2014 The GC Pumpkin growing and carving challenge

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  1. gill75

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    Well my plant leaves only improved for a short period of time and then shrivelled up and died but the pumpkin seemed to keep growing. I don't think it developed properly though as you can see its a bit odd shaped haha. We cut it off today as the plant seemed to have dried up. My son says its like a giant orange plum :dunno: .
     

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      looking good everyone. ill have to get a few photo's up. im doing much better with the size of them than i did last year but i havent got as many growing.
       
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          Nice..how big now Richard?

          Steve...:)
           
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          :thud::hapfeet:...It's great seeing how you proper Pumpkin growers do it:love30::yes:
           
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            Hey Steve it's really hard to get a size on it so been tanking the smaller top half as the size it's 150lb

            Thanks lolimac but I'm by no means a proper grower only second time I have grown them and only had a allotment 2 years I'm just a noob
             
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              Well I think we have a new UK record pumpkin, sadly I'm not the one growing it..lol

              The record is currently 1520lb and the Patton Twins currently have a 1484lb pumpkin growing that gained 120lbs a week!

              Here is the last report of its weight from 6 days ago. http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=225748 The photo here is of the stem of one fruit they removed...its a 72 day old tree!

              And here is the last published photo of it from 2 weeks ago ago.

              http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=224976

              I cannot see how it could not break the record now!

              Steve...:)
               
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                Blimey Steve :thud:

                Lets hope it don't get struck by a meteor :hate-shocked::fingers crossed:
                 
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                It is amazing Steve you can not believe that the stem is that big
                 
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                    Well as of today we are up to
                    Last years weight or a bit more it's hard to measure because of the shape here's a photo of ugly Betty
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                      Nice one Richard, looking good there!

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                          This cold weather has stopped mine from growing, it's still the same size as two weeks ago. It's 90" for the three measures for the OTT method, that's not even on the chart, so maybe it's around 20 lbs. I can't see my plant recovering now the leaves are starting to get brown edges as though it's had enough.
                           
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                          I did some OTT measurements this morning and so far I have 3 'kins, 64lb, 44lb and 38lb, and a few smaller ones too.

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