RE: southern pumpkins

Mike Nepereny here. Been growing AGs for two years. I live about 40
miles east of Atlanta. Best my first year was 310. My best that made it
to a weigh-off in 97 was 340 although i had one closer to 400 that
rotted in September. Have big plans for 98 and some new techniques to
try. I have high hopes in growing a much bigger specimen. 

Also grew an 85 pound watermelon with some Carolina Cross seeds my first
time out. I'll be trying again this year but with a private (and
superior)  strain of seed.

I am also trying to set up an Atlanta weigh-off site with another
organization.

Mike





> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Mills, Joe [SMTP:MillsJ@doaks.org]
> Sent:	Wednesday, January 07, 1998 3:19 PM
> To:	'PUMPKINS@MALLORN.COM'
> Subject:	southern pumpkins
> 
> I am interested in eventually consolidating the southern pumpkin
> grower
> into an association modeled after the New England Pumpkin Growers
> Association. It will be a slow ride but I think the first step is to
> see
> what southern growers are out there on the list so I am asking for
> your
> assistance. I would like any southern pumpkin grower ( VA, WV,
> Wash.DC,
> NC,SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, TN, KY, ) or devotee on the list to give me the
> following information. I would like your name, state and city, how
> long
> you have had this interest, your largest pumpkin ( if you have have
> grown one ) and where and when it was weighed off. Please no messages
> at
> this time. I feel that we need to regionalize competition if our sport
> is going to spread across the country. I am going to propose this to
> the
> GPC board. It would not involve prize monies but simply bragging
> rights
> for your region. It could be done next year with a simple juggling of
> statistics. Let us start the ball, or should I say pumpkin, rolling
> here. 
> 
>                              Southern Pumpkin Growers Association
>                                    
>                                    Where the Growing gets Tough
>                                       and the Tough get Growing
> 
> Joe Mills
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