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Wallingford,CT

The 150 square foot contest was very exciting this year. OK, so it was more exciting for some than it was for others but it was very competitive. The results are very impressive when you consider that the winner ranks in the top one third of all the pumpkins grown in the world this year. While we didn’t reach the 1K level yet there were 5 pumpkins over 900 pounds showing you can grow great pumpkins in tiny spaces. Congratulations to all who grew and we hope everyone had fun and learned something.
Results
1    968.9    MatthewO
2    948.5    Tiger girl
3    948    John Van Sand Baggus
4    928.7    John Butler
5    910.5    mobymikeguide
6    703    Dustin
7    642    CRB KinZ (Ron)
8    564    matt-man
10    561    mikeS
11    461    Cisco
12    415.6    Oriana
13    363    grusenstrom
14    304    pumpkinson
15    197    rrusenstrom
        
    659.2 DMG    Giustino
    565.5 DMG    flatnorm
    95 DMG     cuerbitrix
        
    289 DQ        spence (plant exceeded 150 sq ft)
        
    430 EST        Glenomkins
    207 EST        Andy H
    40 EST        mrusenstrom
2 growers had no sets
5 growers lost their plants
2 growers declared ‘out’
2 growers have no report

10/31/2017 9:47:17 PM

British Columbia, Canada

Congrats everyone. Really close contest between the top 5.

10/31/2017 9:59:35 PM

Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com

If these growers can top 900# on just 150 sq ft, it makes me wonder just how big you really have to go to reach 2000#. Seems like a lot of the top growers are going with around 1000 sq ft. Looks like these 150 growers must be onto something. Congratulations!

10/31/2017 10:37:54 PM

Flat Rock

Thanks Bart and congratulations to all the participants! It was fun. I'm sure we'll get to the 1000# mark soon!

10/31/2017 11:06:32 PM

Grittyville, WA

900 lbs in 150 means you are onto something, even if your leaves fall over the edge of the patch, which is allowed, that’s still a very good result... congrats to all.

11/1/2017 12:33:11 AM

Grittyville, WA

To compare these results to full size patches... add about 100 ft because a 10x15 150 sq ft patch can have leaves extending beyond the boundary. If the average leaf extends two feet ... 2 x perimeter (15+15+10+10) = 100 ft. So tthe production these folks are getting is similar to Willemjins got in 750, maybe better since one one of these guys cut his plant way down halfway through.

11/1/2017 1:05:51 AM

Grittyville, WA

It was fun. Thanks Bart.

11/1/2017 1:21:19 AM

Essex, UK

Blimey, did not expect to come first! Been great fun growing them this way. I set out to show the public in the UK that you can grow competitive pumpkins in a small space and that it is something the general gardener can do as a lot of people don't have large gardens here. The reduced vine burying through June was nice. Easy to spray plants and good fun experimenting with different training patterns too. Highly recommended it to anyone.

11/1/2017 4:39:45 AM

Oak Grove, Mn

Best result ever in the 150 competition...5 growers over 900 pounds! Many of these pumpkins were also HD contenders.I predict the 1K barrier will fall next year.
Congratulations to everyone. You showed great skill in getting to these weights.

11/1/2017 4:41:25 AM

50 Acres

Congratulations to all competitors, it's tough to grow in a confined space.

11/1/2017 8:02:56 AM

Canada

great contest Bart. It was $2 well spent I think 1000 lbs will certainly happen next yr

11/1/2017 8:08:34 AM

Johnston, R.I.

congrats everyone

11/1/2017 8:24:10 AM

Massillon, Ohio

Those are some close results!
Congratulations everyone! Can't wait to see what you can do next year.

11/1/2017 8:37:26 AM

Colorado

Pretty impressive results-150 square feet is tiny-

11/1/2017 1:09:11 PM

Walhalla, ND.

Wow, great job everyone. Does this mean a can down size my pumpkin patch by a lot?

11/1/2017 1:36:08 PM

Torrance, Ca.

150 sq ft!

Impressive!

11/1/2017 6:19:28 PM

Morgantown, WV

Agreed, had a lot of fun with the 150 plant this year, great $2 spent!

Thanks for the hard work organizing everything Bart!

11/2/2017 9:48:56 AM

Hamilton - New Zealand

Great results everyone, well done.

11/2/2017 7:30:35 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

Bart, any idea on % over or under OTT chart on any of these AG's? Would bet most are well over chart! Post if you have info, please. Peace, Wayne

11/3/2017 1:12:53 AM

Weatherman

Tiger Girl was 3% heavy.

11/3/2017 6:19:40 AM

Essex, UK

Mine was 10% over, check number 542 on the weigh off list. 918 Sullivan is highly recommended for big/orange.

11/3/2017 6:25:42 AM

Canada

Mine was 7% light

11/3/2017 7:47:52 AM

Somerset,Ky

Mine was 6.16% heavy on the new GPC chart

11/3/2017 8:34:06 AM

Wallingford,CT

Team-Pumpkin does not require or collect OTT measurements for the contest but from email and public records we found the following results. All values are using our Team-Pumpkin Charts which can be found at http://www.team-pumpkin.org/downloads.htm If your interest in % over or under is for seed selection then you should use the Team-Pumpkin Enhanced Chart and consider the weight range estimate for the pumpkin. Any pumpkin that falls in the range for its’ OTT should be considered equivalent and is what we call ‘to chart’. None are heavy and none are light statistically. Those that are outside the range deserve another look. In this sample there are 2 pumpkins that are outside the upper limit for their OTT range. Are they heavier because of genetics or growers practices, who knows.

Wt    %    % to Team-Pumpkin Enhanced Chart
968.9    +16.6    7.3
948.5    +8.4    ‘to chart’
948    +12.1    3.2
928.7    -2.3    ‘to chart’
910.5    +2.3    ‘to chart’
703    -8.6    ‘to chart’
642    +1.1    ‘to chart’
564    -1.2    ‘to chart’
561    -0.7    ‘to chart’
461    -8.0    ‘to chart’
415.6    +4.7    ‘to chart’
304    -1.0    ‘to chart’

11/3/2017 11:41:47 AM

Wallingford,CT

sorry about the column formatting. someday I'll figure out how to get the 3 columns to line up correctly.

11/3/2017 11:45:54 AM

Owensboro, Ky.

Bart, guessing that 968.9 is an outligher (not sure if terminology is correct, but meaning to be...different). The only other one that I see, seems to be normal to the (VanHook) chart? 12% or more heavy is normal for the Slunger Brothers!!! LOL Keep up the great work!!! Peace, Wayne

11/7/2017 1:47:25 AM

Owensboro, Ky.

Bart, sorry if you thought any requirements were requested...Just trying to show off my clients? VanHook seeds grow SLUNGERS....full garden space, or 150 sq ft!! These Brothers grow heavy to chart !!! Peace, Wayne LOL

11/9/2017 1:02:10 AM

Wallingford,CT

No problem Wayne. I posed the numbers because I was curious myself and my comment seemed to spark a discussion on another thread.

11/9/2017 7:00:24 AM

Owensboro, Ky.

LOL, Bart? What other thread? Peace, Wayne

11/11/2017 1:58:46 AM

Utah

Great Job !
I think I might try this next year.

11/17/2017 12:50:02 PM

Weatherman

Tiger Girl will go over 1,000# next year.

11/17/2017 1:23:00 PM