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Waquoit Mass

with over 3 inches in some spots of ne is it over and any guesses on the biggest pumpkin in 09. isay 1300 at best hamr

7/24/2009 9:04:45 AM

Cincinnati, OH

It's never over 'til the fat pumpkin sings.....

7/24/2009 9:16:31 AM

Nova Scotia

mine looks like it's from Etheopeya

7/24/2009 9:20:53 AM

milford, CT,

It's been a tough 3 months in New England..I think 1000 lbers will be contenders. Of course there are always a few that somehow beet the odds and grow a monster even under these adverse conditions. Mark

7/24/2009 9:54:45 AM

[email protected]

Watch that quiet fellow in No Scituate.

7/24/2009 11:52:37 AM

Preston CT

I am on pace for 800lbs...I have got another 2 inches of rain last night. I had the sump pump going all night and still working this morning!

7/24/2009 12:31:31 PM

Johnston, R.I.

its never over

7/24/2009 1:37:08 PM

Pembroke, New Hampshire

Damn the rain...full steam ahead!
It's been tough, but there's still some summer left. Everyone up here is behind by weeks, but some huge specimens are still possible. It would be nice to see a dry and warm September...it could make the difference.

7/24/2009 2:50:15 PM

Connecticut, USA

In northern CT we got 2.5 inches of rain last night. I have already lost one of my two plants.

7/24/2009 3:44:06 PM

Upstate S.C.

This will be the season of the Southern Grower. Mark it down..

7/24/2009 5:44:20 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

You might be right Chris...Southern British Columbia or Washington State.....

7/24/2009 8:09:16 PM

So. Maine

Dave , I think your guess has one to many zeros ... AL

7/24/2009 11:47:15 PM

Midwest

Wait until October, you'll see East Coast growers pulling in with 1200, 1300, 1400, 1500 or higher. It's all in the soil and in the skills of them east coast growers. Doesn't matter the rain, clouds, bugs, cool Spring ya'll say, you know there's magic somewhere in the East. I'd say our legs been nearly pulled off by now.

7/25/2009 1:42:31 AM

Minnesota

Did'nt you notice, Dave's from the east.

7/25/2009 4:09:58 AM

Waquoit Mass

the jutras pumpkin was grown in the best growing season the northeast ever saw. weather matters bigtime.

7/25/2009 8:47:15 AM

ordinary,VA

mid 90's and mid 70's at night here all next week!!! oh yeah and a chance of thunderstorms everyday...but im in the Mid-Atlantic. we have had better weather than the N.E.with only two pumpkins ever grown over 1000.lbs here in the commonwealth we need all the help we can get :)

7/25/2009 12:36:48 PM

Rhode Island

my friend "the hammer " brings up a very good subject.
sore but good ---lol

definately speaking for ron and i only.
where we usually target 450 to 500 pounds by the end of july? this year our best pumpkins will be lucky to make 275. thats weight you will not make up i dont care how great august and september are. once weight and growth are lost they are lost.

the absolute best i would hope for is 250 by august 1st, 1050 to 1,100 estimate on tape september 1st and add 250 to 300 for sept 1st to october 7th and you get a guestimate of?
between 1,300 and 1,400

and thats all dependent on good weather the rest of the way out. if we dont get it? 1,200 will be more realistic.

i dont think im out on a limb when i say there will be no new world records outta rhode island this year.

hell in a fantastic year a new world record would be a monumental accomplishment.

pap

7/25/2009 2:42:22 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

Pap, you make me feel better then. Big Boy on the 1026 Young might get about there too. All that matters though is that she holds together and makes the scale with one more pound than my main competition... and over the state record would be awesome. :) Good luck on having Ma Nature cooperate for you. [new englander only by club affilation. If I COULD run a pipe your way with heat and sunshine I would]

7/25/2009 6:12:24 PM

Oklahoma State Record Holder

Okie don't count me out out yet. The 1081 is still growing and it if keeps going at the rate it is now, the SR will be mine. LOL

7/25/2009 9:08:05 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

I will keep telling you Pat, you're more than welcome to rent the state record until I get to the scale :)

Good luck.

7/25/2009 9:31:36 PM

ordinary,VA

lol @ Deb & Pat

7/25/2009 10:59:40 PM

As in most things, there are always a few who defy the odds.

7/27/2009 8:33:58 AM

Little-TON - Colorado

Weather haZ been really strange..2" rain in one hour at night again........we gotta a cold front settling in with Fall type temps this week.....30 in the mountains...ItZ still July....

BiZ haZ a good one on this year....GrowZem BIG

7/27/2009 9:31:09 AM

Waquoit Mass

you sandbaggin skipper

7/28/2009 1:48:44 PM