OK, back for another installment in the world's lamest blog. I think next year I might switch this again and use a combination of Facebook and the blogging features on bigpumpkins.com. We shall see. Can we get an Idaho Giant Pumpkin Facebook thing going?
In the meantime, I did happen to win the fair. 423 pounds. There were some other "large" pumpkins there... some I could tell were not Atlantic Giant and one that was about 100 pounds, I'm not sure. But I really like that someone else sent some large fruit to the fair. To anyone in our area, plant some ATLANTIC GIANT seeds next spring and bring them to the fair!
At the fair I was talking to Sharon, and promised that next year eastern Idaho is going to break their record and provide 10 giants for the fair. I believe the record is nine. So, are we up for it?
The fruit on the 1436 is somewhere between 500 and 550. It's also very close to having a rib split. This one might be worth top prize at the weighoff, but if it splits it's worth nothing but bragging rights. I need to look at it closely tonight, and maybe consider cutting it from the vine. I hate to do that, but that split could happen. It might have already happened, because I didn't look at it yesterday, and right now the rain is coming down.
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