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Sask, Canada

Well I figure since my earlier request for a 582 Hester seed went un-answered the chances of getting one are low so I'll settle for 40 yrds of good NH. soil. (lol)

TTYL
Ernie
Giant Veggies

9/9/2003 10:18:24 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

I say we do a patch exchange. They come to our houses and grow, and we go to theirs. I am sure they would still beat us by 500lbs. Shannon

9/10/2003 12:34:28 AM

Caceres, mid west of Spain

Hey Ernie, you are joking, but next summer I am going to travel to NH to take a bug of earth back with me and spread it in my patch as it were from Galadriel's box.

Carlos

9/10/2003 1:22:27 AM

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I would more like to know the exact solar cycle, atmospheric pressure, average temperature & humidity, etc...

A few printed soil tests would be nice too.

I'm not knocking their technical ability. But something about the environment the pumpkins grow in there is "special" as well.

Steve

9/10/2003 5:53:27 AM

Garden State Pumpkins

That New Hampshire "Posse" is just darn good! Unbeleivable consistentcy every year someone got one! This certainly wasn't a premium year for the North east and yet they manage to pull these outta their hats...My hats off to the Posse.

Chuck

9/10/2003 6:38:09 AM

Monrovia,CA

OK. What are the real estate prices like in New Hampshire?

9/10/2003 11:03:01 AM

Rhode Island

real estate in north boston is very expensive LOL

9/10/2003 8:31:23 PM

Oz

i belive becides talent,and soil,,
it is the ten degree swing factor
,,day/night..that gets bigger pumpkins.
not to mention the cool canadian air beats back the mildew.

after seeing a tennessee super grub(twice the size of norm)
i know deep in my soul that its the frost/s also.

9/10/2003 8:42:16 PM

Oz

giant pumpkin soil in a bag!!
you know,,,40lb bags ship real well...
shipped only after frost of course.!!
soil that has been pumpkin tested!
big nh pumpkin pic on the bag,,,,,,,,
id invest in that!!!

ill even truck some around!!!lol easy travel!
any sellers? any orders?

potting soil is $1 avg retail,,,,,
mg soil is $8
pumpkin soil $10?

9/10/2003 9:09:15 PM

Caceres, mid west of Spain

I believe those NH growers are a great team that pushes anyone of them further. Is great to share techniques and secrets and help your friend at anytime. And I'll say one shocking thing: Mother soil is not very important, nor solar cycle, temps either. Why could I say so heretic affirmation? Look to Europe, and from were come the two heaviest pumpkins weighed so far here: one from the very south and one from the real north, and I am sure that the patch soils of Estocolm and Caceres don't look the same.

Yes I know we are not talking on such an extreme weigh, but to me the main reasons of that incredible growing success of Mr. Whittier are two: the seed and the grower. Some heavy hitter told me that she heard that a breeder expert said that among the 500 seeds of a pumpkin could be 25 with the greatest potential. And in the other hand, among the growers, there are some few (unfortunately for my patch I am not one of them) that can't take some sleep if just two little weeds still growing under their pumpkin leaves.

Carlos

9/11/2003 1:49:27 AM