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Mt Vernon Ky

Call in the dogs pee on thie fire Iam done

9/10/2012 6:19:32 PM

Annapolis Valley Nova Scotia

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9/10/2012 6:29:24 PM

formerly RGG

What happened neighbor ?

9/10/2012 6:52:23 PM

Mt Vernon Ky

Stem rot I think it went in the cavity

9/10/2012 7:14:53 PM

Maine

ouch. Our complete & utter sympathy to you....frustrating.

9/10/2012 7:18:05 PM

Mt Vernon Ky

It was taping Around 650 305 ott the cross is 1789 x 1404 Bryson

9/10/2012 7:20:42 PM

Maine

yeah...seems to be in the air today....why do we do this again??!!

9/10/2012 7:30:55 PM

morristown, Tn email [email protected]

because we love growing giant pumpkins you still coming to bear wallow farm pumpkinhead vic

9/10/2012 8:20:33 PM

Omaha, Ne.

so sad to see them go :(

9/10/2012 8:21:56 PM

formerly RGG

You have my sympathy Vic. I think we must be a bunch of masochists Anne. Mine hit 300" OTT today. With all the pumpkins going down around me, I am just keeping my fingers crossed. 26 more days until Allardt.

9/10/2012 8:23:09 PM

Torrance, Ca.

That hurt me and I'm 2000 miles away!!!!! :(

9/10/2012 8:26:31 PM

Maine

granddaughter's 285 OTT went down today...good luck on the 300~~!! Watch for a small pinhole in deep ridges...literally the size of a pinhead, but oh, so deep..I shall ever be a masochist, along with my granddaughter!!!

9/10/2012 8:35:54 PM

formerly RGG

I was just kidding Anne. Very few people actually enjoy pain & I am certainly not one of them nor did I suspect you were. lol But many of us growers get hurt again and again from the disappointment of losing big fruit. Heartbreak is a common thing in this hobby. We must try to not get discouraged.

9/10/2012 9:22:23 PM

Maine

I would rather think of us all as "competitive" rather than masochistic, myself!!! It's a fascinating sport/hobby, that changes every 24 hours and challenges us all...fun, fun, fun!
no offense whatsoever taken - have enjoyed this board for three years...all of you pro's have been more than patient with us newbies...and after 3 years, we still are! Good luck on yours!! Let us know....

9/10/2012 9:27:08 PM

formerly RGG

Thanks for the nice reply Anne. I am something of a newbie myself. This is the first big pumpkin I have grown in about 40 years. The last one I grew was in my dad's garden in the early 70's. He bought some seeds at a hardware store and asked me if I wanted to grow one of them. I grow a 197 pound pumpkin that year and it was the largest one they had seen at the Tennessee Valley Fair here in Knoxville. I have been growing Carolina Cross melons for the last 4 years and decided to try a pumpkin this year as something of a afterthought. Now I think I am hooked. lol You are certainly right about changes and challenges and keeping busy. And most of all - the fun, fun ,fun. I am sorry about your granddaughter's 285 OTT going down. But it will be a life lesson and she will come back stronger from it. :o)

9/10/2012 10:05:29 PM

Ashby, MA

My 1789 went down early this year due to split in a deep ridge. I'm wondering how common this was on the 1789.

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=187141

9/11/2012 9:00:50 AM