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Knopp, Germany

I received an e-mail to fill out a pumpkin survey. I do not know or recognize the sender. Did anyone else get such an e-mail?

11/23/2008 3:18:11 AM

Carrollton, Ga.

I got it too Owen. I don't know them either.
Doug
Jn. 3:16

11/23/2008 4:06:57 AM

Ohio

yea me too, who is it?

11/23/2008 4:38:31 AM

Belgium

got it too

11/23/2008 4:59:57 AM

(rocky) Bonney Lake Wa.

me too

11/23/2008 5:38:27 AM

West By God Virginia

I got it and deleted it. If it's not someone I know most likely it will be trouble.

11/23/2008 6:14:56 AM

awwww crud and here I thought I was special,,,bust my bubble 1st thing in the morning

11/23/2008 6:27:37 AM

Minnesota

I went ahead and filled it out, now I'm thinking I should of just deleted it.

11/23/2008 6:57:20 AM

Cornwall UK.(50N 5W)300ft.

I just filled it out.
Didn't give it a second thought,they were the RIGHT questions to ask only someone genuine would ask those.

11/23/2008 7:17:45 AM

Rhode Island

it would have only been the polite thing to do to send a brief cover letter along with the survey. that way the person receiving the survey knows who is requesting it and leaves no questions.

11/23/2008 7:36:19 AM

Sheridan . NY

I also got one--i never have heard of jamie johnson---NOPE i didnt answer it --- trojan horses come in herds---craig

11/23/2008 7:51:05 AM

Cornwall UK.(50N 5W)300ft.

I never heard of him either but know him better every minute.

http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/News/General-News/Story~518192.aspx

Arvadaboy on BP by the looks of it.

Still can't see anything wrong here.

11/23/2008 8:08:03 AM

Brooklyn Corner, Nova Scotia

I didn't hesitate either. Received suspicious e-mails in the past but this one didn't raise any red flags. Pap is right, that a short preamble by the sender would have clarified things. Completed the survey two hours ago and sent it, computer is working fine.

11/23/2008 8:20:26 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

It's from a guy that runs a wedding webpage site????

I had my computer flake out when I tried to pull his website. If someone knows who he is.... that's different...

11/23/2008 8:24:37 AM

Williamsburg,KY

I got it also. I agree it should have had an short intro. Guess he got our emails from the diaries..Dont much care for that kind of way. Altho I do enjoy recieving emails from other growers, I wonder how long it took him to send emails to everyone? A message here asking for input would have been much more polite.

11/23/2008 9:13:43 AM

ordinary,VA

havent filled the survey out yet..

11/23/2008 9:48:54 AM

Colorado

Guys,

It's Jamie Johnson (arvadaboy). He's a new grower out here in Colorado, and he grew a really nice pumpkin this year. I'm sure he would appreciate it if you fill it out.

11/23/2008 9:49:23 AM

Midway, UT

Yes, it was me that sent out the survey. Sorry for any confusion. You forget that although you may browse and post on bp.com all the time that people might not know who you are by your real name. lol

The survey results will be used for informational purposes only. Your names, emails or specific answers will not be shared in the results. What will be shared back to those of you who take the survey is the culmative results of the survey (for example, 82% of growers with PB over 1,000 pounds used seaweed fertilizer).

If you would like to participate in the survey you can go to www.wedpagedesigns.com/pumpkinsurvey.html. Those who participate in the survey will get a survey results summary once it is tabluated. The main purpose of the survey is to gather and share information with growers about AG growing best practices.

11/23/2008 10:10:31 AM

Little-TON - Colorado

Its Jamie our RMGVG Rookie of the Year......You see...ItZ them Colorado Growers.....We never rest, we never stop growing bIG....we are alwayZ thinking.....PUMPKINS...we cant stop.....Joe doesnt stop....we dont stop......ItZ all part of CoJoes Off season training program......He works us NON stop ...FOr what we do today we shall do better tomorrow.......Thanks Jamie....GrowZem BIG....

And ThankZ goeZ to thoZe who help Jamie collect the information......He does a heck of a job with this....

11/23/2008 10:38:06 AM

Little-TON - Colorado

Accuracy counts here too, this info can put some great statistics and trends out there for all growers to interpret and peruse perhaps showing us new information in growing big Trend Analysis....ITZ good stuff

11/23/2008 10:41:54 AM

Cologne Brescia Italy

Arvadaboy, where you fond my e mail address???? only 3 people have it! the one I use in B.P. is not the same you have used for to send the survey to me, so I don't think you have found it in my diary????????
Was impossible you know it!
Anyway no problem, just for to know the story!
I will fill it out anyway

11/23/2008 11:20:14 AM

Long Island,New York

Have you ever been to his website Sergio?

11/23/2008 12:08:44 PM

Midway, UT

Most all of the email addresses came off the public email addresses on bp.com. Not all of them were off the diaries, but sometimes off of message board posts. Some of the emails came from interactions with different growers and emails that they shared with me. My intent with the survey would be to send it out each fall to see what trends develop over time. No intention of spamming anyone or sharing the email list with anyone. What I hope has is that we get some good qualitative and quantitative data developed that can be shared with the group.

11/23/2008 12:12:06 PM

Cologne Brescia Italy

I'm never been in his site, Pap, Pete Glassier, Joe Jutras, and Bill Rodonis are the only people that have this e mail address , all other people use my in B.P. diary
Anyway OK !

11/23/2008 2:35:44 PM

Riverton, WY

I'm confident everything is on the up & up with Jamie's survey. We've emailed back & forth a few times and I met him at the RMGVG weighoff in Littleton.

I say fill out the survey. Some good questions which could reveal some interesting conclusions if lots of people with varied levels of pumpkin growing success participate. I filled it out on his website and prefer that to the email version.

11/23/2008 4:40:00 PM

Ohio

Jamie just told me the lucky 50th person that takes the survey wins a 1068 Wallace!!,,,,right Jamie?,lol

11/23/2008 5:35:20 PM

Coventry R.I.

Got one here also.

11/23/2008 6:44:01 PM

Ontario, Canada.

Oh well then Brooks I filled it out. I'm #50 SORRY YOU WERE #49...

Russ

11/23/2008 7:03:50 PM

Midway, UT

I would like to thank Brooks for donating that 1068. A real charitable act! lol

11/23/2008 7:13:37 PM

Paradise Mountain, New York

I got one also, I just figured it was someone looking for some honest information to help his/herself and would reply back to anyone who filled the information out. so being a nice guy i filled it all out with honest answers. Glad to help you out Jamie

11/23/2008 8:09:10 PM

San Jose [email protected]

Arvada- the second to last "box" to fill in is not a box, you might want to fix this.

11/23/2008 8:15:51 PM

Ohio

lol Jamie!!

11/23/2008 8:27:36 PM

[email protected]

Got it too. I noticed the same thing as Gary, there is a box in there you can't answer the question near the end of the survey. I did answer it figuring it was someone from here.

11/23/2008 8:55:30 PM

Topsfield, Ma.

Jamie doesn't have "name recognition" yet in the Heavy Hitter category, but watch out...he'll be there soon! He made the trip to Topsfield this season from Colorado for the weigh-off...pretty inspired I'd say! Scuze me now...I got a survey to fill out...:-)

11/23/2008 9:00:40 PM

Reed Point Montana

i got one but it was glitched up and wouldnt let me fill in my answers so i just deleted it

11/23/2008 11:37:28 PM

Riverton, WY

For those of you who deleted the email and would still like to fill out the survey, below is the web page for the survey. All the answer boxes work properly on the website, at least they did for me.

http://www.wedpagedesigns.com/pumpkinsurvey.html

11/24/2008 7:47:53 AM

North of FRANCE

Thanks Ron , i have just finished the answers !!!
Let see what happen with all the Growers..... See you soon

11/24/2008 8:35:18 AM

Little-TON - Colorado

Great Job Jamie..!

11/24/2008 9:06:09 AM

Midway, UT

After doing some further testing it looks like a couple of email software readers are having some trouble with display of one of the form elements. Ron is correct that if you go to the webpage version the form should work properly. http://www.wedpagedesigns.com/pumpkinsurvey.html

Thanks to everyone taking the time to fill it out! Lots of submissions so far. The more data we can collect the better the results will be. At this point I'm planning on keeping the form open for entries until December 4th. At that point I'll start the process of tabulating the data and expect to send out the results to everyone who participated before December 21st.

11/24/2008 9:28:11 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

I did fill it out after you answered my email about who were you, and I fudged filling with the box or so that wouldn't display.

Next year when we've all forgotten everything about it, add a paragraph or two of who you are (unless you grew yourself into an orange jacket :) ) so we know you're one of us. What threw me was the wedding webpage site as link to/email addy.

Be interesting to know what you get for answers.

11/24/2008 9:36:19 AM

Pembroke, New Hampshire

I filled it out, but a few of the selection boxes wouldn't select when clicked on. I agree, a response box was missing. When I clicked "submit", nothing happened, so I don't know if my responses were sent. It would be nice to have a confirmation e-mail reply that the questionaire was recieved.
Still, a good idea.

11/24/2008 6:13:04 PM