Re: regarding rules
- Subject: Re: regarding rules
- From: "jake van kooten" j*@cedar.alberni.net
- Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 18:20:23 -0700
- List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/pumpkins/> (Web Archive)
Kim, I sent that last e-mail before signing it. Good luck with your pumpkin.
Jake van Kooten
Port Alberni, B.C.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike & Kim Thomas" <ridlfarm@bigsky.net>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 9:59 PM
Subject: RE: regarding rules
> Of course, pending the pumpkin's survival until the 12th, we're thinking
of
> hauling it over to the Central Market Weigh Off in the Seattle area.
> 10 hr Drive, at least - ouch! And, on that note... this will be the first
> time transporting a pumpkin out of the county. I'll take any words of
wisdom
> from those who've done the distance before. I've heard about putting the
> vines in water jugs. Would it be of benefit to wrap the fruit in plastic
to
> withhold water? Or strap pillows around the perimeter? I wonder about how
to
> stabilize it against any rocking or bouncing in a truck with rough
> suspension.
> I'm open to any suggestions.
> Thanks folks.
> Kim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pumpkins@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On Behalf
> Of BChris1335@aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 5:35 AM
> To: pumpkins@hort.net
> Subject: Re: regarding rules
>
>
> It will count. I have to haul mine to Utah because there is not formal
> weighoff in Idaho. That is where the Idaho State record was weighed. Where
> are you going to take your pumpkin?
>
> Brian Christensen
> Rexburg, Idaho 83440
> personal best 847.5 lbs, 2001
>
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