Page 1 of 1
Pumpkin Growing - Bigger Prize Announced
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 3:16 pm
by OktoberFest
The Half Moon Bay Great Pumpkin Weigh-off announced they are increasing the grand prize from $5.00 to $6.00 each pound for 2009. Given what the big ones weigh that's about a $1,000 increase in the end.
Too bad my pumpkins are such puny things.
Re: Pumpkin Growing - Bigger Prize Announced
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 5:15 pm
by adrian
WOW we grew a 100 lb pumpkin last year!! that'd be like $600!! why can't i hear about stuff like this here?
Re: Pumpkin Growing - Bigger Prize Announced
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:06 am
by OktoberFest
That's great! When I take into consideration how much time the growers out into growing these pumpkins they deserve the money!
Re: Pumpkin Growing - Bigger Prize Announced
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:18 am
by adrian
yea pumpkins take time. we have over 10 acres of pumpkins on our farm in beulah alabama
i have all the pumpkins i could ever want. growing the big ones is technique really, that is if you want good shape and color. other than that, its just snapping off the vines of the surrounding pumpkins in certain places so that your soon to be prize pumpkin gets all the nutrients from its vine and the others
Re: Pumpkin Growing - Bigger Prize Announced
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:42 am
by OktoberFest
Last weekend the first pumpkin patches opened up and we picked up our first pumpkins of the season. I've got a few ideas for arving designs that would be nice, but nothing tha really "WOWs" me. Anyone have any fresh ideas? Any photos of pumpkins that you did in prior years I could use for inspiration?
By the way, most of the home magazines have their Halloween issues out. Sunset Magazine, for example has a few pages of ideas for your pumpkins.
Re: Pumpkin Growing - Bigger Prize Announced
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 4:14 pm
by spinergy2002
Was there any problem with pumpkin blight where you arew adrian? I heard real bad things up here in New York about growing problems this year., but it doesn't seem to be bringing up the price of them on the market.
Re: Pumpkin Growing - Bigger Prize Announced
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 4:19 pm
by adrian
not really. Pumpkins are extremely common down here. in matter of fact, half of my friends, as well as people i don't know (i'm sure of this) steal pumpkins from our patch every year and we barely notice lol
Re: Pumpkin Growing - Bigger Prize Announced
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:37 pm
by OktoberFest
What part of town are you from NY? And, did you know why was that bad things with growing pumpkins over there? I suggest you ask the farmer to find out.
spinergy2002 wrote:Was there any problem with pumpkin blight where you arew adrian? I heard real bad things up here in New York about growing problems this year., but it doesn't seem to be bringing up the price of them on the market.