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Follansbee, Wv

1367.5 day 61 measurements 167, 100, 96 OTT 363 for 1002 pounds. Nearly 5 inches of rain in the last three days has me biting my nails, but it's still solid.

8/31/2005 4:37:30 PM

Spanish Ontario

MONTY a job well done keep it going i,m in the same boat got everything crossed KEN

8/31/2005 4:45:55 PM

Montoursville, PA

Way to go Monty...........Nice and solid finish will surely stay up there, for you.

8/31/2005 8:31:18 PM

No Place Special

Great job!

8/31/2005 9:23:56 PM

Minnesota([email protected])

I hope you can keep er goin'. What a rookie season!

8/31/2005 9:37:58 PM

Rapid City, SD

MONTY.............ya da man..........congrats.....matt

8/31/2005 9:39:28 PM

Mocksville, NC

MONTY GREAT JOB!!!!!

and remember my seed request please!

8/31/2005 9:57:36 PM

Follansbee, Wv

Thanks guys. I find myself checking it for splits every few hours now. Tomorrow will be the telling day since the sun will be out and the water will really start moving through the plant. If she makes it through tomorrow, I'll breathe a little easier.
HAHA, yes Rog, your are definately on the list. Hopefully this fruit will have more seeds than the 684 did.

8/31/2005 10:22:45 PM

San Jose [email protected]

great job monty, not a bad year for a rookie, compared to me, you are only 900 lbs ahead of me, well done

9/1/2005 12:08:33 AM

Mill Creek West by god Virginia

hey monty im glad youre helping put west virginia on the punkin growing map,i hope there is a couple other impressive fruit here in wv that makes it to the weigh offs!congrats bro youve done a heck of a job!maybe ill catch up to ya weight wise at the weigh offs one day hummn just think several mountaineers over 1000lbs wow who woulde of thunk it!go mountaineers!

9/1/2005 12:10:36 AM

Knopp, Germany

Wow Monty, that is an awesome accomplishment for a first year grower of these giants, even if you had gardening experience before. My hat is off to you!

9/1/2005 1:04:52 AM

Cameron,ontario Team Lunatic

That's a great acheivement for a rookie. Congrats.

Phil

9/1/2005 6:36:57 AM

Follansbee, Wv

Hey Keith, you have had a rough year buddy. I'm sure you will be right up there next year. Don Chambers has a couple of big ones going at his place. One way or another the new WV record will be 4 digits.

9/1/2005 6:39:29 AM

huntsburg,ohio

Keep her going Monty.At the directors meeting the other night in Canfield we were figuring how many 1000 lbers would be at the weigh off and i included you so keep her going.Jerry

9/1/2005 7:27:45 AM

Utah

congratulations Monty !

9/1/2005 9:15:09 AM

Follansbee, Wv

I'll do the best I can Jerry. Not much I can do anyway with one arm in a sling (torn tendon) and the other in a pillow cast (ulnar neuropothy). Just watching and waiting now. There are some small cracks opening up around the stem area, nothing I would really call a split and all are bleeding. So far I'm not overly worried...yeah right. My plan of attack is to keep my stupid hands off it now and hope the dry weather in the forcast holds for a while.

9/1/2005 2:12:13 PM

Leamington, Ont.

Great job Monty! 1000+ lbs, and you did it your first try... Awesome

9/1/2005 4:24:53 PM

Massillon, Ohio

been watching your progress all year since the "green" ohio incident lol. i go to church in "green" and not "green" so i knew where you were at haha. best wishes on a monsterous monster and let no splits occur!!!

9/1/2005 7:43:00 PM

Follansbee, Wv

ROFL Christy! I will never live that down will I??

9/1/2005 8:20:11 PM

Massillon, Ohio

nope :) but look on the bright side you were 8 miles from my house !!!

9/1/2005 9:14:47 PM

Kentucky

monty great job.and with only a couple hours work involved......lol .....steve

9/1/2005 10:54:45 PM

Nikiski, Alaska 99635

Thats bigger than most brown bears up here. Awesome Monty!

9/2/2005 3:30:32 AM

Wv

Congrats and continued luck. Go WV!

9/2/2005 1:21:48 PM

Sophia WV

Way to go Monty!!!

9/2/2005 5:10:09 PM