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Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Hi everyone, thanks for reading this post. I was a member here last year and shared some ideas about my dad's pumpkins. He ended up with a 400+ pounder last year and was the talk of the town. He was even on the local news. This year he is well on his weigh (pun intended) to another very big pumpkin. He keeps in touch with a few of the "heavy hitters" in the PA area and I think he has them all beat so far. He has one of his pumpkins estimated at over 350 pounds already and it's gaining in the neighborhood of 20 pounds per day. He has 3 different plants and 5 pumpkins total that he is trying to raise. He lives for his pumpkins and I'm sure he would loves to hear any comments you guys/gals might have. He does not have access to the net so I am posting this for him. The other day, I saw him "misting" his plants with the pressure washer. He shoots the water up in the air and lets the mist fall on the plants to try and cool them from this nasty heat we are having here in PA. Good luck to you all.

Jay

8/7/2001 4:54:55 PM

Long Island,New York

Sounds great.Who is your Dad? What plants is he growing? How will I know who he is when Im in Altoona this Fall?.........G

8/7/2001 5:47:40 PM

Greencastle, PA

I'm going to altoona too! I'll bet we'll be standing next to eachother and won't even know it. I'll just look for the guy with a squash of biblical proportions. He has me beat at least mine are like a whopping 20-30 pounds, I'm jeolous.

Tom

8/7/2001 9:25:04 PM

Liverpool , England

Yo Farmer,
You will recorgnise Glenn...Coke in one hand..Doritos in the other. lol lol

Alun

8/7/2001 9:36:27 PM

Deer Park, WI

I figgered he would be the guy with a fly swatter in his hands trying to keep the rugrats from pulling the stem of his fruit.

8/8/2001 9:17:32 AM

Greencastle, PA

I could see that afterall he is a real mean man.
lol

8/8/2001 10:46:43 AM

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

My dad is Lou Yohe. He was at Altoona last year and plans on attending again this year. I guess if you read the names on the pumpkins at the weigh-off you will be able to find out who he is. He is trying really to hard to break the 800 pound barrier and I am keeping my fingers crossed for him. I saw the pumkins again yesterday and they are looking great. He has another 2 pumkins pushing the 300 pound mark and the bigger 350+ pounder is really taking off. He planted seeds from Tony Celiburto, pardon my spelling, Mark Patrick and Gary Checkon. It's funny how they are all Atlantic Giant pumpkins but every plants pumpkins have their own color and shape. I'll keep posting to let you all know how the pumpkins are doing. Bye for now. Jay

8/9/2001 11:12:14 AM

Greencastle, PA

sounds like everything's going well.

8/9/2001 12:20:14 PM

Long Island,New York

Jay...sounds like he's off to a good start. Wish him the biggest of luck from all here at BigPumpkins.com (can I speak for everyone here?). Hope to see his monsters in Altoona this fall......G

8/9/2001 2:03:21 PM

Greencastle, PA

you can speak for me

8/9/2001 2:13:42 PM

Ann Arbor, Mi

I havn't meet a gaint pumpkin grower yet that I wouldn't wish good luck to.

8/9/2001 4:11:50 PM

Ann Arbor, Mi

I havn't meet a gaint pumpkin grower yet that I wouldn't wish good luck to. Of cousre I could use some more...

8/9/2001 4:12:59 PM

Greencastle, PA

so could I, heat stress is the big problem here

8/9/2001 4:18:11 PM

Charlotte, North Carolina

Here too.

8/10/2001 3:42:57 PM