[Eumaeus]

Is it too late for me to join in - and doe sit count if I have bought the plant as a two-leafer?  Or do I need to go and get some seeds and start from scratch?

[Y.E.A.H]

its not to late to join in and you can if you want enter the two leafer 
so should i add you to the list ?

[Eumaeus]

Thank you - yes please, add me to the list

[Y.E.A.H]

done 

[Paul Plots]

Who is organising the independent verifiers when it comes to judging the final winner/s?

I'm not offering, mind as it could be a very long cycle all over the place, I just wondered how the outcomes were to be judged?

There would be so many ways to fiddle the result if it was just down to a tape-measure and a posted photo!! (Some people have devious minds! Not me of course!)  :blink: 

[Y.E.A.H]

no idea  :blink:

[Paul Plots]

no idea  :blink:

Tape measure and photo then, eh? 

(No fingers at the back of the pumpkin to swell the diameter and no slack in the tape.) 

[wicked]

Can we play too please?

We started from seed back in March, never done it before though lol

[BarrowBoy]

Add me to the list i am trying giant atlantic ...i think they are called.

Last year all Pumpkins got as big as a grapefruit and at the same time seemed to be cut away from main stem so hoping this year they last longer than 1st week of August!

[Y.E.A.H]

your both added 

[Eumaeus]

no idea  :blink:

Tape measure and photo then, eh? 

(No fingers at the back of the pumpkin to swell the diameter and no slack in the tape.) 

LOL - Learner is obviously an old hand at this  

[Ice]

I'm sending everyone on the list an elastic tape.  Just stretch it as far as you can when measuring your pumpkin. 

[Paul Plots]

no idea  :blink:

Tape measure and photo then, eh? 

(No fingers at the back of the pumpkin to swell the diameter and no slack in the tape.) 

LOL - Learner is obviously an old hand at this  

That's the ticket.... when measuring keep your hand on the back of the pumpkin and run the tape measure round and over your hand while the other hand holds the ends together round the front for the photo 

This of course is banned!!!! 

(PS You need big hands... I wonder if it'd work with your foot?) 

[GSDPenny]

I'd love to enter, but as I'm only growing some Jack O' Lanterns that came free with a magazine apparently I'm unlikely to win.  You never know though - I've had HUGE successes with BNS in the past (and that's probably just blown this year's crop...)

I'd also love to see what this competition does to the price of pumpkins in the supermarkets.  The way they get away with charging so much for such inferior products just because it's Hallowe'en is beyond me - and I bet the growers don't get inflated payments either.

Sorry, rant over, but I'm certainly going to be giving away my surplus to families who would normally buy one and carve it for Hallowe'en, although obviously not my competition winning one.

[DD.]

Jack O'Lanterns don't grow extra large.

They are recommended for Hallowen carving squash.