RE: 1000 lbs this is why !!!!!
Hi Kevin Smith--you say CA had good AG weather last year.Well there is a
different way to check that out,by looking at how many in CA were added to
the top 10 last year.
Go to www.ipga.ws and check out CA.See 6 new 2001 pumpkins on the top 10
list.This says that against all past pumpkins in CA,2001 was a great
year.There are other factors involved,such as maturity of the area,ie.how
long in the game,but generally this indicator works.
Note WA and OR each had 6,also great years.
Better still was NH with 8.We know they are having an AG boom there.
On the other end NY-1,Ontario-2,MA-2 and NS-4.
It is only an indicator but I think it has meaning and as time goes on it
will give an even better indication if a state/province had a good year.--AE
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Sorry for being away for so long but I am working way too much on top of
college at night so please forgive me!! Here is why the CA State record WILL
fall this year. Last time we had an El Nino both CA State records were set
with a warm summer and steady supply of rain borrowed from the pacific north
west this is that one time every couple of years that we can pull out all
the
stops ant try to compete with the North. Gary Miller and Mike Brock proved
that the education is improved enough and the seeds are defiantly good
enough
that CA will break the 1000 LB mark. I will say 5 1000 LB pumpkins will be
weighed in on October 5th at Elk Grove and one 1000 LB squash (mine). The
education is out there if you filter out all the nonsense and with the size
of the bank accounts going into our soils the only thing holding us CA
growers back from 1000 lbs is the calendar. It is inevitable 991 is HUGE it
will also be HISTORY.... Five 1000 LB pumpkins ........ one from
Boonville.......one from Salinas.........One from Torrance.........One From
Napa............One from Elk Grove.........Squash....... yes,
Torrance......... These are my predictions for the OCTOBER 5th GPC Weigh
off. With a total of 8, 1000 LB pumpkins total in 2002...........sorry if I
didn't mention your CA City you will just have to prove me wrong my friends
!!!!!!!!! Lots of Love and Great luck to all of you this year, I just
thought
I would get all our blood pumping for 2002 !!!!!!!! Take care all and I am
looking foreword to seeing some of you at the Salinas Seminar and Canby
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kevin Smith
Pumpkin Pirate
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