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Excel speadsheet

Now that the season has started in North America it is time to think about record keeping. For those of you new to this list/pumpkin growing Paul and I want to remind you that this list has resources other than those provided by Duncan's classic mail list. We try to complement Duncan, as does www.BigPumpkins.com with their Grower's Diary.  
 
For example, go our files section: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GiantPumpkins/files/ and you can download George Brooks' excellent Excel spreadsheet for tracking your progress. There also exists an excellent modification of George's sheet by Gordon Tanner that converts OTT to weights that has disappeared for reasons unknown.  Perhaps Gordon will post his sheet to the files section. 
 
BTW, if any of you have pictures of your seed starting setup and/or seedlings please post them, again in the files section. This is a time that the newbies need the most help so share, share, share.
 
On a personal note, my Bobier 1025 UOW and Hester 807.5 are the leaders of the pack. Both were up in less than a week and both are starting to set their first true leaves today. I plan to post a picture of these beauties later today.
 
Lastly, I have to vote that Waterman's seeds have been as good as any I have grown. My 819 EXH both were grown and polinated from seeds from Ray. Remember "as good as any" also means I don't expect 100% germination.
 
 
Mike
 
 
PS - The answer to my question of some days ago as to "What was the weight of the Francis Kohn, Jr pumpkin that caused Ray Waterman to start the 'Collins Pumpkin Festival'?" is that it weighed......................(drum role)......................109 lbs.
The 1982 winner tipped the scales at...........251 pounds. In 1983 the big Festival question was "Will the 500 pound barrier finally be broken?"
BOY have we come a long way!!!!!!!
 
 
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