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Glenn Springs S.C.

Iwas hoping to hear some 1st year weights from ya'll(you all). I tell everybody I want to grow a fair display and maybe get a ribbon, but really want one 1141LBs. It is my 1st try though.
Jeff

5/2/2001 10:03:37 PM

CT

175 est

5/2/2001 10:54:24 PM

Rexburg, Idaho

1st year (not serious-store bought seeds) 110 lbs
2nd year (more serious P&P seeds) 487 lbs
3rd year (2001- Goal of 700)

5/2/2001 11:01:21 PM

Greencastle, PA

I want a 1141 also, next year I'm suposed to get a desendent of the 1190 chekon (U.O.W.) I will have some expierience next year so I should get a pretty big pumpkin!

5/2/2001 11:06:29 PM

Connecticut, USA

My first one was 125 pounds.

5/3/2001 6:06:21 AM

ri

398 in 2000, and i'll blame the wet weather.

5/3/2001 6:53:55 AM

Commack, NY

my first pumpkin ws like 10 pounds, but i started it 2.5 weeks into july, and it was a prizewinner......first AG was estmated at680lbs, but, due to inexperience, i didnt' put anything under the fruit, and some rodents tunneled in and that was that.

scott

5/3/2001 7:01:45 AM

derry n.h u.s.a.

HI Jeff:
My first try was back in 95.My two largest were 448 atlantic giant.And 315 Burpee prize winner.But i had Don's book also.And it came with the seed that grew my 448. best of luck.

5/3/2001 8:01:09 AM

Long Island,New York

1998.....418lbs
1999.....590uow(split Aug 7th)
.....565*official
2000.....(we don't talk about that year)

5/3/2001 8:17:10 AM

Billerica,Massachusetts

1989 --- 109 LBS
Glenn Peters

5/3/2001 9:02:53 AM

Connecticut, USA

1999 - 198.2 lbs just missed my goal!

5/3/2001 12:31:27 PM

Western Pa.

1998- 373.5#, an orange beaut! See it carved in the photo section under kilrpumpkins!



kilr

5/3/2001 1:23:37 PM

Herndon, VA

186 in 2000. My wife got me the seeds from bigpumpkins.com & I just stuck 'em in the garden with everthing else, not expecting much. Since then I've read both of Don's books and loads of information from the web. My target for this year is anything over 400.

5/3/2001 2:29:44 PM

Greencastle, PA

680 on the first try! I hope I do that well.

5/3/2001 3:36:19 PM

Greencastle, PA

680 on the first try! I hope I do that well.

5/3/2001 3:36:20 PM

Roanoke Il

841 UOW 620 547 If you have gardened before and have done your research you should have no problem breaking 400 lbs.
best of luck this season. mark

5/3/2001 6:00:57 PM

PA

1st year 140lbs
2nd year 196lbs
3rd year 788.6lbs

5/3/2001 6:44:07 PM

Glenn Springs S.C.

Thanks for the response . This is my first serious try ,I garden everyyear and each year I harvest a little more. The pumpkin patch I am still fine tuning doubled the size of my garden. I will be trying alot of your tips outthere so keep'em coming.
Jeff

5/3/2001 7:12:26 PM

Ann Arbor, Mi

1st serious 1997 469lbs p&p seeds
1998 494 lbs
1999 408.5 428*
2000 896 uow 561lbs 1st year with internet help

5/3/2001 8:25:38 PM

Choctaw, OK

1998---339 lbs official...otherwise i think i had some 400 lbers in 1996-1997...that is when i was just growing for fun. 1998 was my first serious year.

5/3/2001 8:28:59 PM

South Hill, Virginia

How heavy was my first? Well, it was 1982 and she must've weighed 350lbs. Butt ugly too, I really had my beer goggles on that night.....oh wait a minute, we're talking pumpkins here. This is my first year with AG's. I did grow a pumpkin about the size of a baseball a few years ago.

5/4/2001 12:08:56 AM

Midway City, California

1st year 240 est.. I did not position my pumpkin to the vine in the correct position. It pulled the stem right out of the pumpkin.
2nd year 400+ est. I think when I pruned too much of the vines all at once the pumpkin went into shock
3rd year I am better prepared this year with what I have learned from mine and others experiences. Am sure I will go over 800 lbs. Waiting until May 10th to start my seeds.
Good Luck to all John = Water

5/4/2001 12:08:30 PM

Massachusetts

2000.... 308lbs Steve-cape cod

5/4/2001 11:52:09 PM

Yukon, Canada

I grew my first Atlantic Giant last year. I used store bought seed and info from from this site. My weigh in at the end of Sept. was 58 pounds. I plan to do much better this year, I have a Dopp 788 on the go and I'm armed with Don Langevin's book. My goal is to one day grow the largest pumpkin north of 60. Has anybody got any idea what at is anyway? Yukon

5/8/2001 2:58:32 PM

Buffalo, Minnesota

350 lbs, and 236 lbs, last year, that was also my first year, and i used store bought seeds, i was serious last year but this year im serious crazy,lol and im armed and dangerous with seeds from this site! ~Bill

5/9/2001 1:03:29 AM

Kentucky - USA

This is my first year trying to grow a ag. My biggest pumpkin(A big max type) was grown last year and weighed 135 lbs. The same vine had 7 or 8 more pumpkins on it that weighed 70+ lbs a piece. I was proud of myself for that..hehe


Tim

5/10/2001 11:49:48 PM

Greencastle, PA

I'm growing big max, how did they do for you? well, I did some math today and made an educated guess about my pumpkin weights. These are the ones I'm growing for size:
432 Sawtelle: hopfuly will produce: 1033.5 Morgan
478 Kilbert: may possibly grow: 969 Morgan
481.5 Kilbert: might give me: 985.75 Morgan
869.5 Calai: could produce: 823.75 Morgan
also a 746 Scherber clone, from a plant that produced 1009 Scherber
by the way, I still have a couple of seeds left, including 968 Stellpflug, is it to late to start?

5/11/2001 10:08:40 PM