Giant Pumpkins

PPJ · Post #301 by **PPJ** » Sun Oct 16, 2016 3:20 pm

AD wrote:
PPJ wrote:Eiff, e getz dee record, we shall all dance to Rico Suave!

PredsFan77 · Post #302 by **PredsFan77** » Sun Oct 16, 2016 11:28 pm

He won?

AD · Post #303 by AD » Tue Oct 18, 2016 3:09 am

Yes. Beat the record. Twice.

I hope he wasn't juicing.

MP · Post #304 by MP » Tue Oct 18, 2016 8:44 am

AD wrote:Yes. Beat the record. Twice.

I hope he wasn't juicing.

Link?

AD · Post #305 by AD » Tue Oct 18, 2016 12:04 pm

I'd rather preserve his anonymity. Though I'm sure Big#D has already creeped him.

CharlieGirl · Post #306 by **CharlieGirl** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 12:09 pm

Rico, that's friggen' awesome! Congrats!!

Shawnathan Horcoff · Post #307 by **Shawnathan Horcoff** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 12:17 pm

Thanks for the poll, fellas.

PPJ · Post #308 by **PPJ** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 1:03 pm

AD wrote:I'd rather preserve his anonymity.

Ricard_Persson · Post #309 by **Ricard_Persson** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 1:07 pm

Boring Choice #2 · Post #310 by **Boring Choice #2** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 1:17 pm

AD wrote:I'd rather preserve his anonymity. Though I'm sure Big#D has already creeped him.

i've had the pumpkin contests saved for years, as the founder of the broads annual giant pumpkin contest. :colbert:

i checked at least twice in the week running up the the final contest to see how it was going. i'm not some banana come lately.

IcE ColD · Post #311 by **IcE ColD** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 1:43 pm

Congratulations R_P, well deserved.

PredsFan77 · Post #312 by **PredsFan77** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 2:15 pm

Pumpkin is on viagra

AD · Post #313 by AD » Tue Oct 18, 2016 3:57 pm

Dog wrote:
Ricard_Persson wrote:

Sweet baby Jesus!

Congrats!

That was #2 (1800). #1 came in at 1803 right?

PredsFan77 · Post #314 by **PredsFan77** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 5:53 pm

Giant Squash and Giant Tomato look ripe for the taking next year. and whats up with that fella winning all the random categories.

Ricard_Persson · Post #315 by **Ricard_Persson** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 10:39 pm

Yes top place on the parade float as well. Make pumpkins great again.

Ricard_Persson · Post #316 by **Ricard_Persson** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 10:41 pm

AD wrote:
That was #2 (1800). #1 came in at 1803 right?

Yes. Strange to have 2.5 pounds between the two of them. They grow 2 pounds an hour in peak growth.

vonbonds · Post #317 by **vonbonds** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 11:31 pm

Ricard_Persson wrote:
AD wrote:
That was #2 (1800). #1 came in at 1803 right?

Yes. Strange to have 2.5 pounds between the two of them. They grow 2 pounds an hour in peak growth.

So do I

PPJ · Post #318 by **PPJ** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 11:05 am

What do you end up doing with the buggers?

chicpea · Post #319 by **chicpea** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 10:00 pm

Hey, Rico.

Haven't checked in for about a year.

Glad to hear you're doing well over there and that the plumpkin passion has never petered like my personal pickle pining of past!

Stay in touch, old pal.

MP · Post #320 by MP » Fri Oct 06, 2017 9:31 pm

Thanksgiving and no pumpkins news?!

PredsFan77 · Post #321 by **PredsFan77** » Fri Oct 06, 2017 9:49 pm

thanksgiving is next month

PPJ · Post #322 by **PPJ** » Mon Oct 16, 2017 11:45 am

Come on Rico, what's a happenin?

PredsFan77 · Post #323 by **PredsFan77** » Mon Oct 16, 2017 7:58 pm

uncle rico is with child. no more pumkins for him.

Ricard_Persson · Post #324 by **Ricard_Persson** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 11:24 am

Sorry fellas, I missed this.

Tough year, ended up with one @ 1365 pounds.

Going for 2000 pounds next year.

vonbonds · Post #325 by **vonbonds** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:47 pm

Only 1365lbs? I’ve grown tomatoes bigger

Sad!

Shawnathan Horcoff · Post #326 by **Shawnathan Horcoff** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 7:29 pm

Get the poll up for next year and put me under the “5000+ kg” category.

MP · Post #327 by MP » Wed Oct 25, 2017 10:49 pm

Dog wrote:What the world needs is for you to figure out a way to grow pumpkins without having one side all squashed down and horribly disfigured. You find a way to do that and you will be a rich and celebrated man (more so)!

We already discussed this Dog, my solution was to divise an elastic pumpkin hammock, to suspend the pumpkin upright over a depression in the ground around it. The grower would adjust the slack/tension as the pumpkin grew, and if you put a load cell on in you could get real time weight and growth chart.

I have yet to be celebrated for this idea.

TGR · Post #328 by **TGR** » Wed Oct 25, 2017 11:50 pm

Looks like the significant rainfall really killed that pumpkin.

I've taken bigger shits.

PPJ · Post #329 by **PPJ** » Thu Oct 26, 2017 6:10 am

MP wrote:
Dog wrote:What the world needs is for you to figure out a way to grow pumpkins without having one side all squashed down and horribly disfigured. You find a way to do that and you will be a rich and celebrated man (more so)!

We already discussed this Dog, my solution was to divise an elastic pumpkin hammock, to suspend the pumpkin upright over a depression in the ground around it. The grower would adjust the slack/tension as the pumpkin grew, and if you put a load cell on in you could get real time weight and growth chart.

I have yet to be celebrated for this idea.

You should form a partnership with Rico in the giant pumpkin business. You guys would be like Reece's peanut butter cups of pumpkin growing.

PPJ · Post #330 by **PPJ** » Thu Oct 26, 2017 3:33 pm

Dog wrote:
MP wrote:
Dog wrote:What the world needs is for you to figure out a way to grow pumpkins without having one side all squashed down and horribly disfigured. You find a way to do that and you will be a rich and celebrated man (more so)!

We already discussed this Dog, my solution was to divise an elastic pumpkin hammock, to suspend the pumpkin upright over a depression in the ground around it. The grower would adjust the slack/tension as the pumpkin grew, and if you put a load cell on in you could get real time weight and growth chart.

I have yet to be celebrated for this idea.

You have not been celebrated because you brought forth an inelegant and cumbersome solution, engineer.

I say we grow pumpinks in an anti-gravity chamber!

You fool. That is equivalent to doping in the Giant pumpkin world. You want Rico to be banned from competition?

MP · Post #331 by MP » Thu Oct 26, 2017 7:02 pm

clawfirst wrote:Revolving cradle can be done. I win.

You'd snap the stem, no way that works.

MP · Post #332 by MP » Thu Oct 26, 2017 7:03 pm

Also how does one water in anti gravity?

MP · Post #333 by MP » Thu Oct 26, 2017 7:15 pm

clawfirst wrote:Osmosis

The process by which molecules of a solvent tend to pass through a semipermeable membrane from a less concentrated solution into a more concentrated one?

MP · Post #334 by MP » Thu Oct 26, 2017 7:16 pm

clawfirst wrote:Its ok mp. I do this to eng all the time. Now start the calc on the hydraulic system we need...me and rico will have a working prototype before you reply

After which, you'll be wishing you went with a hammock...

mayoradamwest · Post #335 by **mayoradamwest** » Fri Oct 27, 2017 7:15 pm

Halloween really missed out by not adopting the squash as it's official root vegetable.

Shredz · Post #336 by **Shredz** » Sun Aug 05, 2018 11:50 pm

PPJ · Post #337 by **PPJ** » Thu Jun 20, 2019 1:13 pm

Rico, what’s a happenin?

MP · Post #338 by MP » Thu Sep 12, 2019 8:41 am

Ricard_Persson wrote:Sorry fellas, I missed this.

Tough year, ended up with one @ 1365 pounds.

Going for 2000 pounds next year.

Rico give us the goods how are the 2019 pumpkins coming along?

Shawnathan Horcoff · Post #339 by **Shawnathan Horcoff** » Thu Sep 12, 2019 10:39 am

Poppin' in to register my prediction at 2000.

Kilograms. :smuglanne:

Ricard_Persson · Post #340 by **Ricard_Persson** » Thu Sep 12, 2019 1:25 pm

No good fellas. Only grew one seed this year. She was doing fine and the old girl even fought off a bad case of vine borers that have never been seen this far north before. Me and some poisons slowed the borers down but just this week the old girl succumb to a bad sagline and split. She's still in the garden awaiting a trip to the compost pile. She was about 1400 and still doing 18 pounds a day. Not a real looker with her saglines and lumps but I'm sure you'll love her just the same if I can get you a picture before the hearse shows up.

PredsFan77 · Post #341 by **PredsFan77** » Thu Sep 12, 2019 1:56 pm

AD · Post #342 by AD » Thu Sep 12, 2019 2:14 pm

Too much water?

Ricard_Persson · Post #343 by **Ricard_Persson** » Thu Sep 12, 2019 6:09 pm

No. Just the way it grew. It started to sink in the top and becomes a week spot when a sag line crosses with the natiralnribs ofnthe fruit. I could see it coming.

Sometimes happens. Could have been the dry year possibly.

Shawnathan Horcoff · Post #344 by **Shawnathan Horcoff** » Thu Sep 12, 2019 6:37 pm

Ricard_Persson wrote:No good fellas. Only grew o—

Shredz · Post #345 by **Shredz** » Sun Sep 15, 2019 4:52 pm

A bunch of these started growing in my front yard in my small garden. I threw pumpkins and watermelons in it a lot during the summer. What the fuck is it? Pumpkin?

AD · Post #346 by AD » Sun Sep 15, 2019 6:14 pm

Looks like a zucchini flower

AD · Post #347 by AD » Sun Sep 15, 2019 6:14 pm

Pick them, stuff them with some fresh ricotta,.. then light batter and spot quick fry

You'll thank me later

PredsFan77 · Post #348 by **PredsFan77** » Sun Sep 15, 2019 6:19 pm

looks like a lemon to me, shred

chicpea · Post #349 by **chicpea** » Sun Sep 15, 2019 9:51 pm

Ricard_Persson wrote:Me and some poisons slowed the borers down but just this week the old girl succumb to a bad sagline and split.

I hope she comes back, rico :[

MP · Post #350 by MP » Sun Sep 15, 2019 10:13 pm

shredz wrote:A bunch of these started growing in my front yard in my small garden. I threw pumpkins and watermelons in it a lot during the summer. What the fuck is it? Pumpkin?

Definitely looks like zucchini.

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