Re: AG's in local fairs
Hey Steve, this is my first year growing and I just lost my last pumpkin to
a stem split at about 380 lbs so my seasons over. If I had a local fair
before the split your damn right I would have brought it to that fair. If I
won first place, I'd take the prize money and any ribbons or trophy's they
thought fit to bestow...I worked real hard on those pumpkins. The seeds were
sent by some kindhearted people just because I asked, as can anybody. Just
because there might be a little kid with a small pumpkin doesn't make a
difference...they usually have an underage competition he can compete in. Are
you saying I should ask everyone else what size pumpkins they are entering
and their ages and if they're not even close I should just go home because
it's not fair? After all, these are contests right? The only "advantage" we
have over anyone else is our desire to grow large pumpkins, which leads us to
spend way too much time talking, thinking and dreaming pumpkins, spending way
too much money on soil tests and fertilizer, entirely too much time working
the patch, spraying bugs, pollinating and trimming vines not to mention the
hour or so each day I spend reading e-mail about pumpkins. I'd take my ribbon
and give that kid some seeds and a few helpful tips and hope he comes back
next year with a winner. I sure wouldn't waste anyone's time telling them how
wrong they were for entering a competition. After all the crap my wife put
up with, she would shoot me if I didn't enter..........Russ
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