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Little-TON - Colorado

Looking for local growers who are interested in promoting our sport during the up and coming State Fair in Pueblo CO last part of August.....

I was contacted by the Colorado Dept of Agriculture who want to feature our extreme growing......

Should be fairly easily to talk pumpkins to the 400,000 Folks who might walk by about growing BIG......

We are to have a booth with some Giant Vegetables on display....or some that were growing to that potential....

Looking for local growers who would like to help, and also any ideas from folks on this site on displays and ideas on how best to represent our sport to the public.....Giving away seeds, advertising the up and coming weigh off events, Pictures, posters, even needing some GPC advice...Sounds like a fun time.....

Please post your ideas here or contact me......I need your help!

If you are Growing Outside....then you are Growing Inside....

WiZ

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6/16/2009 9:03:43 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

More info on the wheres and whens and will there be a weighoff??? please...

6/16/2009 9:58:03 AM

Falls City, NE

hey wiz this sounds great. Maybe Don langevin and /or pap would offer some books for you to sell to potenial new growers.

6/16/2009 9:59:23 AM

Little-TON - Colorado

This is the kind of ideas we are looking for.....ideas to help promote the growing sport....

No weigh off at the Fair...but letting them know those start in 30 days.....itZ gonna be hard to cut one off for the fair but from what I gather this is kinda of the same for other fairs too....IZ it not?

Not just pumpkins either...giant Pear gourds, sunflowers, all types of giant vegetables....a start to something BIG.....

6/16/2009 10:48:49 AM

Jericho Vermont

The Vermont growers did a booth at our fair last year. The fair does have a weigh off so folks are used to seeing the giants each year. We staffed the booth on the two weekends the fair was open and 3 out of 5 nights. It was a lot of fun and we got a ton of inquiries about the hobby. We also sold a few packets of seeds and memberships. Here is a link to the booth...... http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=94599

John

6/16/2009 1:03:06 PM

Murfreesboro, TN, USA

Another idea, if you have access to Electricity is to have one of the many videos playing on a TV. This would attract people. Even a video of nothing but weigh offs results.

6/16/2009 1:26:56 PM

Colorado

The only way to get people excited is to show them a huge pumpkin. So figure out which one of Biz's pumpkins is growing at a record pace, cut it off the vine, and take it down to Pueblo. People will be excited!

6/16/2009 2:36:22 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

Thats the problem Pete...BiZ doesnt have anything growing at a record pace....guess I just take his rat.

6/16/2009 4:17:47 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Might try this if you're REALLY desperate...

http://www.brandsonsale.com/ca-005979.html

I am really trying here to get act together too for same sort of thing, county fair to get interest, then our weighoff the next month....

6/16/2009 7:52:06 PM

Boulder County Colorado USA planet Earth

wiz I talked to em last yr and gave em the clubs and yor contactg info. i enter the fair and show stuff.

I used to know a few of the organizers but havent kept in contact with em much anymore. and dont know any of the new ones.

I did win biggest squash at the state fair last yr. yep its true.

6/17/2009 2:39:44 PM

Boulder County Colorado USA planet Earth

I dont know if i will have anything worthy f showing this yr. but i am hoping to go down to Peublo and compete like last yr.

I won 5 first place ribbons. yaaaaaaaaa

Parking down there sucks and would have to be addressed early on. maybe wiz has a baby he can take to the colorado state fair.

6/17/2009 2:41:41 PM