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Connecticut, USA

Check this site out: http://www.bigpumpkins.de

I stumbled across this today...

7/11/2002 1:40:01 PM

Garden State Pumpkins

How do you say YIKES in German! It is German ain't it Floh!

7/11/2002 1:46:50 PM

Choctaw, OK

thats interesting....they have a pic of the top three pumpkins at the circleview Ohio weighoff from last year on thier main page

case

7/11/2002 4:00:13 PM

Chester Co., PA

Looks interesting but I only understand the pictures. Help us Ingo.

7/11/2002 4:47:13 PM

Bridgewater, NJ

ok, im taking german in high school but i can pick up what they're basically saying. It says that its the online center for Europe's big Pumpkins growers (over 100kgs). i also found interesting that it mentioned that even though the hobby is done a lot in the US and Canada, it is/will be more popular in Europe. note that they said they "found" their information on the web from the US and Canada Sites. sounds like a little bit of copy, translate, edit some, paste, to me

7/11/2002 7:27:30 PM

Connecticut, USA

Google can translate the site. I read some of the translated text. Interesting to see how the rest of the world regards the hobby.

7/11/2002 7:47:59 PM

Bridgewater, NJ

oops..its amazing how not understanding one or two words can change the meaning of a whole sentence, googles translation seems to clear up a little

7/11/2002 9:07:10 PM

Knopp, Germany

they are trying their best to explain the ins and outs of AG growing in the states and Canada. I did find a contact email address and have just sent off a message asking if they have a weigh-off here in Germany that I could go to. Didn't expect that, would be really neat. of course there is that eternal optimism again, gotta grow a big honkin' one first!!!....LMAO...owen

7/12/2002 1:51:08 AM

Cologne / Germany

bigpumpkins.de is the site from Alex, a guy living a few miles away from me. He is a professional pumpkin grower with 250.000 plants (commercial sorts). It´s his first time growing AG´s this year. He has about 15 AG´s outside and around 10 inside his greenhouse. As you can imagine that´s a lot of work for him. Alex told me yesterday that he has the first fruits going and many others will be open pollinated due to this big amount of plants.
I helped him to install his webcam, you can see his outside patch with 6 plants running.
The descriptions on the site are background information about growing AG´s like here on BP. Alex was of course inspired by BP.com and launched his site in March. It´s still for insiders because the hobby is almost unknown over here. I will visit him this month and take some pictures.

7/12/2002 2:50:59 AM

Huerth (Cologne), Germay

hey floh.............
good explanations, i could not try better
thanks
Alex

7/12/2002 2:53:08 PM

canal winchester ohio

I feel kinda honored that they used one of my photos from my gallery for their website :)

7/12/2002 3:45:04 PM

Cologne / Germany

...maybe this year we can take some photos on our own..)
Hi Alex, nice to meet you back where it all comes from...guess Owen contacted you for a german weigh-off. We should think about that next time.
By the way - pumpkinmania has already reached our country. Saw a special pumpkin seed section in a big garden store today, 12 different sorts (Howard Dill among them), along with books and other stuff. A little late in the year, but early enough to prepare the 2003 season...

7/12/2002 4:36:06 PM

Knopp, Germany

i want to thank John D. for bringing the site to our attention. germanpumpkin for taking the time to help bring this sport to germany, and floh/huff for their input into the site. pumpkins made in germany (quality over quantity?)LOL let's grow em' BIG!

7/13/2002 1:23:21 AM

Huerth (Cologne), Germay

Paul,
I also used some of your and of Joe Kurilich´s AG seeds.
They all are growing very well.

7/13/2002 2:03:11 AM