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Zurich, Ontario Canada

would i be right to assume that once you use caulking on a kin that it is disqualified.

8/27/2014 9:35:36 PM

Muddy Waters

yes it is

8/27/2014 9:51:27 PM

Zurich, Ontario Canada

damm!!!

8/27/2014 10:02:04 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Read the GPC rules closely

8/27/2014 10:04:00 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

No Caulk at the time of weighing. Although it has to pas all other criteria

3.No foreign material (i.e.: fungicides, caulking, skin additives et cetera) will be permitted in the weighing of any fruit. Vines must be trimmed to within one inch of the stem of the fruit. The judges have the right to inspect any and all fruit before weights and measurements become official. Refusal of any inspection to an entry will cause the entry to be classified exhibition only.
4.The specimen must be sound, healthy, and undamaged. Entries must be free of rot, holes or cracks through to the cavity, and serious soft spots.A.The Judges reserve the right to probe cracks, holes, and to dig out soft spots to judge a fruit official or not. Before the Judges can execute any of the previous they must have the grower present.
B.A serious soft spot is one that is greater than 3 inches in diameter, and greater than 3 inches deep. The dimensions of the soft spot will be measured after all soft material has been removed with a spoon.
C.If there are more than two soft spots that require material to be removed and measured, the pumpkin will be disqualified even if each is smaller than the definition of 'a serious soft spot'.
D.Judging is to be completed before a fruit is officially weighed.

8/27/2014 10:08:36 PM

Colorado

Yes if you caulked a hole into the seed cavity

8/27/2014 10:32:10 PM

Germany

Find a weigh-off which offers the class of "caul-kins" for that kind of fruit to be entered in.

8/28/2014 5:32:37 AM

Stanwood, Washington

If you can take the caulk off and the hole isn't into the cavity you are good to go. Its not very likely but I have heard tales of small holes that were into the cavity healing themselves up before.

8/28/2014 3:01:58 PM

Zurich, Ontario Canada

pumpkin is still growing well. May be I jumped the gun and should have tried to heal it up without caulking.

8/28/2014 8:07:05 PM