2006 Pumpkin Competition Chat

[Heldi]

Wow Simon! Must remember a tape measure next time I go to the lotty.

Double wow..day glo pink hands!

Triple wow...I have almost the same tattoo on my right cheek,without the snake tho.  :o  ;D

[Heldi]

[Curryandchips]

I have almost the same tattoo on my right cheek,

Any chance of a photo, or are we not talking faces here ...  ;)

[Heldi]

You'll have to wait for the swimming costume section to see it  :P  :D

[Travman]

The progress so far .


The pumpkin with the kids is longer then it is round .The circumference around the largest way is 81"  or 64" across the middle.

[Leonnie]

Are those all your pumpkins!? :o wow, they look fantastic, I only have one big pumpkin and it looks like a baby by comparison ;D

[Simon05]

fantastic pumpkins, I thought mine was big,  measured today 64 inch girth

[TheGrowingFamily]

WOW  :o Travman.

My jack o lantern look like babies compared to them.

Just out of interest what type are you growing?
Might have a go at them next year!

TGF  :D

[mc55]

flippin 'eck - they're fantastic, well done

[busy_lizzie]

My biggest pumpkin last  week, though it has grown a bit more since then. I know I have no chance when I look at others particularly Travman, but it is a bit of fun and they are so great to grow! :D busy_lizzie

[Mrs Ava]

I am really impressed.  Was wondering, would I be able to use my grey/blue pumpkins (whose name escapes me) as I don't have any traditional ones to enter the comps??

[Leonnie]

Any pumpkin can be entered EJ :) Those pictures are all very impressive, much better than my attempt :)

[Curryandchips]

Ditto here, mine are tiny, not even worth posting actually ...

[Leonnie]

But you could post a photo of them in the pumpkin gallery, the non-competition thread. :)

[Curryandchips]

I will need to check the macro facility on my camera then ...  ;D

[Leonnie]

 ;D ;D ;D they can't be that small surely!

[lorna]

Leonnie. My first efforts of growing pumpkins are pathetic but it has been fun, I have got squashes bigger than the TWO pumpkins. As soon as John downloads my pics for me I will post them just for a laugh. Will get better seeds next year ;D
Lorna.

[Leonnie]

hehe, I keep telling myself the next year will be better and bigger...but they only seem to get smaller each year ::) ;D

[Grandma]

Nearly a month since anyone said anything! Am I the first to admit defeat?
My ugly pumpkin was cut and weighed yesterday. 62 lb.  (8lb less than last  year.) I blame the drought/hose pipe ban. But it's gone away to make a pretty good Hallowe'en lantern. Does anyone else have anything to say?

[saddad]

OH went down and cut ours Monday and put them in the Poly, she almost couldn't move the largest but I doubt it is that heavy Grandma...
;D

[Doris_Pinks]

Between fixing up the "old" new to us house, I raced to the plot and harvested my squashes, well chuffed with the results, maybe I should just let them get on with it by themselves every year! ;D

My one and only Pumpkin won't be a record breaker,( It had a brush with the councilmans strimmer early on in it's life  >:( ) but nearly broke my back getting it in the car (never a bloke on the site when you need one! ;) ) and is still there on the backseat, taking trips around the town, I haven't got the energy to hoick it out yet! ;D Thinking maybe it should be wearing a seatbelt incase of a sudden stop! ;D ;D
Will try and take piccies when I can find a space that isn't covered in tools, wallpaper paste, paint etc!  DP