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This might sound kind of stupid, but what does heavy mean when refering to pumpkins? Example: 15% heavy

5/25/2008 12:16:56 AM

Coupeville WA

This means that the actual weight of the pumpkin was 15% more than the predicted weight of the OTT or circumfrence measurements.
For example, if you measure your pumpkin and the measurement shows that the pumpkin should weigh 1000#, but when the pumpkin was actually weighed it turned out to be 1150.
You would take the actual weight of the pumpkin and subtract the estimated weight- from the chart, which gives you 150#. Then divide this into the estimated weight to give you how much over/or under the chart weight.
1150-1000=150/1000=.15x100=15% over the chart.

Clear as mud!

5/25/2008 3:24:59 AM