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Indiana

Is it going to be broken again this year whats your guess??

6/23/2005 11:29:29 AM

Billerica,Massachusetts

1523

6/23/2005 12:03:20 PM

Alex, IN

1797 out of my patch!

Mikkal

6/23/2005 12:04:11 PM

Ontario, Canada.

1479 in Ontario.

6/23/2005 12:15:00 PM

Montoursville, PA

1507.5 in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

6/23/2005 12:40:06 PM

Commack, NY

1463 Iowa!

6/23/2005 1:38:34 PM

Halifax, Nova Scotia

The weather has sucked for most people this year...1411, could come from anywhere.

6/23/2005 1:48:34 PM

Western NY

1511 - from NY

6/23/2005 1:55:39 PM

Midwest

I heard that the first one over 1500 wins some money. Is that true? How much?

6/23/2005 1:57:10 PM

Midwest

1512 New England

6/23/2005 1:58:46 PM

Alaska

No NWR this year. Lots of 1000 pounders though. Later Scott.

6/23/2005 1:58:46 PM

Ft. Branch, IN ([email protected])

1483 is my guess

6/23/2005 2:04:42 PM

Hudsonville, Michigan ([email protected])

1499. Big orange bird bath. From Michigan.
I saw it in a dream.

6/23/2005 2:14:11 PM

wilmington,ma.

1503 I hope.

6/23/2005 2:36:22 PM

No Place Special

1463 in Iowa this yr? NOT a chance Scott!

6/23/2005 4:01:56 PM

Minnesota([email protected])

I guess no WR this year.
I predict this is where the WR growth curve starts flatting out. Even if 1500 is broken in the next few years, 1600 will be a long time coming.
I also predict that the 1400+ club will remain a small group of elite growers, for quite awhile.
But what do I know????

Doug

6/23/2005 4:03:46 PM

Roanoke Il

The weather has moved north Mike I'll say out of the great state of wisconsin 1495 only 1490 lbs to go lol..mark

6/23/2005 4:46:53 PM

i'll go w/ my bday
1528

6/23/2005 5:05:48 PM

Www.extremepumpkinstore.com

you were born in 1528.....damn.....lol

6/23/2005 5:41:22 PM

Hilpoltstein, Bavaria, Germany

1533 from New England

6/23/2005 5:51:26 PM

Hayes, Virginia

1513 The Great Southern Pumpkin!!!!

6/23/2005 6:22:39 PM

Ohio

Your all wrong,Ohio has been having some great weather,New World record will be from Ohio 1482.

6/23/2005 6:44:32 PM

Cheyenne, Wyoming

1501 Stan Pugh from the 763 Biss.

6/23/2005 7:20:57 PM

Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

Wow. It almost sounds like somebody should start a pool.

6/23/2005 8:26:01 PM

Butler, Ohio

I have to go with Brooks on this one. The Buckeye's gonna have the record this year if one is broken.

6/23/2005 10:09:32 PM

Puyallup, WA

Beet....I'm pollinating the first female tomorrow morning.
It may not be the "keeper", however.

6/23/2005 10:31:46 PM

Or

1466 in Washington.

6/24/2005 1:48:08 AM

Www.extremepumpkinstore.com

Mike Frantz, what do ya mean not a chance in Iowa this year.....lets not forget Don Young out there, he seems to be kickin arse and taking names....LOL!

6/24/2005 7:40:28 AM

No Place Special

Way to hot and dry here in Iowa. Im not saying that there wont be 1000 plus lbers but that conditions are not right for a world record in Iowa this yr, unless things change very soon. Don has all his ducks in a row and he will probably blow my doors off. Also Darell Walters has a VERY great chance of doing something special this yr. I think Carlson, Peterson and Myself are just trying to keep our heads above water...hummm, water bad example there is no water this yr.

6/24/2005 8:36:47 AM

Follansbee, Wv

Be pretty funny if a first year grower in Follansbee, West Virginia set the big one huh, Tom?

6/24/2005 10:33:20 PM

Www.extremepumpkinstore.com

Is there another grower in follansbee monty?
BWA HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!

6/24/2005 11:00:40 PM

Abbotsford, B.C

I did some mathematics to help solve what the weight of the next world record will be, and here is what I came up with.

Over the past five years, the world record has always been broken. From 2000 to 2005, their weights have been, in this order, 1140, 1262, 1337, 1385, and 1446. The difference in weight gain per year between 2000 and 2001 (1140 & 1262) was 122 lbs, the difference between 2001 & 2002 was 75, the difference between 2002 & 2003 was 48, and the difference between 2003 & 2004 was 61 pounds. Adding these four difference numbers and dividing by four gets us an average of 76.5 pounds. Add this number to 1446, and you get 1520.5 pounds. However, let us go a bit further. Take the greatest gain per year, 122, and subtract it by the least gain per year, 48, to get 74. Divide 74 by 2 to get 37, and add this number to 1520.5 to to get 1557.5, and then take 1520.5 and subtract it by 37, to get 1483.5. This is the range of potential world record for next year. However, even though 1483.5 is part of the potential range of weights, consider that the smallest increase over the past five years has been 48, which when added to 1446 gets you 1494. And that was the lowest weight gain. Interesting, huh?

As to the weather being appropriate for a world record, that's always the kicker in a mathematical conclusion like this. I don't think that there will be a world record from the Northwest unless the weather smartens up double quick. I have no idea what the weather like on the other side of the continent, though.


Cameron

6/25/2005 1:45:30 AM

Indiana

dang, thats some pretty high tech math

Tom

6/25/2005 2:22:28 AM

Commack, NY

add in there the 1131 checkon, which was broken by the 1140 stelts.

6/25/2005 9:23:26 AM

Rapid City, SD

heck, i just what to grow a BIG PHAT one.........world record, naaaaaaaaaaa....but good luck all

6/25/2005 9:26:41 AM

Mt.Pleasant,Iowa

Iowa this year is (Field of Dreams) Hot and little rain.

6/25/2005 12:45:47 PM

Indiana

I seem to remember everyone saying the weather wasn't good for growing pumpkins last year but there were still a lot of impressive weights. sandbaggers???? hehe

6/27/2005 10:42:26 AM