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Knopp, Germany

The other day a few of my colleagues at work asked me about my pumpkins, so I told them I would send them a picture. Here are a few of their replies to my e-mail:

“Wowww! That can make a lot of pumpkin soup.”

“This is really something, what do you feed them to make them grow so big, I never seen anything like it. Mine never go beyond 7 to 10 pounds, what do I do wrong?”

“Man what do you feed those pumpkins.”

“So Owen,
How many pumpkin pies do you think that monster would make? When are you taking it in to compete against other Giant Pumpkins?.”

“How on earth did you manage to grow one so big?”

“Oh my goodness!!!”

“That’s a big assed pumpkin!”

My Favorite reply:

“Good Lord!!!!!!!!! It’s not even orange!!!!!!!! I’m gonna start calling you “Farmer O”.”

10/12/2005 1:55:18 AM

Austria

Too funny Owen, Sounds VERY familiar to me. Most people ask about what to feed such a big baby and second is "what are you going to do with it?" Third - and that one I like most - "I really want to apologize for laughing at you in early spring and not taking you serious at all when you said you were going to grow a pumpkin over 300 pounds" - Man, there are a lot of folks now who will now take everything I say for granted `till the day I die ...

BTW, what do you guys do with your pumpkins? The only question, I had no answer to ...

Heino

10/12/2005 3:03:23 AM

Www.extremepumpkinstore.com

Farmer O..................HAHAHHAHAHAHA.............Love it

10/12/2005 6:47:55 AM

Ohio

Steel, Same here,The question I always hear is
" What do you do with them after you grow them?"
I tell them ,I cut them open to use the seeds for next year and to trade with other growers to grow another one. I always get the strange and confused look afterwards from them.

10/12/2005 7:44:22 AM

Honesdale, Pennsylvania

I always like the old standard.. " Is it real??? Can I touch it?? "

10/12/2005 7:45:57 AM

Cologne / Germany

"Why do you grow them on top of your soil? I thought you need to dig them out in October."
Asked by a person with 2 university degrees driving a brand new BMW 700 obviously not knowing that a pumpkin is not a potato.

10/12/2005 8:26:22 AM

Sioux Falls, SD [email protected]

What do people do with most of the pumpkins grown in this country? . . .they set around on display. I don't know people think if its got some size to it you autta eat it.

10/12/2005 8:40:23 AM

Sioux Falls, SD [email protected]

oops. . .left out the word "why"

10/12/2005 8:41:21 AM

Rhode Island

GREAT JOB OWEN
"HOW MANY YEARS DID IT TAKE YOU TO GROW THAT THING "?
"WHY IS IT FLAT ON THE BOTTOM"?
PAP

10/12/2005 9:18:04 AM

ENGLAND

Here's a few more...
Is that thing hollow inside ? Does it have milk in it like a coconut ? It must take ages to peel that ! Heard loads more but can't recall them all right now.

10/12/2005 10:12:57 AM

Do you have to roll it on the vine to keep it round?

10/12/2005 10:30:40 AM

Austria

Another one is "Don`t tell me this could work without genetic engineering" ...

10/12/2005 10:31:34 AM

Netherlands

Is it plastic or cement?

10/12/2005 10:53:20 AM

Netherlands

My neighbour lady guessed the weight of my 454 at 70 lbs.

10/12/2005 10:53:58 AM

Austria

lol

10/12/2005 11:16:23 AM

Do you give it any injections? I get that a lot.

10/12/2005 11:17:38 AM

Long Island,New York

Owen...having experienced a squash first hand and showed it around would you agree that the greenie was well recieved and liked by the general public?

10/12/2005 11:37:33 AM

Knopp, Germany

Glenn, there were 16 AG's at our weigh off. Two were green, they loved them. I do not know how many pictures were taken. And, the best part, I believe that there may be a few more grown over here next year. All of the growers I talked to liked the idea.

Whiched leads to another queston I was asked:

"What did you do to make them grow so green?"

10/12/2005 11:41:06 AM

Oxford, MA

My favorite came from a 6 yr old-"can you open it so I can get into it!"

10/12/2005 11:45:18 AM

Montoursville, PA

How do you get a monster like that, on a trailer? I use three circus elephants, to lift it. :)

10/12/2005 11:49:20 AM

Billerica,Massachusetts

" how many years did it take you to grow that"? i guess they never heard of winter??

10/12/2005 11:53:44 AM

Sioux Falls, SD [email protected]

I want Dutch's neighbor to guess my weight. . .

10/12/2005 12:30:06 PM

Cologne Brescia Italy

LOL Owen!

10/12/2005 4:36:08 PM

Spokane,WA

I heard that if you throw a hollowed out pumpkin in a lake that a Martha Stewart grows.

10/12/2005 5:19:42 PM

Antigonish,Nova Scotia,Canada

....did you mean Martha "No Shows?"....LOL

10/12/2005 6:38:00 PM

Ohio

I got this one today, "are them perrenials?"

10/12/2005 9:45:47 PM

Itzetown City

Another answer: Why it's gone so fat? I rubd it with toilette paper each day, it works by the wife as well.

10/13/2005 5:49:48 AM

Butler, Ohio

Lets not forget the classic..."Did you feed it alot of milk"?

10/13/2005 7:43:27 PM

Garden

"Can you do that to other stuff, like avacodo?"

10/13/2005 8:30:58 PM

Eastern Pennsylvania

hopefully next year I will have my own to share but for now let me just say this has all been very entertaining!
Jim

10/14/2005 4:40:21 PM