 feet of the main (and the other vine connected to the other pumpkin). The stump was loose, so I just uprooted it--I think it was pretty much toast anyway.
I will be weighing tomorrow--unofficially with three calibrated bathroom scales under a sheet of 3/4 inch plywood. Seems like the North Shore weigh-off is not happening this year, and the Nanaimo weigh-off is too far out to go--like I have money for the ferry ride. So it was the bathroom scale idea or nothing.
Anyway, I will place the scales on large concrete slabs and level them off (Ha! I sound like I know what I am doing, as if I have done this before--yeah right!). Anyway, as far as I can tell it should be pretty accurate because I tried the setup in my garage and it worked well with a variety of weights (it seemed to be + or - 5 lbs in terms of error). Stay tuned for really cool roof top pictures at night of the two pumpkins carved and lit in my back yard!
Next year will be different--no more messing about. . .I mean if I am going to grow a pumpkin I better get it out of the yard. I predict a 1000lb monster, and I will be prepared with ramps ahead of time to move it.
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