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Pulaski Tn [email protected]

i wonder how much monetary value a world record pumpkin is worth? i remember seeing one time a 10k cash prize was awarded to somebody, by the time you sell the seeds (dont read this poppy) and endorse some fertilizer what would be the grand total??

5/23/2002 5:44:33 PM

Liverpool , England

Yo Blackcloud,
I'll let you know come October.


Alun

5/23/2002 7:38:58 PM

Sorry Blk Cloud - to late - seen it. BUT EACH TO THEIR OWN only wish this hobby would reward you with the BIG Moneary gains you seem to expect. Grow a big one & maybe you will have fun doing it. Surprise hey ! Bill

Havn't got time anymore, growing season is on.

5/23/2002 8:49:17 PM

canal winchester ohio

Blkcloud, I don't know about monitary value but the looks on my boys faces when they "ride" that big one to the show in the back of the truck is priceless. The money comes & goes ( you probably won't even remember what you bought with it) but those times with my boys at the weighoffs are priceless. I know it won't rank up there with drinking with the neighbor while the wife mows the lawn,cutting off your finger or pulling a turtle out from under a bank by it's ass ( I thought I was the only one that was dumb enough to do that). But it's fun for me & the money means nothing. I can't miss what I don't have.......
Ok,,,,enough of my rants, I'll go back in my shell...
....Paul

5/23/2002 9:26:01 PM

Spanish Ontario

You guy's down their in the U.S.of A just wait for good old
mudflaps biggie. I'll come down their and bring back all
that U.S money to good old Spanish Ontario
Have yourself;s a great year BEST OF LUCK

5/23/2002 10:30:25 PM

CT

since no one else gave you a number I will...I would guess 25-50K maybe.

5/23/2002 10:36:25 PM

You wish: Desnowskeer: You must be going to Ray Waterman's on a good year, remember, no seed, so you get the prize only. Read & head Blkcloud. I'd take that, it's better than the returnes I recieve now. Which amount to bragging rights only & 3 cents on every US envelope that encludes a buck for return postage. Hey I'm making big money, you would be better off going back to your swamp & losing fingers if you think this hobby is going to pay. Dream On. Although you don't believe it, I admire your way of life, beaver is good & I might make that trip just to see if you are real. Bill

5/23/2002 11:20:18 PM

Farmington, Utah

Bills right. The most money I ever got was $500 for a state record. Didn't cover my expenses for growing giant pumpkins. The most I ever got out of growing pumpkins was watching my kids win first place for a state record squash and my 9 year old son getting a cool pair of sun glasses. I could never get any amount of money that would top my kids elation for their accomplishment. This is a fun and rewarding family hobby. Rewarding, not being monetary.

5/23/2002 11:37:53 PM

Deer Park WA

Hi gang, I had to add my few cents here, My girlfriend and I spend more in municipal water, and Walmart fertilizer than we have ever won on prizes. Hell I spend more money starting seeds, and giving them away than I have ever won... The point is, I try to involve as many folks as possible in the game as I can. Pumpkins make folks smile.
Let's try to give away as many seeds as possible and try to make the world a beerier place.

5/24/2002 1:05:37 AM

Puyallup, WA

Well....one thing is for sure...I haven't seen any World Champions responding to this post!

5/24/2002 1:25:23 AM

Pulaski Tn [email protected]

WHOA, WHOA, (THATS THE FIRST THING GEORGE WASHINGTON SAID WHEN HE RODE UP TO HIS TROOPS!!) Y'ALL GOT ME ALL WRONG HERE, I KNOW FOR A FACT I WILL NEVER GROW A WORLD RECORD CAUSE I DONE READ IN HOW TO GROW WORLD CLASS GIANT PUMPKINS THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GROW ONE HERE BECAUSE OF THE LENGHT OF DAYLIGHT, ALL YA'LL UP THERE IN THE PUMPKIN BELT, NOW THATS WHERE THE MONEY IS..BESIDES MY WEIGH OFF ONLY PAYS $10 FOR FIRST AND $5 FOR SECOND.. I DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT WHEN I'M IN MY PATCH LOOKING AT MY PUMPKINS, DRINKING A COLD BEER, I GET SOMEKINDA WEIRD EUPHORIC HIGH,ITS JUST SOMETHING ABOUT A PUMPKIN THAT CRANKS MY TRACTOR, I CAN WALK RIGHT PAST A PATCH OF SWEET CORN,A ROW OF MATERS,AND EVEN A BIG OLE RIPE WATERMELON JUST TO LOOK AT A PUMPKIN. HEY PAUL, I BOUGHT A SHOTGUN ONE YEAR, AND STILL GOT IT,28 GAUGE REM. 1100. AND POPPY WHAT DO YOU MEAN just to see if you are real?? (BTW I WAS JUST JOSHIN YOU ABOUT BIDDING ON THEM SEEDS ON EBAY, I GET A BIGGER THRILL TRYING TO GROW ONE FROM A NO NAME SEED THAT SOME BIG BLOWN OUT OF THE WATER BLA BLA BLA SEED!!)

5/24/2002 8:34:18 AM

Webster, NY

I tend to agree with blkcloud, There is something about a pumpkin patch. Maybe it goes back to Linus and Charlie Brown finding the most sincere patch. I really don't know, but I enjoy it.

5/24/2002 11:02:23 AM

Greencastle, PA

blkcloud,
I believe the 990 Bax was sold for 10k in 1994.
Tom

5/25/2002 1:01:45 AM

Pulaski Tn [email protected]

i just read in the bible #2 that 50k was give as a prize a few years ago..

5/26/2002 10:05:15 PM

western Kentucky

i won a buck fifty once....

5/27/2002 2:39:56 AM

Spanish Ontario

BLKCLOUD i won a quart last year but my boss didn't pay up
i quess he was p--- off i will fix his patch this year
Roundup work's great

6/15/2002 6:48:20 PM

Spanish Ontario

BLKCLOUD i won a quart last year but my boss didn't pay up
i quess he was p--- off i will fix his patch this year
Roundup work's great

6/15/2002 6:48:22 PM