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Western NY

how does our chart compare with them?

8/31/2008 3:47:50 PM

Netherlands

I don't have any experience with that, but I doubt if it would work. The charts don't seem to work on marrows, that is for sure. If you mean halloween pumpkins like Howden and Connecticut, I have a whole batch I could try out.

Brad

9/1/2008 8:10:11 AM

Pocatello ([email protected])

For field pumpkins it's going to come down to individual varieties, and their wall thickness. There are more varieties in the field pumpkin space, and I can tell you that Howdens have a lot thicker, denser walls than say, "Jack-O'Lantern". Of course, neither of them are as thick as the AG, so I don't think our charts will work.

9/1/2008 11:16:29 AM

Utah

couldn't you just weigh it in the field with a bathroom scale?

9/1/2008 11:41:52 AM

Deer Park, WI

I grew an ~80lb howden a few years back and it taped damn near spot on.

9/1/2008 5:55:30 PM

Deer Park WA

Our biggest field pumpkin taped at 109 pounds by the OTT method... It split in half last night and when I weighed it it weighed 112.5# so the estimating chart is as Jose said "Spot on" for field pumpkins! Guess I should have backed off on the secrete tea juice with all this cold weather we have been having :(

~Gerry

9/3/2008 11:03:16 AM