A4A Giant Pumpkin Contest 2011

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pete JB

#60
October 13, 2011, 11:45:25
"It'll be over 100lbs or I'll eat my hat...."

Thats fighting talk Nigel !

Good luck, get some manure on the patch ASAP and you`ll reap the rewards next year.

Pete

pete JB

#60
October 13, 2011, 11:45:25

Nigel B

#61
October 13, 2011, 15:48:47
Ah!

I thought I'd be able to edit the pictures in.....

Never mind :)

Here it is with the world's biggest a mobile phone for reference...  :o Massive eh!  :P






"Carry on therefore with your good work.  Do not rest on your spades, except for those brief periods which are every gardeners privilege."

Grandma

#62
October 13, 2011, 15:57:46
Sorry, folks - no photo of my attempt with Pete's 749 seeds. It's gone away with my daughter for Halloween carving.

After a couple of gales shredded all the leaves the poor thing gave up the ghost. It wasn't a pretty sight - pale yellowish and a bit lumpy - but a personal best for me at 79lb.

Thanks for the seeds, Pete! :) If I can save some seeds from mine I'll be going for the ton next year! ;D

pete JB

#63
October 13, 2011, 17:37:05
Hi Grandma. If you want some of this years seeds then you will be welcome once they are dried. The pumpkin is a nice orange colour too.

Final pic below.

Pete

http://www.flickr.com/photos/65218770@N06/6240680893/

Grandma

#64
October 13, 2011, 23:16:53
That's a handsome-looking pumpkin, Pete and surely a very good weight in a poor growing year?

If you have any seeds to spare later I'd love to have a couple to try next year, please! :)

ceres

#65
October 14, 2011, 01:31:56
There's some impressive pumpkins here and a bit of healthy competition for next year already.  Well done everyone!

Will the announcement be in traditional reverse order, with huge dramatic pauses in between each?  ;D

pete JB

#66
October 14, 2011, 10:02:50
Oh no. Please dont do it like the X Factor.

I couldnt bear it  ;)

Pete

Dandytown

#67
October 14, 2011, 10:20:23
Once I receive everyone's picture I'll do a results sheet  :)


Squash64

#68
October 14, 2011, 15:07:58
We had our site competition today - and I won!  It weighed 238lb 6oz.

Our scales didn't go to that weight so a chunk had to be cut out of it before it was weighed,

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It's all gone now, people took slices home and some of it is going to a Sikh temple.

Betty
Walsall Road Allotments
Birmingham



allotment website:-
www.growit.btck.co.uk

Steve.

#69
October 15, 2011, 13:13:14
Mine is still yet growing, with new healthy leaves growing...it's now at 109lb...still hoping (dreaming maybe) it will reach 150lb in the next 2 weeks.

Steve...:)
"The Nook"



Photo's copyright ©Steve Randles, however if you want one, please ask.

lisaparkin

#70
October 15, 2011, 20:25:43
Here are my pumpkins, not record breakers but, I am quite proud ;D.  The 2 largest both weighed 1 stone each.


100_0054 by lisaparkin36, on Flickr

Maybe I could win the smallest with this tiny little thing ;)


100_0070 by lisaparkin36, on Flickr

pumkinlover

#71
October 15, 2011, 20:34:11
Love the little baby ;D
and the big ones :D

Dandytown

#72
October 17, 2011, 10:26:05
A nice little pumpkin Lisa but not the worlds smallest.  Check out this link

http://www.avantnews.com/news/415108-south-carolina-pumpkin-farmer-grows-worlds-smallest-pumpkin

Dandytown

#73
October 17, 2011, 10:33:27
Having rechecked that link It might just be satire.  #

Not sure if it is true. On reading the account, it mentioned that  the nearby facility may have led to cross pollination/contamination leading to the mini pumpkin.  Eye witnesses reported that  3 arsed chickens were observed at the facility, presumably so that they would lay three eggs  ;D


pete JB

#74
October 17, 2011, 12:08:40
Quote from: Dandytown on October 17, 2011, 10:33:27
Having rechecked that link It might just be satire.  #

Not sure if it is true. On reading the account, it mentioned that  the nearby facility may have led to cross pollination/contamination leading to the mini pumpkin.  Eye witnesses reported that  3 arsed chickens were observed at the facility, presumably so that they would lay three eggs  ;D

Or produce 3 times the amount of manure !

Dandytown

#75
October 17, 2011, 17:03:33
Mine weighed in at 494 lbs which is 16% heavy.  I was hoping for 400lbs as I feared it would come in light due to the dips in it but look how thick it is.

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=172030

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=172031


pete JB

#76
October 18, 2011, 08:25:09
Great job !

Very impressed. Well done

Pete

Steve.

#77
October 18, 2011, 11:27:30
Very well done Dandy!! Shame it did not quite get to 500lb, but either way it's still an impressive beast!!

Steve...:)
"The Nook"



Photo's copyright ©Steve Randles, however if you want one, please ask.

Steve.

#78
October 18, 2011, 15:06:52
I've cut my Giant Pumpkin from the vine today as there is a frost forecast nationally in the next few days, it wouldn't be good to leave it a few more days and risk it turning to mush. This is how I got the Pumpkin from the Allotment back to home.



And a few shots of it on my patio.







It was a struggle but I managed to get it onto a set of bathroom scales where it weighed 8st 7lb 7 drams or 119lbs. I'll cover it up now to protect from frost and carve it for haloween, then put it in the front garden in a week or so time as a treat for the local "trick or treaters".

Anyone not able to see the photo's here, can see them on my blog too...http://steverandles.co.uk/alottment/

Steve...:)
"The Nook"



Photo's copyright ©Steve Randles, however if you want one, please ask.

lisaparkin

#79
October 18, 2011, 17:04:53
Very well done Dandy and Steve ;D
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