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colorado

I was wondering if anyone knew the Al Eaton growth formula that helps to estimate what a fruit will be at the end of the season. Thanks, Steve

7/23/2003 10:03:44 AM

Nova Scotia

i'd like to know as well. as a side note i think someone did it for me and came up with 740. so steveman it can be off.

7/23/2003 10:52:11 AM

derry n.h u.s.a.

Steve im not positive,but you take the average daily weight gain divide it by 2 or cut it in half and multiply it by the # of days you have left till the weighoff and add that number to the existing weight.This works best after a pumpkin has reached it peak growth for the year.
Example:
45 days left to the weighoff.......the pumpkin is 500lb now.......average weight gain is 22 lb a night.......11x45=495....so 495 added to the weight as it stands now..500+495=995.This formula works great and is pretty darn close.Hope this helped.John

7/23/2003 10:57:20 AM

colorado

Thanks John!!!!!!!

7/23/2003 11:13:30 AM

Choctaw, OK

I usually multiply by the number of growing days left as fruit dont grow all the way up untill weighoff here in WI. So, i choose sept 15th-20th as the last growing day which is usually about right considering our fall weather.

Casey

7/23/2003 11:46:52 AM

Nova Scotia

thanks as well.

now if i calculate my pumpkin befor the trouble started it should have went 952lbs est. and since mine went 12% heaveir than charts it would have possibly weighed 1066lbs lol what could have been.

7/23/2003 12:19:56 PM

Knopp, Germany

nice post, thanks for the info

7/23/2003 12:33:47 PM

Montoursville, PA

Speculation, proper management and prayer plus luck, good and bad certainly, makes this a sport of undeniable proportions.

Why I already have myself convinced my baby looks like the next pumpkin champion of the world. Fun 'aint it?

7/23/2003 1:55:01 PM

Spanish Ontario

LOL DOC don,t forget your canadian grower,s

7/24/2003 7:59:18 PM

Puyallup, WA

Do you folk realize just how many pumpkins "go down" the week before the weigh-off?

7/24/2003 9:39:46 PM

Joliet, IL

stan is the man with the voodoo plan...pumpkin envy?

7/25/2003 12:19:14 AM