RE: 62 to 75 square feet per pumpkin; area limits size uniformity?

Vince, thanks for your weight conversions and encouragement; the numbers are
slightly less than the chart in Book II. I don't know if I'm more frightened
of growing just one plant and having something go wrong like disease,
critters, etc, OR growing something that I'll have to buy a tarp & many
cases of beer for helpers to get it out of the yard. I'm slightly
handicapped and even have trouble getting any of this year's pumpkins out of
the yard, let alone a single big one next year. And let me say thanks to Ray
Waterman for offering help with my groundhog too. Ray, I may need your help
next year.

I've been selling much of my heirloom tomatoes the last couple months to a
local guy who made it big with a 4-star restaurant. He came over & bought
the 247, 276 & 105. I kept the one off Cliff's seed with "Zunino blood" for
myself & will grow it next year. Chef Andy is gonna carve the pumpkins &
said they may appear on the Fox Network during the pregame show or the
Bills-Redskins game, maybe coming back from commercials; the guy is the
"official" chef for the Buffalo Bills and has done many of the Super Bowls.
Sunday they are having a party for Darryl Talley, a former Bill, and another
former Bill, Bruce Smith, will be in town for the Bills-Redskins game. Smith
& Talley are best buddies, Talley will become the 20th honoree on the Bills
Wall of Fame at Ralph Wilson Stadium Sunday and Bruce has a chance to set
the sack record during the game; think he needs 2 to pass Reggie White as
the all-time sack leader. Talley never missed a game during his 12-year
career with the Bills and last November he was announced as one of the
nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. If I remember what Andy said,
one will look like Talley's jersey with name & #56, another will have the
Fox logo or something to do with Fox, as they will be broadcasting the game,
4:15 Eastern Time. Don't know about the 3rd pumpkin. I know for some reason
the game was pushed back from 1pm to 4:15pm EDT, I think to accommodate Fox.
I still have to hook up with him tomorrow to get some seeds.

While this year wasn't a personal best year for me, it was for total weight.
And if any of the above media stuff comes to "fruition" or if anybody at the
party comments about the pumpkins, then this year will be
rewarding/successful after all.

Thanks.

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of
vince
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 10:27 PM
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Subject: Re: 62 to 75 square feet per pumpkin; area limits size uniformity?


Ok, here are the estimated weights:

Pumpkin A:  227" OTT - 247 lbs.
Pumpkin B:  236" OTT - 276 lbs.
Pumpkin C:  231" OTT - 260 lbs.
Pumpkin D:  167" OTT - 105 lbs.

So that's 888 pounds of pumpkin from 300 square feet of soil and three
plants. Not bad. Not bad....

I think you could have grown an 800+ pounder by growing one well-cared-for
plant in the same area.

vince

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