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Monday, October 16, 2006
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Tony Pumpkin
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Abbotsford BC
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Here is a pic of me starting to shovel out behind the patch--much to do in preparation for next year.
The larger one is standing on its stem end because that is the only way we could tip it to weigh it. As I said it hovered between 830-860 lbs--but to be certain I think I can justify the heavy one by naming it the 800 Dekleva UOW because I am pretty positive it hit the 800lb mark. The one beside it (the smaller one) taped out to 502 lbs--but I did not weigh it. It has a massive stem blowout--but is still solid as a rock because (the blowout did not extend into the cavity).
I did some searching around and I found a good quality crane scale I can rent for next year for as little as $50 a day in Langley. So next year, if I still can't get my pumpkin out of the yard I will easily build a tripod and weigh it with a crane scale (supposedly accurate to 1 lb).
Congrats to all the growers in the lower mainland especially Cam for that nice orange monster and Lawman for that impressive one e's got going over 550lbs.
I will be posting pictures of flesh thickness and of course rooftops at night of the carving to come in the next week or so when I harvest the seeds. It will be a busy fall preparing for next year!
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