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1. 796.7 Lindell (1159 RIchards 07 x 1343.5 Lyons 08)-7% NEW FIN REC!
2. 633.7 Karvinen (771*Preis x self) +1% new pb
3. 483.8 Saarenmaa (462 Thomas x open) +8% new pb
4. 450.7 Ylhainen J. (1156 Hunt x 1248 Ford) +4% new pb
5. 392.3 Vuorisalo (954 VanHoutte 07 x open) +16% new pb
6. 253.5 Kaskihalme (188.5 Mantyniemi x open) -1% new pb
7. 212.7 Parviainen (653.5 Osmala08 x open) +15% new pb
8. 201.7 Kaarala (177 Mantyniemi x self) -3% new pb
9. 186.2 Rinne (905 Toftness x 958.5 Bowles) -5% new pb
10. 142.2 Mantyniemi (1226.5 Kline x open) +1%
11. 120.1 martikainen (__ de Swert x open) +14%

Squash
1. 171.9 Takkunen (661* Rivington x self) +3% NEW FIN REC!
2. 114.6 Kaskihalme (unknown) +11%
3. 108 Osmala (423 Rüegger x open) +3%
4. 34.2 Ylhainen E. (605* Huff x open) +- 0%

EXH
515.7 Lindell (1343.5 Lyons x 1159 Richards) -19%
265.6 Vuorisalo (176 Mantyniemi x open) -5%
158.7 Kaarala (1102 Pukos x 177 Mantyniemi) -3%
143.3 Rinne (877 Ghaye x 1030 Greene) +4%
137.8 Saarenmaa (__Mantyniemi x open) -2%
Squash 171.9 Takkunen (661 Rivington x self) -2%

Long Gourd
210cm/82.7" Osmala (unknown)FIN REC LG!!
207cm/81.5" Karvinen (85 Sullivan x open/only LG plant in greenhouse)

Giant English Marrow
1. 42 Lehtinen (82 Thomas x open)FIN REC MARROW!
2. 35.7 Karvinen (50.9 Wild x self)
3. 34 Saarenmaa (40.8 Rüegger x __)
4. 33.1 Saarenmaa (40.8 Rüegger x __)

Plus bunch of other giant veggies, will post results later.

9/28/2009 8:51:19 AM

seattle

Sorry to ask, but I will assume the units are Pounds vs KG.

9/28/2009 10:38:42 AM

Netherlands

They are pounds Duncan.

Congratulations all. Sorry to hear yours went light Kaarina. A lot of new PBs there.

Nice LGs too!

9/28/2009 11:23:33 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Yes, they are pounds, Kaarina translated them :)

9/28/2009 11:24:11 AM

Belgium Europe

Congrats all !

9/28/2009 3:10:12 PM

South Finland [email protected]

Paljon onnea kaikille kasvattajille minunkin puolesta!!!

Nice show, lot of new pb´s there. We are learning something. Well maybe not me;)

About 4000 visitors, way more than last year due to wide media coverage before weigh-off. All important medias was there so looking forward to see next years show!

450.7 Ylhainen and 392.3 Vuorisalo without greenhouse!

First weigh-off pics taken by my lilbro:

http://joonan.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Kurpitsan+kasvatuksen+SM-kisat+27.9.2009/

Damn that FIN rec squash from 661 Rivington looks nice!

Miika

9/28/2009 3:25:59 PM

Congrats to all, well done in extreme conditions.

9/28/2009 5:07:35 PM

Sweden

Congrats to all

9/28/2009 5:26:25 PM

[email protected]

Congrats to everyone.

9/28/2009 6:41:51 PM

ordinary,VA

Congrats to all the growers!!!!

9/28/2009 9:28:38 PM

Sparta, NC

Congrats everyone

9/28/2009 9:29:04 PM

Anchorage Alaska

Great job to all..congrats

9/28/2009 9:44:08 PM

South East

congrats!

9/28/2009 11:04:40 PM

South Finland

Other weighed / measured giants..

TOMATO:

1198g/2.6 Saarenmaa
952g/2.1 Saarenmaa
932g/2.1 Saarenmaa
698g/1.5 Rinne
626g/1.4 Rinne

GIANT ONION:

1180g/2.6 Rinne (from Kelsae seed) (weighed before)

SUNFLOWER:

HEIGHT:

436cm/171.7" Rinne (From Hellbock seed)

FLOWER:

43cm/16.9" Osmala
42cm/16.5" Osmala
33cm/13" Saarenmaa

TALL CORN:

HEIGHT:

390cm/153.5" Rinne (From Craven seed)

CARROT:

710g/1.6 Seija Ritola

WATERMELON:

4280g/9.4 Vuorisalo

HOT PEPPER:

LENGTH:

25cm/9.8" Mäntyniemi

KALE (Nero Di Toscana):

3930g/8.7 Saarenmaa

KALE (Brassica oleracea):

1950g/4.3 Saarenmaa

RUNNER BEAN:

31cm/12.2" Ylhäinen

This was first time ever in Finland that people had opportunity to get their other giant veggies to be weighed/measured officially in this kind of event. So these are basically "starting results" for upcoming year´s weigh offs;)

Thanks Miika for bringing this insane hobby to Finland!

9/29/2009 4:22:37 AM

South Finland

Check other earlier weighed/measured Giants from our own club site:

http://www.freewebs.com/egvga/worldrecords.htm

http://www.freewebs.com/egvga/countryrecords.htm

9/29/2009 4:25:30 AM

Austria

Congratulations all. Great results and more than 4000 visitors. Amazing.

Special congrats to Kaarina. I remember you and Miika had a special contest going on ....

9/29/2009 7:35:08 AM

Netherlands

I love the enthusiasm you Finnish (ladies...) have brought to this sport. I think we will be seeing even better results in the near future!

9/29/2009 12:42:48 PM

Glosta

Congrats to all. You all did so well, just think how much harder next year will be now.

9/30/2009 6:46:02 AM