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Rhode Island

I KNOW ITS CLOSE TO CHRISTMAS AND WE ARE MORE CONCERNED WITH GIFT GIVING AND FAMILY GET TOGETHERS THEN ANY PUMPKIN STUFF.
BUT WHAT THE HELL, HERE ARE SOME OF THE WARNING SIGNS WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF COME NEXT SUMMER. FEEL FREE TO ADD YOUR OWN TIPS.

YOUR CONVERSATION STARTS WITH " I SHOULDA"

YOU FINISH THAT SAME CONVERSATION WITH " I MAY NOT GROW NEXT YEAR"

YOUR CLOSEST COMPETITION STOPS CALLING OR DROPPING BY TO SEE HOW YOU (THEY) ARE DOING LOL

ITS MID JULY AND YOUR STILL POLLINATING.

THERES MORE FRUIT FLIES IN YOUR PATCH THEN THERE ARE AT THE LOCAL FRUIT CO OP.

YOUR ASKING YOUR FRIENDS WHAT COLOR THEIR LEAVES ARE?

YOUR BEST PLANTS BASE STARTS FOAMING LIKE A EIGHT GRADERS SCIENCE PROJECT.

ITS MID AUGUST AND YOU LEAVES ARE BIGGER THAN YOUR PUMPKINS.

YOUR CLUBS PATCH TOUR BYPASSED YOUR THIS YEAR-AGAIN.

DAILY AVERAGES DROP FROM 25 TO 5 PER DAY - AND YOU THINK ITS THE WEATHER ?

ITS SEPTEMBER, THE WINTER RYE IS ALREADY UP SIX INCHES.

YOUR BEST PUMPKIN LOOKS LIKE IT GOT SMALLER OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS-AND IT DID.

THOSE SPOTS YOU DISCOVERED ALL OVER YOUR PUMPKIN ? ARE NOT FROM SPRAY RESIDUE.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

PAP

12/22/2006 1:39:55 AM

Cairo, Georgia

Well at my house, it's you know you're in trouble when:
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*You start finding chicken eggs being laid under the leaves.
*You see heavy rain and wind in the forcast and you say,,, "Oh well, if it makes it , it makes it".
*There are more whiteflies on your leaves in the patch than in the cotton FEILD behind the house.

Best one yet is,,,,

*****You stop coming into BP.com period!*****
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Merry Christmas To You All,,We Love You!

Ally, Tyler & Adam

12/22/2006 2:51:53 AM

Nashville, TN

At my house:

***You're still pollinating in August..
**In Sept, you find yourself STILL waking up at 4am - even though you're no longer pollinating and don't have to 'beat the bees'
***You call cleaning the stalls, 'harvesting' for the plants.
***You're so burnt out, you throw yourself INTO your dayjob every fall, and forget about GPs for at least 8 weeks!

Merry Christmas!

12/22/2006 7:27:51 AM

southwest MO

The wife has changed the locks on you...

12/22/2006 9:35:04 AM

Northeast

You measure 3 times in one day and take the largest measurement.

12/22/2006 10:29:55 AM

Pocatello ([email protected])

You measure the fruit and come up with fewer inches than the day before...

12/22/2006 11:04:13 AM

Wi

Your same fruit splits 3 different times..

12/22/2006 12:10:15 PM

Napa Valley, CA

Its September and you procrastinated and did not pull your pollinator plants again this year
.......so your 1000 sq.ft. patch now has 10 plants.....ALL less than 90 sq.ft each.

12/22/2006 1:43:04 PM

Long Island,New York

You start growing for crosses or worse....orange.

12/22/2006 1:53:43 PM

Anamosa, IA [email protected]

The local weighoff coordinator sends the local newspaper reporter out to your patch 1 week ahead of weighoff and you find your son's nearly 900# leaking juice. And 2 days later your own 750# starts leaking too.

12/22/2006 1:55:32 PM

Team Munson

....YOUR FALL COMPOSTING STARTS IN AUGUST

....YOU START SENDING OUT BUBBLE PACKS IN SEPTEMBER

....IT'S JUNE AND YOU ARE WONDERING WHY IT TAKES OVER 30 DAYS TO GET YOUR SEEDS STARTED

....IT'S MID JULY AND YOU FEEL THAT 3' OUT ON THE MAIN IS PLENTY TO GROW A 1,OOO#ER

....YOU GET TO THE WEIGH-OFF WITH YOUR "NEW WORLD RECORD" AND IT WEIGHS 1,OOO#'S LIGHT AND YOU REALIZE THAT IT WAS THE METRIC SIDE OF THE TAPE YOU WERE USEING.

12/22/2006 2:32:24 PM

Cincinnati,OH

It's August 15 and all your main vine sets have aborted

12/22/2006 4:42:30 PM

Nikiski, Alaska 99635

Your pumpkins won't even make eye contact with you..

12/22/2006 5:27:35 PM

Saegertown Pa.

In September Jerry Rose doesn't come to your patch to see what you have. :)

12/22/2006 5:30:05 PM

Nikiski, Alaska 99635

Your pumpkins vote to fire you as their grower and hire Ron Wallace to grow'em out...

12/22/2006 5:39:04 PM

North Smithfield, RI USA

You sort out all your excuses in althabetical order and by date, file , then use at the appropiate time !

12/22/2006 7:00:37 PM

Addison IL.

1. You go to a pumpkin farm and start talking genetics on the small pumpkins and what crosses they may be.

2. You need a bigger truck for your next year.

3. When you call horse crap or any manure Gold.

12/22/2006 11:06:19 PM

Addison IL.

My bad I should of read the caption better sorry

12/22/2006 11:09:19 PM

New Bremen, Ohio

* You buy a wholesale quantity of Captan and run out by September.
* You have the opportunity to experiment with the term "Solarization" on your patch in July.
*Your trained pumpkin grower wife says, "We are going to Myrtle Beach the 1st week of July", and you go.

12/23/2006 6:40:22 AM

It's mid July and you are making plans to add sand to the patch in the Fall.

When asked how ya doing, you reply "my plants look great"

12/23/2006 8:39:39 AM

White Plains, NY

When the deer eat your prime female flowers.

When the raccoons punch holes in the fruit for the seeds.

When the cats use the bigger fruits for scratching posts.

When the voles tunnel in from underneath thinking its the big dig.

When the nightmares of the SVB are real.

When your Son's dog tears up your patch chasing something.

12/23/2006 9:54:10 AM

Jericho Vermont

You've had so much rain you start reading hydroponics how-to's.

Your neighbors ask you August 15th "why aren't you growing giant pumpkins this year"

You are truly hoping for a split to blame the small size of your pumpkins on.

Merry christmas everyone
John

12/23/2006 10:17:18 AM

Jericho Vermont

Hey Glenn

I resemble that remark. LOL

12/23/2006 10:19:29 AM

Rhode Island

you refuse to take a picture next to your pumpkin for that long lost visiting relative.

12/24/2006 6:28:36 AM