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Knopp, Germany

After looking at Martin's diary, I have updated the weights and the seeds;

1233.5 Reiss 05 (670 Daigle)
1008.4 Reiss 05 (801.5 Stelts)
946.2 Meyer 05 (1157 LaRue)
744.5 Zygaldo 03 * (Unknown seed from Doward Dill)
741.6 Heckelmann 03 (Unknown seed)
714.1 Frei 03 (802 Dill)
709.9 Frei 03 (802 Dill)
678 Lenz 04 (1236 Eaton)
673.3 Olsen 05 (628 Olsen)
672.8 Olsen 05 (1056.5 Dueck)

10/4/2005 1:20:44 AM

Itzetown City

The 1233.5 Reiss should be declared as UOW, should'nt it?

10/4/2005 4:32:29 AM

Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, Germany

According to the AGGC UOW pumpkins are "sound pumpkins weighed by any means other than a certified scale. The field's wide open on this one. Some popular means of UOW weighting include truck scales and bathroom scales. Some unpopular means include teeter-totters and psychic hotlines. Either way, if your pumpkin wasn't weighed on a certified scale, its gonna get slapped with a UOW."

Source: http://www.aggc.org/Rules2005.asp

"Official weight - Applies to sound pumpkins weighed on a scale in the company of credible witnesses. I don't care if it was weighed at a CNN-broadcasted weighoff even or down at the local feed store, if it was weighed on a certified scale, it's official. The GPC may not see it that way but I do. I only care about accurtate weights, not organizational affiliation. 'Sound' means the pumpkin is in a good physical condition with no gaping wounds and no holes that go through into the cavity. 'Credible' is subjective."

Source: http://www.aggc.org/Rules2005.asp

Not much to add, I think. You know what I said in my diary about the weighting.

10/4/2005 9:06:50 AM

Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, Germany

Owen,
the 744.5 Zygadtldo 03* was grown off an unknown Zygadtlo 02 seed. The unknown Zygadtlo 02 seed was grown from an unknown Dill seed.
Eugeniusz gave me 10 or 15 of the unknown Zygadtlo 02 seeds that produced the 744.5* when we met at the Seegräben weighoff in 2003.
Now that you seems to have fallen in love with the green beasts I can offer you a few of these seeds if you would like to give them a try. The pumpkin was true green from pollination on and the seed seems to have great potential.

10/4/2005 9:13:04 AM

Cologne / Germany

Martin, in the meantime, could you fix your camera card and get some more pics with the 1233?
You have to understand that growing the biggest pumpkin ever outside US and Canada is a high standard, unfortunately you did not show much in your diary but one entry about the weighing with short information and no original pic. Any of your local newspapers would take an event like this for a big story, you was just a short phone call away from having it.
It´s not that anyone won´t trust you, but I think a good documentation can wipe away all doubts and questions here.

10/4/2005 9:30:18 AM

Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, Germany

I know what you mean and I am aware what the situation is like, Ingo. Everyone is free to believe what he or she wants to believe. Had I known about the trouble with the camera card before it happened I would certainly have done different things. ("Nacher ist man immer schlauer!") Only good thing I learned is to never forget the good old 35 mm camera. But oh well...

10/4/2005 9:48:11 AM

Itzetown City

Martin, I don'nt care what the GPC rules are. But I think, out of consideration for the European Growers, the answer on "Who had grom the biggest Pumpkin in Europe" should not given with the extension "to believe or not to believe".

10/4/2005 10:21:56 AM

Cologne / Germany

It´s not just the camera trouble, Martin. You should have called before, and some of us growers here would have been with you, as your lifting team, assistance, along with our own cams and camcorders, and from my side, with a TV team for sure. They usually contact me in late September for 3 years now. They came a few days ago to report about my 300 LOL.

Consider how often do we grow, see or weigh a pumpkin like this over here...you was the one who could know it…and so you could have done much better. Your experience with the press is usually pretty good from what I saw.

BTW, a 1233 is what everyone of us growers want to see, smell or touch. We are a community. Now that you butchered it so early we can´t…

I doubt this pumpkin for exhibition in a garden store or somewhere else would have harmed the pumpkin or the seeds in any way. They usually last till late November or longer, if the pumpkin is stored properly. Actually I never had any problems at all to find a place like this, anytime, anywhere.

10/4/2005 10:56:49 AM