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North Ga

If ya'll don't mind, I am curious as to what your personal bests are. Thanks.
Mine is 537 I grew in '02. This year was my 3rd year growing.

12/14/2003 4:52:21 PM

Stouffville

Official:
660.5 squash '97
651.2 pumpkin '94

Unofficial:
832 pumpkin '93 (dill ring split)

Been growing on and off since 1992

Mike

12/14/2003 5:02:24 PM

Montoursville, PA

My 710 uow is indeed my best but I guess I can't really claim it because it went kaput on Aug. 10. Can't bring myself to claim a looser that would not hold up for the hooting and hollering on Oct. 4th. 410, on a split stem, weighed then is my quiet claim to fame....first year grower.

12/14/2003 5:04:21 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

577.5 first year grower. Put myself in a tough spot to try and beat that...but try I will.

12/14/2003 5:15:53 PM

[email protected]

This was our first year with AG's. Here at home I succeeded in blowing up every fruit save one that I pollinated Aug. 19th. It never saw a scale but taped at 170 lbs & was still growing well on a secondary on Halloween when it "got the knife".

194 was the official weight at my son's school with ZERO pesticides on a July 10th set. Powdery Mildew & Cucumber Beetles got every single leaf long before Sept 1st or they might have done very well. My records indicate it stopped growing around Aug 17th.

We WON'T be wasting time growing these monsters organically next year. Try as I might, there is no way to keep insects & disease at bay in a typical coastal CT summer without the use of chemical pesticides. Period! There will be a pile of paperwork to fill out & send to facutly & parents. But I have the support of the school's administration so....

We did manage a 180 lb Prizewinner 3 years ago which was probably our PB until this year. That was actually a greater accomplishment overall considering the genetics.

Years ago we had a huge one on the farm. Big Max maybe? But it never saw a scale either. I can't even find a photograph of it any more. I couldn't even wager a guess as to the weight but it may be my real PB. It did take several guys to move it. And boy were they mad! LOL Mom made them help me.

Steve

12/14/2003 5:22:31 PM

Indiana

515, 2nd year

12/14/2003 5:27:39 PM

Spanish Ontario

982.4placed 1st at port elgin ont had had 1265 split on stem end uow was verified at domtar paper mill scales 2 nd year grower

12/14/2003 5:32:48 PM

Norton, MA

370.6, no pesticides, 1st year.

12/14/2003 5:32:59 PM

Nova Scotia

900lbs

12/14/2003 5:36:37 PM

Western NY

917 last year

12/14/2003 5:41:04 PM

Indiana

463# First year, cant wait till next year!! Ive learned a bunch from all of you!! Cant wait to put it to use.
Steve

12/14/2003 5:42:53 PM

Kenyon, Mn.

375, completely organic, disaster next three years, two year hiatus, renewed hope, ready to grow!!!

12/14/2003 5:48:27 PM

Topsfield, Ma.

783lbs this year with 4 years of "practice"

12/14/2003 5:57:33 PM

No Place Special

614 lbs this year, was my second year growing AG'S.

12/14/2003 6:00:01 PM

604.5 in 03, my first year

12/14/2003 6:05:45 PM

Mastic Beach, New York

560 lbs this year,3rd year growing the giants,before growing giants ,i grew burpee prizewinners the biggest was 159.5lbs with 4 others on the plant that weigh in 110-124lbs each

12/14/2003 6:06:13 PM

Bristol, ME ([email protected])

906.2 Lbs...2nd largest ever in Maine, 18th in New England in 2003, 2nd year growing.

12/14/2003 6:14:13 PM

Choctaw, OK

830 2003...growing since i was 12.

12/14/2003 6:31:13 PM

Johnston, R.I.

337 2003 first year

12/14/2003 6:46:58 PM

Geneseo, NY

543lbs. 2002

12/14/2003 6:56:46 PM

Waterbury Vermont

300-400 pounds estimated

12/14/2003 7:01:32 PM

Cameron,ontario Team Lunatic

747.2lbs, 5 years growing, but wait until next year!!!

12/14/2003 7:12:29 PM

Webster, NY

4 years, 412 pounds. I keep hoping for something bigger. Maybe this will be my year!!!!

12/14/2003 7:33:28 PM

Liverpool , England

743

12/14/2003 7:42:58 PM

Il

569 2003 First Year

12/14/2003 7:52:40 PM

Greene County, Pa.

413 Est. first year

Buddy

12/14/2003 8:09:37 PM

Midwest

Clarence-1049 2002..Zach-767.5 squash 2002

12/14/2003 8:13:20 PM

berkshire M.A.

1027 2003 third year growing

12/14/2003 8:23:11 PM

North Mississippi

344 second year growing

12/14/2003 8:31:36 PM

Pa

618# in 2001 (fourth year).

12/14/2003 8:37:31 PM

Carrollton, Ga.

698, fifth year, 1st Cor. 3:17

12/14/2003 8:39:18 PM

Omaha, NE (N41-15-42 )

213 2003 first year growing (dumped a 40lb bag of topsoil on top of clay and planted there)

12/14/2003 8:48:32 PM

State Of Jefferson

407 second year growing, but started from scratch this year buy tilling up the front yard, so first year soil, grew organic, fed it just compost tea, and water, very happy for first year soil

12/14/2003 8:48:55 PM

Key West, FL

880 with a hole in the bottom.

12/14/2003 9:09:21 PM

South Hill, Virginia

637 in 2002. This was my third year and a complete wash.

12/14/2003 9:11:58 PM

[email protected]

615 UOW and 558.5 Official

12/14/2003 9:24:04 PM

Indiana

21 lbs officially, 19.5 unofficially. 4th year grower.

Tom Beachy

12/14/2003 9:58:01 PM

Woodburn, Indiana

814

12/14/2003 10:06:12 PM

Menomonie, WI ([email protected])

620 3rd year grower. 2004 is going to be my year.

12/14/2003 10:09:32 PM

Deer Park WA

Personal Best= Loving wife, 5 great kids, 1 grandchild!

12/14/2003 10:10:12 PM

huntsburg,ohio

1370 pumpkin
1367.5 squash

12/14/2003 10:20:49 PM

weighed a 412 lost one 500 est to rot. on same plant First year. Next year:
Better seed
Better soil
Better germination
Better pruning
Better weeding
Better Weather?
Better Luck?
Bait

12/14/2003 10:31:02 PM

Sequim, WA

8th season, new PB's this year 715 pumpkin, 576 squash. 1st season in new patch.

12/14/2003 10:44:44 PM

Amherst, WI

778 lbs.

12/14/2003 10:48:30 PM

Applegate, Oregon

1st season in 03: 870 uow, 805 uow, 443.

12/14/2003 11:39:10 PM

So. Maine

978.6 lbs. Maine State Record 2003 Wait til next year ! Al

12/15/2003 12:30:44 AM

Knopp, Germany

642

12/15/2003 1:10:33 AM

Itzetown City

321,5 lbs 2d year.
But they said, "All good things are three"

12/15/2003 3:11:35 AM

Atlanta, Georgia

595 EST....but it looked like 1000.
'Been growing poorly for 3 consecutive years now.
Maybe next year I'll make more mistakes and grow
a big 'un.

12/15/2003 3:22:19 AM

877.8 last season which was my second year growing..and took 20th place at Topsfield Fair..what a riot.

12/15/2003 4:33:20 AM

Paradise Mountain, New York

822.4 First year 2002. 698.5 Second year 2003. I hope we have much better weather in 2004.

12/15/2003 6:31:00 AM

Brillion Wisconsin

755 lbs. developed a hole in mid September. Two years doing this insane sport but I love it.

12/15/2003 8:39:04 AM

ipswich, ma usa

572.8

12/15/2003 8:52:16 AM

Deer Park, WI

1056 3rd year. still cant believe it.

12/15/2003 9:22:20 AM

South Hill, Virginia

Hey PumpkinKid, get back to us when you grow something big;)

12/15/2003 9:39:15 AM

Utah

520 lb in 2000

12/15/2003 10:36:02 AM

Indiana

Tom LOL
Steve

12/15/2003 10:47:13 AM

Wood River, Nebraska

608 and a 538, both harvested September 06 for an early event.

12/15/2003 11:15:53 AM

I'm with Gordon... GO UTES!

This thread brings to mind something I was going to
propose to the group... we all think of ways to evaluate
seeds. Which are really the great ones? Well, we can all
list the great seeds, and I'm not disputing that they're
great, but how much of that greatness is a result of the
fact that if someone grows one great pumpkin from it,
every top grower will put that seed on their list, it gets
widely planted, and to some respect the seed is "made
great"...?

One way, (certainly not the only way) to look at this might
be, "what seed grew your personal best"? I think I'll start
a new thread on this...

Regards, Cliff

12/15/2003 11:34:21 AM

Wroclaw, Poland (51 N, 17 E)

154 lbs in 2003 - first year growing

12/15/2003 12:13:10 PM

Caceres, mid west of Spain

1036, which is, if I am not wrong, the current outside USA-Canada record. Lucky first year warm country grower
(Sometimes you like to give flowers to yourself. LOL)

12/15/2003 12:40:49 PM

Central Connecticut

300lb ---2002

12/15/2003 12:47:23 PM

Honesdale, Pennsylvania

797 pounds in 2001 on the 1048 Cox

12/15/2003 1:12:29 PM

Streator ,Illinois

933 lbs. exh. 2003
652.5 offical 2003

12/15/2003 5:04:17 PM

Ankeny, Iowa

My personal best for squash is 200 pounds in 2002 and my personal best for pumpkin is 65 pounds in 2003. I hope that changes next year.

12/15/2003 7:21:17 PM

Connecticut, USA

840 in 2002 (wicked-wide-wilma)

12/15/2003 8:22:58 PM

Leicester, NY

1096.8 in 2000

12/15/2003 10:05:49 PM

Chester Co., PA

590 lbs. in 2003

12/16/2003 1:25:52 PM

wilmington,ma.

566 lbs in 2003

12/16/2003 3:09:30 PM

Saegertown Pa.

1157 LBS 2003 from a 845 Bobier

12/16/2003 5:17:26 PM

Riverton, WY

648 in 02

12/16/2003 9:52:33 PM

Southern Sweden

1000 lbs uow in 2003

12/17/2003 4:40:52 PM

Central Mi

766lbs my fourth year gowing.

12/19/2003 4:43:32 PM

San Luis Obispo Ca

First year, 236LBS.

12/21/2003 5:54:22 PM

Phoenix Az

First year,174 ponds

12/22/2003 3:11:40 PM

Cornelius, Oregon

1104.5 pumpkin
895 true squash

12/23/2003 3:13:45 PM

Edmonton, Canada

3rd year. 320 pounds

12/29/2003 1:18:54 PM