Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: mumofstig on April 20, 2014, 21:49
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The winner will grow the biggest pumpkin rather than the heaviest.
There will also be a poll at the end for the prettiest pumpkin
There is no prize just a note under your username to say you won :nowink:
The rules.....
Newbies can register but must have 50 posts before end of competition.
Names have to be registered by 30th June to count...make sure your name appears on the list below.
Please show the measurement, with photo to prove it, by 31st October, when competition will end.
Pumpkins being grown for Exhibition Showing* cannot be entered.
Anyone who disagrees with Moderators will be disqualified
Please post on this thread only to register or comment on your progress, waffle will be deleted ;)
*This does not include a small local allotment show.
Good luck everybody!
So who wants to play............
Me!
Dmg
DD.
RJR_38
jmc1949
surbie100
snowdrops
bravemurphy
vanessa.xx
bezzer29 (needs 50 posts)
New shoot
Anna83
VegGirl7
gremilin
pigguns
AnneB
MrDog
LeeR
elsiepumpkin
Totty
rubberfrog
Flowertot
barley
mjpalin
Squibbs
Marie105 (needs 50 posts)
Nobbie
Sunshineband
safetrade
fatbelly
allotment-shed (needs 50 posts)
meterman
Bay Laurel (needs 50 posts)
casper
boddy
Hayleynotts
Limey153 (needs 50 posts)
maddave (needs 50 posts)
Tracybutton (needs 50 posts)
Polly nator
White wolf
edit to remove people who didn't make enough posts :(
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Go on then in for a penny....
Dmg
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If he's having a penny, I'll have tuppence! (and fail again!).
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I'll enter for prettiest (not growing large varieties)
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Enter me please.
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I'll have a go at growing a pretty pumpkin please.
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Me please, best look in the box.
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Yes please I love growing pumpkins.
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Me please
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8) will have a go grown a few last one i did a few years a go my grand daughter sat on one i grew .well now i got two better make this on bigger ,any way its for fun thats why we garden . and if we lucky eat what we grow bonus !!
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Me too please :)
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Me too please!!
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can I play too please? :)
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I'm in.
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oh yessss :)
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Pretty entry I think for me. No room at the inn for giants!
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Me too please, although I'm unlikely to be growing anything big
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Rude not to, especially as sowed my seed on Friday :)
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I'd like to have a go too please!
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I'll have a go then :)
Totty
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Must you?
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::) :lol:
I think past winners should be excluded - seems fair :tongue2:
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I'll only enter for the prettiest, that seems fair? :)
How did the AG seeds germinate DD?
Totty
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:lol: :lol: :lol:
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How did the AG seeds germinate DD?
Totty
Been in 9 days, hoping they'll soon be through. The cucumbers and courgettes sown at the same time are through, butternut squash also taking their usual time.
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It would rude not too. Yes Please.
RF :)
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How did the AG seeds germinate DD?
Totty
Been in 9 days, hoping they'll soon be through. The cucumbers and courgettes sown at the same time are through, butternut squash also taking their usual time.
Since we spoke this morning, they have started to poke through!
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Good good. Sowed some a little earlier, the same time as some monster seed from the USA, the saved seed germinated quicker and is really vigorous, the imported seed has been useless. Of three seeds, two failed to produce a growing tip, and the one left is very small and puny.
I just hope last years AG seeds didn't cross with a courgette, or squash! Be nice to see the saved seed get the win again though, so it's up to you select few. ( you know who you are!) ;)
Totty
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Count me in please MoS! I always think ALL of my pumpkins are pretty ::) :D
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never grown one before - got seeds from kids Halloween pumpkins last year so go on then I'll try beginners luck if you'll have me :D
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I'd like to play too. Suspect it will have to be for prettiest rather than largest.
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You may be pleased to know, Totty, that both of yours are now well up. The ones from T & M (admittedly last year's seed) are a no-show.
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That is good to know. I've got three and they are growing rapidly now. I hope they do as well for you as the Kent blues and salmon crowns are for me. ;)
Totty
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Can you add me to the list please? I've had rubbish pumpkins the last couple of years - but hopefully this year will be better!
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Can I join please
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Just sown my seeds, so please add me to the list :)
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Please can I join? I am not growing any massive sorts this year, but what I have sown are all up, so ..... let's give it a go :D
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can you sign me up aswell please :)
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I've sown my Charmant & mammoth today ;)
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Okay.......I'm in.
Edited 24th May.
I have sowed 5 Pumpkin seeds & only 1 has germinated, would like to have 2 or 3 plants to select from for putting into the ground but looks like all my Eggs (Pumpkins) will be in 1 basket.
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Think I might have to resow some of mine... They're looking a bit dodgy :(
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mine are planted in and small flowers forming :ohmy: sounds like I maybe a bit premature :wacko:
as I said never done pumpkin's before :nowink: planted it in the compost heap as there's no space free for it ::)
oh well see how it goes ( crossing all fingers !!!)
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Count me in please!
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just put mine out so lets give it ago please
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pumkins poping through i like growing these they are fun to grow my kids liked to see them grow now my granddaughters do also you can eat them not just for carving
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Count me into this Pumpkin Competition too, I have three plants just through, this is old seed, therefore I was amazed they germinated at all. Never grown them before as I forgot about the packet, will treat them as I do Marrows, so will see of they survive. Bay laurel
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Get posting then, as you have to get up to 50 ;)
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Is it too late, if not please add me :)
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How are the ston easton special plants out there getting on.... ;)
Totty
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The ones in the school garden are very slow - same as all the other cucurbits :(
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do believe I have a baby pumpkin starting to grow :D
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Mine are really sulking :( I hope they pull through.
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Can I join in please? I had a lovely
Hundred weight pumpkin plant....until the slugs chewed through the stem! Good job I have a second plant
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Am only just thinking about getting mine in the ground!
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can I join? I have a few out in the allotment, only just got their true leave coming through though! Not grown a pumpkin since I was 10!
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Please enter me in :)
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I have sowed a few seeds from a shop bought pumpkin from last October. Only one has sprouted so far, so please add me if I can join!
Thanks.
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Well despite the blue pellets the slugs have ate my second and final hundred weight pumpkin. Will have to see what good old tom fox can produce.
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can I join? I have a few out in the allotment, only just got their true leave coming through though! Not grown a pumpkin since I was 10!
Same here. I see we are from the same neck of the woods and so probably don't stand a chance against the 'tropical' southern counties :D
I'm off to Google for some secret weapons !
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So it was going great - lush green leaves even a baby pumpkin forming , then it warms up to summer weather and suddenly it looks rather sickly ???
now the spaghetti marrow complete opposite sickly start now in triffid take over mode ??? can I enter the marrow painted orange instead :D ( wot do you mean that's cheating !!!! LOL )
Do you recon a new one planted now will still be in with a chance ?
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Not much hope in sowing any seed now I'm afraid. :(
Totty
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WOW they look great, wish mine looked like that.
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Oh dear. Been away and just noticed your closing date pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaassssse can you add me to the list this year???
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Does anyone else want to join before I close the entry list ::)
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Can you add us to the list mum please.
1st year for us, and the seedlings were a gift so we have no idea of the variety.
WW 8) & Nix
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Thank you so much for adding me!
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I didn't enter either and this year I've got the biggest spaghetti squash I've ever seen! :) :nowink:
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think I'm in with a chance of winning the smallest pumpkin :lol:
my plant gave up the ghost back in early summer but seem to have come back to life - there are 3 small tennis ball size ones on there so you never know we might get to eat pumpkin pie after all ;)
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Mine have gone mad. Had a few the size of a melon last week now the size of a football! Have lost a huge area of my allotment to them though.
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Mine have gone mad. Had a few the size of a melon last week now the size of a football! Have lost a huge area of my allotment to them though.
Mine were the size of large melons & I then took off all the Pumpkins except 3 hoping that all the energy will go into these 3.
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I'd given up on mine as it was looking pretty sickly in the pot and I literally just chucked it out of the pot into the corner of the greenhouse, so I was quite surprised when I noticed it had survived and started growing a month ago. It's now left the greenhouse and is heading down the garden path :lol: I'm hoping it will set some fruit soon, but not expecting any monsters.
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I forgot to sign up, and wasn't growing anything interesting this year, but I have just harvested a gynormous accidental lebanese courgette that would have been a contender!
-And I have two massive orange things much much bigger than footballs which can only be Potimarrons as I don't grow Orange pumpkins, but boy they are big. I thought Potimarron (Red Kuri?) were 'portion control' small football sized :D
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Won't be able to lift my biggest one on my own now, now bigger than a beach ball:)
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I thought id entered is it too late now?
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Won't be able to lift my biggest one on my own now, now bigger than a beach ball:)
mine is the size of a pea compared to yours :lol: LOL but at least I have managed to grow one for the very first time - when do the go orange ? mine is dark green
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So far I am in squash heaven. Nothing mahoosive, but by 'eck some of them are pretty! :)
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It depends what variety it is. Mine have never been green and are gradually going orange from a very pale yellow.
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Here are some of mine
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Nothing big here just a few average ones.
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Got a couple of pretty ones to enter.
Last years big pumpkin seed has done ok too!
Totty
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This season the Pumpkin I am growing is called Atlantic Giant.
Can I save the seeds for sowing next year?
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I've taken a photo with the watering can to give an indication of size. (http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/Bellboddy1/unnamed4_zpsce2d516b.jpg) (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/Bellboddy1/media/unnamed4_zpsce2d516b.jpg.html)
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This season the Pumpkin I am growing is called Atlantic Giant.
Can I save the seeds for sowing next year?
So long as you don't have other pumpkin/squashes in the vicinity, you know that the seed will grow true to type next year so saving seed will be fine. Leave the pumpkin on the plant as long as possible, and feed heavily with potash/comfrey etc etc to ensure good viable seed for next year.
Totty
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I thought id entered is it too late now?
Sorry, I've checked your posts and there's no request to enter on this thread. To be fair to all, I'm afraid it's way too late.
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I've taken a photo with the watering can to give an indication of size. (http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/Bellboddy1/unnamed4_zpsce2d516b.jpg) (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/Bellboddy1/media/unnamed4_zpsce2d516b.jpg.html)
Cripes!
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that's going to be one scary Halloween pumpkin boddy
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Went to the Harrogate Flower show yesterday. Mine looks bigger than the 2nd prize heaviest pumpkin but no where near the first prize which was a whopping 300lb. I went up the allotment today to have look. It's not as round anymore and putting weight on the sides. Don't know how much longer it will grow though as the stem is slightly split.
Does anyone have any ideas on how the heck I'll move it? It's right down the bottom of the allotment! Someone suggested rolling on to a tarpaulin with lifting handles with several people to move. Where would you get a tarpaulin with lifting handles?
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use a builders' bag ........... they can move a tonne :D
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how are everyone's pumpkins doing? I will take some updated pics of mine, my large one seems to have stopped growing and has been caught up by another so I'm not sure which is biggest. I have a plan now of rolling into builders bags and then using 'slide sheets' - like they use to move people in bed - toe manoeuvre the bag up the allotment.
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Here's mine at 148cms
(http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t371/snowdrops3/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-03/53CCA6B1-C5AE-405D-A018-87C86249A4B4_zpshabmz9g0.jpg) (http://s1056.photobucket.com/user/snowdrops3/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-03/53CCA6B1-C5AE-405D-A018-87C86249A4B4_zpshabmz9g0.jpg.html)
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says the file is empty, could you try again?
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Here it is without the measure
(http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t371/snowdrops3/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-03/D89AB455-3D6F-4520-B612-0D28B66EB242_zpsz52okp6v.jpg) (http://s1056.photobucket.com/user/snowdrops3/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-03/D89AB455-3D6F-4520-B612-0D28B66EB242_zpsz52okp6v.jpg.html)
And some of the others
(http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t371/snowdrops3/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-03/962FDDE3-1815-4057-9B83-34D9E42D46E2_zpsjgq7qmw8.jpg) (http://s1056.photobucket.com/user/snowdrops3/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-03/962FDDE3-1815-4057-9B83-34D9E42D46E2_zpsjgq7qmw8.jpg.html)
(http://i1056.photobucket.com/albums/t371/snowdrops3/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-03/E5AE9C6C-6A28-483A-9530-B2942C5F470B_zpsuom9am9y.jpg) (http://s1056.photobucket.com/user/snowdrops3/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-03/E5AE9C6C-6A28-483A-9530-B2942C5F470B_zpsuom9am9y.jpg.html)
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says the file is empty, could you try again?
There fixed it :lol:
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I'll claim 205 cm. And yes, it is a very funny shape ! :)
(I know this competition is not about weight, but it weighs 142 lbs).
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Mine is weeny by comparison, but rather lovely so I shall take a photo next week and hope you all think it is pretty too :D
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Well done All! I won't bother talking about my 1 pumpkin then! 😟
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Well done All! I won't bother talking about my 1 pumpkin then! 😟
Ooh I should if I were you, there's always the prettiest pumpkin up for grabs,I know mines not a winner for the biggest, & I'm sure there will be much bigger ones to come along soon :lol:
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The winner will grow the biggest pumpkin rather than the heaviest.
There will also be a poll at the end for the prettiest pumpkin
There is no prize just a note under your username to say you won :nowink:
The rules.....
Newbies can register but must have 50 posts before end of competition.
Names have to be registered by 30th June to count...make sure your name appears on the list below.
Please show the measurement, with photo to prove it, by 31st October, when competition will end.
Pumpkins being grown for Exhibition Showing* cannot be entered.
Anyone who disagrees with Moderators will be disqualified
Please post on this thread only to register or comment on your progress, waffle will be deleted ;)
*This does not include a small local allotment show.
Good luck everybody!
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Here are Turks Turbans for my 'Prettiest Pumpkin' entry.
They do make good eating, despite lots of folk saying to the contrary :D :D
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What a vibrant colour, they are such an interesting pumpkin
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Been and measured today - but I need to go back with a bigger tape measure. Here are the photo's. My tape only went to 150cm. Tied a bit of string around and measured once home....it measured 195cm. However they are still on the vine and I might get a cm or two more so I will measure again with a bigger measure and provide photo's at the end of the month.
I have two pumpkins, both measuring about the same, these a photo's of the original one I posted, this one has a slightly split stem which might be hampering it's growth, the other one which has caught it up has got a complete stem so it might overtake yet - don't know how much growing they do in these last few weeks.
(http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/Bellboddy1/SAM_0545_zps5113bfa6.jpg)
(http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/Bellboddy1/SAM_0548_zpsfe1f9e0e.jpg)
edited link to show pics
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Nothing to rival the big boys on here, but my collecion of squash
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Well it's time for my final measurement as I took it off the allotment yesterday - with help from my lovely step dad. My final measurement is 6ft 11 inches which converts to 210.8cms.
Just for anyone that might be interested (this comp is based on size) it weighs 69.56kg which is more than me!!
Here is the photo, I have another if the measurement isn't clear enough.
(http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/Bellboddy1/DSC01902532x8003_zps1c868faf.jpg) (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/Bellboddy1/media/DSC01902532x8003_zps1c868faf.jpg.html)
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Well, we did try. Ours was just 1.2m circumference and weighed 20kg.
But we'll try harder next year. Good luck to the winner!
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My final measurement is 6ft 11 inches which converts to 210.8cms.
Just for anyone that might be interested (this comp is based on size) it weighs 69.56kg
:ohmy: Flipping heck !!!!! what a monster :D
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My pumpkin is not anywhere near big enough to compete for the biggest pumpkin title, but I feel she is a looker with her red striping and flirty little tendril ;) :lol:
(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m198/suec_02/Plot%20pictures/IMG_1319_zpscedc8675.jpg) (http://s104.photobucket.com/user/suec_02/media/Plot%20pictures/IMG_1319_zpscedc8675.jpg.html)
and here she is with friends relaxing in the greenhouse :D
(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m198/suec_02/Plot%20pictures/IMG_1320_zps7b341e04.jpg) (http://s104.photobucket.com/user/suec_02/media/Plot%20pictures/IMG_1320_zps7b341e04.jpg.html)
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Here's my entry for this year.
(http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff473/LeeRothman/Mobile%20Uploads/image.jpg) (http://s1237.photobucket.com/user/LeeRothman/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image.jpg.html)
Always the bridesmaid never the bride, sniff.
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Please make sure all photos are in by 31st !
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Managed to up last years pb, to 45 stone. Saved seed too. Not entered but may get a pic on later.
Totty
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Well here it is far from last years but they do say size doesn't matter :)
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My pictures are late due to holiday. Not bothering with the largest, they aren't, but quite good looking.
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I'm late too!
Not big, but I think it's pretty. Now slowly turning from black to a rich chestnut colour :D
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Well done Boddy!
We will have to work extra hard next year to beat Totty though. :mellow:
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Its gone quiet on here.
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Mine failed! Sh! Don't tell anyone. :(
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Its gone quiet on here.
It sure has :dry:
I'm a bit busy atm but when I have time, I'll split the thread up ready for voting on the prettiest ;)
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(http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b508/Bellboddy1/DSC01902532x8003_zps1c868faf.jpg) (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/Bellboddy1/media/DSC01902532x8003_zps1c868faf.jpg.html)
I'm sure that........drum roll..................
Boddy is the winner for 2014, gremlin the runner-up.
(somebody will let me know if I've got it wrong :nowink: )
Congratulation to them............
commiserations to everybody else :lol: :lol:
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Congratulations Boddy :D
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Well done Boddy :lol:
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Well done!
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did you manage to eat it all Boddy :lol: