RE: Giant pumpkins
...and she grows these giants because...??? The whole purpose behind
growing them is the competition and camaraderie...she has neither. It would
be better to grow multiple fruit on one plant for actual food production. I
find this whole thing a little hard to swallow. Then again, maybe the
aliens at Roswell have something to do with it so the government has put a
gag order on her.
-Gus
P.S. The government can hide all this stuff from the media, yet the
paparazzi can get a picture of any celebrity at any time...hmmmm.
-----Original Message-----
From: Toby [m*@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 2:13 PM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: RE: Giant pumpkins
"Some think it was all myth but I knew a farmer that used a syringe and
icebox and he grew 700 lb in the late 60s."
Howard Dill (a Canadian) set his first world record in 1979 with a
weight of 438.5 pounds.
On Bigpumpkins.com you will occasionally hear of a reclusive upstate New
York farmer named "Jill" who was growing 1000+ pound pumpkins in the
70s. Nobody knows much about her, except that she doesn't like
publicity, and does her very best to avoid attracting attention (sounds
just like an AG farmer, huh?). Very secretive, she is, and seems to
have figured out all our growing secrets 20 years ahead of everyone
else. It's rumored that she found it more and more difficult to hide
her giants, though, and moved to an undisclosed location where she is
now producing 2000+ pounders. All these years no one with a camera has
managed to spot Jill or her handiwork, as she has managed to conceal her
prize pumpkins from photographers throughout the decades, and first-hand
accounts are seldom reported, although they do surface every now and
then.
Of course, I don't know this first hand. I just read it somewhere. My
guess is that she's shacked up with a Sasquach somewhere on the Canadian
border. :-D
Toby
mr-sprout@sbcglobal.net
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Philip J. Vigna
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 3:38 PM
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Cc: pjs_uno@hotmail.com
Subject: Giant pumpkins
Hi from Victoria BC Canada. I'm new to actually trying to grow giant
pumpkin but new about them years ago when they used creamo to surrogate
them. Some think it was all myth but I knew a farmer that used a
swringe
and icebox and he grew 700 lb in the late 60s. But that's old stuff.
I tried finding a site to get information, get on a mailing list but
can't
seem to download it or something so am contacting you.
My giant pumpkin at home sorta peedered out...its only 43 inches in
circumference and now the stem is rotting. I guess anything could be
the
problem not enough good soil, no bugs are detected, anyways can I
salvage
the pumpkin as is? Make pumpkin pies from it? It hasn't turned orange
yet...if I can harvest it now, what do I have to do and how long before
it
is ready to cut apart. I have another pumpkin at work, i work at golf
course its not growing anymore either but stem is fine so far.
Thank you for you time and valuable information.
Philip
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