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Rhode Island

ITS SURE BEEN INTERESTING SO FAR THIS OFF SEASON ON BP.C
SOME HOT TOPICS AND SOME NOT SO HOT. HERE IS ABBY PAPPYS TAKE ON THINGS. WHATS YOURS?

WHERE IS THE HOBBY HEADED? ----- AS THE YEARS GO ON THE WEIGHTS AND GROWERS CONTINUE TO GET BETTER? ITS ONLY NATURAL THAT GROWERS WILL HAVE MORE AND BIGGER PUMPKINS TO COMPETE WITH AND WILL TRAVEL TO MANY WEIGH-OFFS.LEAVING SOME LOCAL GROWERS FARTHER BACK IN THE WEIGH-OFF PACK.ITS UP TO CLUBS TO FIND A WAY TO REWARD THEIR LOCAL GROWERS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME NOT CLOSING OUT THE COMPETITION TO BETTER GROWERS TRAVELING TO THEIR GPC SITE.

SELLING SEEDS FOR PROFIT ? ----- I PERSONALLY WOULD NOT JUST SELL MY SEEDS FOR THE SAKE OF IN POCKET MONEY. I WOULD HOWEVER DONATE SEEDS FIRST FOR CLUB AUCTIONS ,THEN CHARITY AUCTIONS AND LASTLY WILL ALWAYS RETURN GROWERS BUBBLE PACKS WHENEVER I HAVE THE SEEDS TO DO SO.

HIDING SEED COUNTS ? ----- NEVER HEARD OF IT AND DO NOT BELIEVE IT EXISTS. THE TOP GROWERS IN THE WORLD WILL SEND YOU A SEED OR TWO IF REQUESTED. MOST JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT YOUR PLANNING ON PLANTING IT, NOT COLLECTING FOR A LATER DATE.THATS JUST THE WAY MANY OF TODAYS TOP GROWERS SEE IT.
"IF YOU PLANT IT ? IT WILL COME". BESIDES SEEDS DO NO GOOD SITTING IN A OWNERS DRAWER NOW DO THEY?

WHATS YOUR BEEF? ASK ABBY PAPPY HERE.

11/19/2011 7:15:14 AM

Waquoit Mass

as you know pap things usually dont change for the better.but i do wish i could turn back time for one more tuesday nite dinner at johnny cashs house. the best of times hamr

11/19/2011 9:00:26 AM

virginia

Well said Pap. Thats true Dave if we could only turn time back 40 years ago. ,,,,,greg

11/19/2011 9:21:58 AM

Colorado

Dear Abby Pappy,

If I have a good seed count, and I'm able to donate seeds to club auctions, charity auctions, and even after filling bubbles I still have some seeds left, is it OK to donate seeds to an auction to raise funds for "UFC Cage Fight- Wiz vs. Biz at the Las Vegas GPC seminar"?

The CircusCircus wants to hold the fight on saturday night after the awards ceremony, but right now, they are a little short on cash.

11/19/2011 11:14:48 AM

Long Island,New York

well...im not one to argue but...(cough-cough)....perhaps its those 40 year ago values and good times and the people that were created by them that are in a large part responsible for the situations today?

11/19/2011 11:49:02 AM

Long Island,New York

I love winter.

11/19/2011 11:49:36 AM

Little-TON - Colorado

YO Pete....Nice!....Vegas OddZ...well...guess will juZt see once WE get down there...in February...at the CIRCUS CIRCUS... This will be a 3 ring event!

RumorZ haZ it..... and a few know.......A major force...iZ now behind the WiZ .... Come to VEGAZ..SInZ City....to Place your betZ....LadieZ and GentZ....

BiZ's fav... Texas Hold'em, 5 cardZ NO PeakZ...…., whilZt the Whiz plays 7 card StudZ, with a low whole card ...WiZards Wild…….

NO SecretZ....my diary...will be 'fuller' than ever......aZ The WiZ... GrowZ naked for 2012.

Now there'Z the BEEF PapZ!

See you in VegaZ

11/19/2011 11:50:20 AM

Portsmouth, RI

Abby Pappy,I have a beef! I'm totally upset that I can't grow a larger pumpkin than Ron, what can be done to help me correct this?? (LOL)
Bob

11/19/2011 1:15:13 PM

Alaska

Perhaps the older you get the more cynical you become. Or how about ignorance is bliss? When we are young we tend not to have a care in the world. All of life is ahead of us. So going back 40 years is just sticking your head in the sand, IMHO. It is what it is enjoy and make the most of it. Period!

11/19/2011 2:40:14 PM

Rhode Island

bob---thats my beef to. no matter how hard i try i cant seem to beat him either. lol

11/19/2011 3:18:17 PM

Rhode Island

dave ---you had the makings of a world class grower. to bad you gave up the hobby.say high to your wife and the kids for us.
pap

11/19/2011 3:22:05 PM

Waquoit Mass

im looking for a world class buck now lol

11/19/2011 5:17:37 PM

Cedar City, Ut

not 40 yrs back john boy maybe 25?!?!?!?!?

11/19/2011 11:41:26 PM

Oxfordshire/england

Hi Pap
I sent you a couple of emails because you gave me your email details from a post I made on the board and I was just checking you got it because you didn't get first one so I resent it. If not my email address is [email protected] I am a second year grower trying to get hold of a Wallace seed if you had any spare.
thanks
Steve (gingerchef)

11/20/2011 10:59:43 AM

Little-TON - Colorado

Dear Abby Pappy,

Here is my problem.
I spend most my time growing the RMGVG club, creating the newsletter, rallying the troopZ, a GPC steering club member and I am always typing on BP...... wanting to pay attention to my lovely wife.......Plus I got me a new job too.....SeemZ I am always spinning around trying to do something.....BUT I really want to also grow a new State record and get my name on that RMGVG trophy so I can keep it for one year, instead of always giving it to someone else....What should I do and
What seed would you recommend I grow to do this...??

Signed.... DIizZZY WiZzzzy in Littleton

11/20/2011 2:43:59 PM

North Smithfield, RI

The future is Franken pumpkins ! 30" long hoop houses and electrodes attached to the vine . micowave seeds in cloning machine 30 secs and super seed will have no disease problems !

11/20/2011 3:32:10 PM

Kentucky, U.S.A.

Here's my BEEF.....After a weak first year, I've got no one to blame for the short comings of my patch. Now that bites! It's not my lazy a.. fault! I worked hard to send out SASBE's for some great seeds, I sent in that soil sample (although I forgot to check the recommendation box), Only drowned a couple dozen seeds tring get those stupid things to germinate, accidentally planted a couple of them the wrong direction. They didn't like being dug up and turned around, but that wasn't my fault my A.D.D. was acting up! I don't think Mother Nature was fair to me, but next year I'll have the very best seeds you can get for free and Joe Van Biggrower will come hold my hand and I'll have a first place Giant Pumpkin for BFW!!
OH yeah, I got to bring that skunk cap back to BFW!!!
That's my BEEf and I'm sticking to it!
BSD, David

11/20/2011 4:47:48 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

Abby Pappy, any advice for BDS(LOL) (Big Show Dog)? It is correctly...BWF(Bear Wallow Farms)...not BFW!!! And we want him to grow a Slunger!!! Peace, Wayne
PS..it's a lil different at small weighoff's like BWF!!! We don't have a 40 or 25 year history, but have made advances at our lil weighoff...every year, since we started 5 years ago!!! More pkns & melons weighed this year than ever b/4!!! Thanks again!!!! Peace, Wayne

11/20/2011 11:30:39 PM

Minnesota

I want to use egg shells for calcium next year. If I clean the shells, lightly heat them in the oven, crush them tell there almost to a powder using a food processer or blender, then put them in the garden, won't the calcium be absorbed this year? because I read it will take a year for the shells to disolve and the plant to absorb it. I don't really want to buy a calcium product. Also, would old bananas (the kind saved for banana bread)brown black, be used for calcium? when they are old they fall apart real easy, so could you put them in a blender with water, mix, strain, pour mixture into garden?

11/20/2011 11:39:43 PM

Rhode Island

RB ----- YOU GONNA NEED A LOT OF BANANAS AND EGG SHELLS , THAT FUR SURE.IS IT TRUE BROWN EGG SHELLS ARE BETTER THAN WHITE? LOL

WIZ ----- BUILDING A CLUB,GROWING PUMPKINS,VOLUNTEERING FOR GPC STEERING ACTIVITIES, ALL TAKE A TOLL.EVENTUALLY THE CANDLE CAN BURN OUT IF YOUR NOT CAREFULL.YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB BUILDING THE COLORADO CLUB AND SITES. TAKE TIME TO SMELL THE ROSES.

BSD ----- THERE MAY BE NO HELP FOR YOU,LOL. SUGGEST YOU TAKE A DEEP BREATH, EXHALE, THEN GO ON TO GROW A KENTUCKY RECORD NEXT SEASON.

GINGER CHEF ----- ALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL. ILL SEND YOU AN EMAIL CAUSE I NEVER RECEIVED EITHER OF YOURS.

LIpumpkin ----- always look forward to your words of encouragement.your a classic.

11/21/2011 8:09:01 AM

Rhode Island

ginger chef --- your email address keeps getting kicked out.
soooooooooooooooo --- if you want some seeds send a self addressed, stamped, return bubble to me, we will take care of you on seeds.

pap wallace
860 plainfield pike
greene
rhode island
02827

11/21/2011 8:17:07 AM

Breslau, Ontario, Canada

Dear Abby Pappy,
What's a guy gotta do to get a foaming stump around here??
I've tried everything, 60lbs of Myco, lots of OM, I put as much stuff in the dirt as I can...still no foamers???
Please let me know! I am desperate. I think I need a foamer to know that I'm on track for a real big one.

Signed
Desperate for Mr. Foamy

11/21/2011 9:35:17 AM

Breslau, Ontario, Canada

Dear Abby Pappy,
what's a guy gotta do to get a foaming stump around here??
I've tried everything, 60lbs of Myco, lots of OM, I put as much stuff in the dirt as I can...still no foamers???
Please let me know! I think I need a few foamers to know that I'm on track for a real big one.

Signed
Desperate for Mr. Foamy

11/21/2011 9:40:29 AM

Oxfordshire/england

Thanks Pap
On its way to you across the pond. I have enclosed $5 to cover postage as they couldn't sort it from this end how much it would cost to get back so if you would mind putting postage on that would be great. If it is any more I will sort it with you. Don't know why email didn't work manybe its because it is a business email? Anyway sorted now. Thanks again.
Steve

11/21/2011 10:34:50 AM

Somers, CT

Dear Abby Pappy, Can you tell me why that Wisconsin Pumpkin was not filled with Cheese? I was really disappointed. Are any Wisconsin Pumpkins filled with cheese or is that just a myth? I would hate to stop searching if it is not a myth. Thanks, Rob

11/21/2011 12:13:27 PM

Layton, UT

Pap, who was the pollinator of Rons 1789 pumpkin, Lot 21 of the Connecticut Giant Squash & Pumpkin Growers - Night 1 sold it as the 1789 Wallace (1725 Harp X Sib.). The GPC auction lot 19 list the 1789 as the 1725 Harp X with the 1810 Stevens.
Thanks
Marco

11/21/2011 12:54:32 PM

Westford, MA

dear AP
How do feed my pumper milk if she's lactos intollerant??

(She's having trouble putting on weight)

11/21/2011 2:28:46 PM

Rhode Island

marco (polo?) lol ---- rons 1789 freak was pollinated with the 1810 stevens . we lost the 1810 plant fairly early on due to a soil problem. the pumpkin had a great shape and may work well anyways as a pollinator into rons 1725.
ps---my 1647 was a 1725 x 1725 sib. this may be where the confusion is.the pollon for my 1725 sib came from rons 1789 freak (1725).
klancy --- if she wont take the milk willingly? drill 1/16 inch hole in the stem, rig up an upside down bottle of milk with feeder tubing attached from bottle to hole in stem. then she has no choice.
rob --- no cheese in those wisconsin pumpkins that i know of but,ya never knows--lol---those guys are tricky out there.i think though they just pour cheeze wiz over the top of the soil before spring till.
john d--- your just not trying hard enough. id add even more chicken manure,cow manure,pig manure (all as fresh as possible of course )leaf compost,anything and everything. shes gotta blow sooner or later. -lol

11/21/2011 5:27:56 PM

Bristol,RI,USA.

Dear Abby Papy, seems like every time i break my personel record and pull closer to the world record, they up the bar. and is it true you are putting out a calender with you posing in the centerfold?

11/21/2011 6:32:05 PM

South Hero, VT

The rumor of Pap posing in an orange thong in the pumpkin patch has been around for at least a couple of years.

I think a signed photo could be auctioned off to benefit OAF, bids starting at $500.

11/21/2011 7:00:39 PM

Layton, UT

Pap, thanks for clearing up the pollinator on Rons 1789. Now I need to get one of your 1647 to cross with it! ;)

11/22/2011 12:04:50 AM

Rhode Island

guys--- if i posed as a centerfold or on a calander for that matter? id have to give um away.ps--id be happy to chuck you guys a full moon though --lol

11/22/2011 7:00:22 AM

Massachusetts

pap , do you know anybody who attends this church!lol.....
i think one of them looks like my dad!
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/editorspick_mobile/x1252551495/Framingham-church-seniors-pose-nude-in-2012-calendar?photo=1

11/22/2011 10:55:10 AM

Ct

pap
can you shoot me an email--I have a few questions on OAF
thanks
[email protected]

11/23/2011 6:02:21 AM

Eastern Washington State

Pap

11/23/2011 5:35:33 PM

Eastern Washington State

Ahh hit the wrong key.

Beef, it's what's for dinner. Except for tomorrow. Then it'll be turkey.

11/23/2011 5:37:49 PM

Sort of Sunny Sometimes, WA

Dear Abby Pappy,
The thing that I will be missing about this sport/hobby is the people. Even though I'm not growing anymore I'm still going to Vegas just to meet some of these quirky and not so quirky growers. Call me crazy, but I love the people more than my seeds.

11/24/2011 6:20:24 PM

Sort of Sunny Sometimes, WA

Sorry, forgot I was supposed to have a BEEF.

11/24/2011 6:21:30 PM

South Bloomfield, Ohio

You callin' me quirky Erin?

11/24/2011 6:50:35 PM

Waquoit Mass

that calendar would have to be a scratch and sniff WHATS THAT SMELL ROLL DOWN THE WINDOWS LOL

11/25/2011 12:53:59 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

Joe, if you ever have the opportunity to sit next to Erin!!!! Quirky, is a GOOD thing!!!! LOL Peace, Wayne Can't wait till Vegas!!!

11/26/2011 3:50:57 AM

Sort of Sunny Sometimes, WA

Nahhh. . . . not calling you quirky. . . Nevah!

11/27/2011 10:05:37 PM