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My Dad seen the Lord of the Gourds on TV and told me that Craig had a pumpkin go real light on him, he said the expression on Craig's face said it all on how unbelievable light it went. What pumpkin was this and what was it grown off of?

Brooks

9/25/2007 8:49:10 PM

Cottage Grove, MN

Graig looked sick, absolutley ill. I was also curious why the surprise. Craig? Paging Craig Lembke!

9/25/2007 9:17:36 PM

Littleton, Colo

Watched it three timez and waz wondering the same. Craig...any clue why?? Did you have otherz go light too ??

9/25/2007 9:25:57 PM

Cottage Grove, MN

That darn AgroK stuff I suppose.... kidding Craig! I love that stuff!

9/25/2007 9:29:53 PM

Ohio

what it weigh?

9/25/2007 9:35:13 PM

Cottage Grove, MN

If I recall correctly, it taped bigger than Pukos by far, that was the surprise. Not sure on weight...

9/25/2007 10:02:44 PM

Manchester,N.H.

According to aggc it taped 1193 lbs

9/25/2007 11:06:42 PM

So. Maine

And it weighed ..... ?

9/26/2007 2:20:10 AM

Dillsburg, PA

Yes, the look on his face was enough to turn me off to weighoffs. I felt very bad for him but in the end its just pumpkins.

9/26/2007 7:25:16 AM

Manchester,N.H.

It weighed 1091 lbs

9/26/2007 8:12:07 AM

Rhode Island

hey its all in the past why are we even talking about it?

it was difficult for craig to witness ( a good guy and fellow upstate new yorker ) and i felt badly for him.

sometimes in life we all eat a little crow. next year it might be someone else.

im sure he would rather not see it discussed again

thanks

pap

9/26/2007 2:01:18 PM

Ohio

huh Pap? Im not posting this to rub it in his face ol bud, Im posting it because I wanted to know if that pumpkin was grown off a 805 Pukos seed that went that light, Im growing one as well. Not trying to stir the pot or anything, I just wanted some info is all cause I couldnt find it in the AGGC.

I still love ya though Pappy!

Brooks

9/26/2007 4:37:04 PM

Cottage Grove, MN

Agree with Brooks, Pap, no ill will intended, apologies to Craig if taken that way. More curious what went light, and how you grow something twice as big as I ever have regardless.

9/26/2007 8:01:49 PM

Bristol,RI,USA.

hey guys i find out how thick my pumpkins are by having them x rayed. or you can just drive a nail in it and look in with a small camera lol

9/27/2007 3:40:34 PM

Minnesota([email protected])

Maybe ultrasound would work.

9/27/2007 5:01:44 PM

Pembroke, New Hampshire

Regular ultrasoud won't work- I've tried. The sound waves won't penetrate the skin. I do plan, however, to talk to some u/s gurus about modifying it. The problem is that if the energy is cranked up to get sound waves to penetrate, the heat produced also goes up...the result is cooked pumpkin......

9/27/2007 5:28:06 PM

Roselle, IL [email protected]

Ultra sound could work. It just takes time and money. I played around with it years ago when I was in the industrial testing field- for 15 years. You need the right transducer and some calibration pumpkin pieces. The sound waves would never cook the pumpkin. The screen is tough to read. It just needs to be calibrated for different thickness. X-ray would work. I would of loved a job way back when to x-ray pumpkins

9/27/2007 8:05:06 PM

Cottage Grove, MN

CT works great. Heeheeee.

9/27/2007 10:33:05 PM

Pembroke, New Hampshire

George- I have access to medical ultrasound equipment and always thought I'd like to see if I could develope a portable u/s to take into the field, but lack the knowledge about the specifics of energies, transducers and gels needed. I'd love to work on this over the winter.....any info on specifics needed?

9/28/2007 8:57:43 AM

Bristol,RI,USA.

What would work is a portable MRI machine by realigning the ions you can get a density it my also increase the vascular movement with in the pumpkin

calcubit

9/28/2007 11:42:27 AM

Minnesota([email protected])

Or maybe we can just be surprised at weighoff time. A simpler option.

9/28/2007 1:47:00 PM