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Re: It's the giant pumpkin Charlie Brown!

Bev wrote:
> 
> Okay - here's a good laugh for you all. I've been reading for a couple
> of weeks now about measuring your pumpkin. I couldn't figure out how
> these people could lift this giant pumpkin to get the tape around it to
> measure it! I pondered this. Went out & looked at my pumpkin & scratched
> my head. Well tonight I took my measuring tape & went to check on my
> pumpkin. I stared at it for a moment & started to chuckle. Daaaaaaa!
> Measure around the pumpkin the other way - horizontal. Geezeeee. Guess I
> was trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill. So anyway my pumpkin
> is 56" around.  I pollinated it on July 9. So how am I doing? I've
> noticed an ant or 2 strolling around my prize possession & am worrying.
> Is Dursban granuals okay to sprinkle around it? I'm spraying religiously
> with Seven & Daconil (which I know won't kill ants) - it's getting about
> the time when the powdery mildew hits too. My giant sunflowers are
> extremely tall & starting to bloom. Guess I'd better get the ladder out
> to measure them tomorrow.
> 
> Anyway - thanks to you all for getting me this far:-)
> 
> Bev from N.C.

I think I still have instruction on mearsuring your pumpkin to get the
weight.
http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/weight.html

OR use the CGI program. Follow the instructions on the above url and
type in the number here.
http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/duncan.cgi

-- 
Duncan McAlpine, Federal Way, WA   m*@eskimo.com
Why buy plants when you can grow them yourself.....?
http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/
http://www.eskimo.com/~mcalpin/pumkin.html
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