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Saturday, November 12, 2011

The Great Pumpkin & The Marriage Ref Delivers

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Last week my wife and I went on a trip to the Dominican Republic compliments of NBC's The Marriage Ref. All of the guests on the show w...
Sunday, October 23, 2011

Pumpkin Patch Prep is Done

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I did my fall patch prep yesterday. I added old leaves, humic acid, sulfur, blood meal, gypsum and alfalfa pellets and then tilled it all i...
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Sunday, October 9, 2011

Heavy to the Charts and it Has Clone Genetics in the Pumpkin

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My son and I took a small pumpkin from the 868 pumpkin plant that popped up sometime after my main pumpkin ("Jerry") went down to ...
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Sunday, September 25, 2011

Pumpkin Weigh-off Video

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The following is a little video from yesterday's giant pumpkin weigh-off in Denver Colorado.
Saturday, September 24, 2011

A New Personal Best Pumpkin at 924.5 Pounds

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Last night we cut the pumpkin from the vine and much to my surprise and relief the bottom of the pumpkin hadn't rotted out. This mornin...
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Saturday, September 17, 2011

Another Big One that Got Away

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I feel for Joe Scherber today. Yesterday he lost a pumpkin that would have been a new Colorado state record to a spot of rot. He was exact...
Thursday, September 15, 2011

Come to the Biggest Pumpkin Weigh-off in Colorado

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The much anticipated 6th Annual Rocky Mountain Giant Vegetable Growers Pumpkin Weigh-off will be held on Saturday, September 24th. Last yea...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

The Home Stretch

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We are coming to the end of the season now. 1 1/2 weeks until we cut the pumpkin off the vine. Gave the plant some seaweed today along wit...
Friday, September 9, 2011

Monster Big Pumpkins

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A great grower who I've been privileged to spend some time with talking pumpkins over a plate of buffalo wings is Ron Wallace. Super ni...
Saturday, September 3, 2011

The 656 Johnson AKA Jerry

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I took the final measurements on "Jerry" today because I will be cutting it open to get the seeds out. The 868 measures 142 inche...
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Friday, September 2, 2011

One Last Round of Calcium

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There are studies that show that calcium can preserve the shelf life of some fruits and vegetables. I gave my 1204 plant one last round of ...
Monday, August 29, 2011

Got Shirt?

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Get this great shirt for your significant other who has been a "widow" during the pumpkin growing season. Perfect for wearing to ...
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Saturday, August 27, 2011

Pictures from the Pumpkin Patch

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The 1204 Scherber AKA "Ricky" Dear Jerry Seinfeld. I hope this pumpkin proves two things. First, giant pumpkin don't have ...
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Friday, August 26, 2011

I Hope Sulfur Powder Isn't Overly Toxic

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Four weeks from today is the vine cutting. At this point I'm just hoping that I have a pumpkin at that time. The 1204 pumpkin is still...

The Pumpkin Plants are Aging

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At this time of year you start to see a lot of aging in the plants and pumpkin growth has slowed down a lot. The oldest leaves have died of...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

What Every Wife of a Giant Pumpkin Grower Should Wear to the Weigh-offs

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Are you the wife or significant other of a giant pumpkin grower? Or do you have a wife who understands that you love pumpkin growing but she...
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Saturday, August 20, 2011

A New Hope

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At 150 pounds smaller than my big pumpkin, the 868 pumpkin (aka Jerry) is where I am hoping now to get over 1,000 pounds this year. It is my...
Friday, August 19, 2011

RIP Ricky; The 1204 Pumpkin is Dead

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I am very sorry to announce that Ricky the pumpkin formed a crack into the cavity this morning and as a result will not be going to any weig...
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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Splits & Pumpkin Rot

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Got a double dose of trouble this morning. Discovered on the 868 pumpkin a split along one of the ribs on the top face of the pumpkin. Not...
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

The Pumpkins Are Getting Hard to Measure These Days

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It has gotten kind of difficult to the measure the 1204 Scherber pumpkin (AKA Ricky) these days. It has lots of ribs and none of the ribs f...
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