Re: New on the scene Dohm 961

John great story!!!!! can't believe this was his first year and it didn't
make it to a weigh-off any where............................any  word on
the background of the seed...............brock

JOHN T. BARLOW wrote:

> I found this out so I thought I'd share.
>
> In October ('98) I was watching the news on WKBT Channel 8 out of La
> Crosse, WI. when a very quick segment on giant pumpkins passed by.  I
> missed the name so I contacted the television station and they gave me
> the name of Jerry Dohm out of Eau Claire, WI.
>
> I searched but found no email address but I did find a Gerald Dohm in
> the white pages.  I was able to get his address and I sent him a letter
> explaining my interest.  Tonight he called me on the phone and verified
> that it was him that was featured in the news.
>
> He told me that a nephew gave him some seeds to plant from his Peterson
> 261.  This was his first year so he plowed up a spot where he had been
> feeding round bales of hay for the past ten years to his thirty-some
> horses.
>
> He told me that they only got two respectable rains all summer so he had
> water somewhat continuously (at one time 7 days straight without turning
> off the sprinkler).  He used Miracle Grow about every 10 days, put tarps
> over the pumpkins which were on styrofoam but never used any chemicals
> other than a bleach solution that he applied only to the pumpkin itself.
>
> He grew three plants that produced a Dohm961 (I believe a new state
> record), a Dohm811 and two on a plant at 500 and 460 pounds.  He said he
> never knew of any contests until after he was on TV so you didn't see
> him at any.
>
> He told me that he weighed his pumpkins at Toys Scrap & Salvage in Eau
> Claire.  He said he would sell the seed at 3 for $10.  If you're
> interested you can call him at 715-833-1385.  The pumpkins supposedly
> ranged from a thickness of 13" to 7" and appeared long with medium
> height from what I remember from the news clip.
>
> The only way I found out about him was through that 20-30 second news
> clip.
>
> Good luck to all of you.  I've got to find a horse ranch.
>
> John "Cornhusk" Barlow
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