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If you set these two field pumpkins side by side how do you tell the difference between the two?,, I cant see any difference at all,,lol. Stem looks the same, shape, ribs, size,,,

There is alot of field pumpkins out there with different names that I cant tell the difference between unless told what they are, what is the main thing you look at to distinguish between these field pumpkins that have a different name but look the same?

12/15/2009 10:24:02 AM

Dover, DE

take a sharpie and write on a few garden stakes the names of the pumpkin plants and youll be able to tell the difference. . . . i do this all the time and i have 4 acres

take care and happy holidays

john

12/15/2009 10:35:55 AM

Thuringia/Germany

Fat Albert
http://capitalhort.cas.psu.edu/images/pumpkins2007/Large/FatAlbert.jpg

Phat Jack
http://capitalhort.cas.psu.edu/images/pumpkins2007/Large/PhatJack.jpg

12/15/2009 2:30:33 PM

Ohio

Thanks for the pics German, but I dont think Im explaining my self very good.....

But if the names wasn't below the pumpkins on the two pics you posted , would you really be able to tell them apart and say this pumpkin is a Phat Albert and this one is a Phat Jack?

Say if you was going to a pumpkin stand and there wasnt any names on the pumpkins you was going to buy, would you be able to tell them apart 100%?

Cause even though in the picture the names are listed below the pumpkin they still look exactly the same to me, no difference at all between the two.

What characteristics pin point the difference between the two, cause I dont see any,,lol


Is it the Color between the Phat Albert's and Phat Jacks?,, they look the same to me,

size,, they both look the same.

ribbing, they both look the same.

stem,, they both look the same.

What is it that you are seeing that Im not to be able to tell them apart?LOL

12/15/2009 3:46:12 PM

Dover, DE

really cant tell the difference
if you go to a stand (say, u want to ge them just for seeds) ,, u really wouldnt know unless there is a sign there at the stand.

12/15/2009 4:36:02 PM

Ohio

uM yea ok,,,, LOL!!

12/15/2009 4:54:10 PM

Massillon, Ohio

OK...I'll jump in! Last year I was determined to buy both Phat Albert & Phat Jack seeds. Phat Jack was no problem, but I checked every seed company I could find...and no Phat Albert. If anyone has purchased seeds labeled Phat Albert, I sure would like to know! I bought "Olga" from Outstanding Seed Co. & was told they were actually Phat Alberts. I also bought "95 Bell" from OVGPG and understood that they were from Phat Albert. BUT...no one could tell me where they got the Phat Albert seeds! I've wondered if someone grew a Phat Jack and just decided to call it Phat Albert. SOOOO BROOKS....my supposed Phat Alberts have been more oblong and my Phat Jacks have been more round. But don't take that to the bank....another grower told me his Phat Alberts were round!!! So, just for fun, I named my Phat Jack seeds "Phat Nana"!!!!!!!
THE END.

12/15/2009 8:16:46 PM

Ohio

I think Nana is right. I really think it's just what someone nicknamed a single type of pumpkin. For example in the fish hobby, a single type of fish can have several different nicknames depending on where they are purchased. Serious fish hobbyists rely on the scientific name for the species. Look at the way people refer to a carbonated beverage. The East coast refers to it as Soda but in the midwest, it's Pop.

For the sake of argument, let's all just use a sharpie.

12/15/2009 11:06:54 PM

Ohio

Thanks Tim, Glenna, that makes alot more sense, the fat ones verses the longer ones or just different names but same pumpkin.

At the Ohio weigh off one year,Nic Welty was really good at telling all the small varieties apart, he could just look at a pumpkin and know what kind it is, hes very good at distinguishing between the two, but how he does it is beyond me,lol,, I guess if you grow enough of the different types year after year it might not be so hard to tell them apart.

12/16/2009 5:23:18 AM

Thuringia/Germany

@ Brooks
http://cgi.ebay.com/Phat-Jack-Pumpkin-10-Seeds---NEW---HUGE-HANDLE_W0QQitemZ290373933242QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20091126?IMSfp=TL091126207021r23049

http://brooktonspringsfarm.com/bsordermaint.asp lol....brook

And here...X-Large Pumpkins 50-75 lbs.
http://www.kathyspumpkinpatch.com/content/view/14/18/

Hi Brooks.
I think so you can find both kinds and shop.
Plant both! And you can recognise the differences in 2010.
I wish you a lot of luck!
Best greetings,Janni

12/16/2009 3:24:28 PM

Ohio

lol,,Im not looking for seeds to grow!! hahaha! I have seeds from a Phat Jack and a Phat AlbertS, plus many many more more diffrent varieties,,lol!!!!!!!! I been growing them for years,,hahaha!

I just cant tell them apart even when I grow them myself and know which pumpkin is which ,, there is no diffrence between them from what I can see, or when I look at pictures on the internet of them to try and compare a diffrence with the two,,lol!!

Will someone please post this in German so GermanPumpkin gets what Im saying, cause I give up!,,hahahaha
Is it me or is Germany not understanding my post?,,lol

12/16/2009 4:00:48 PM

Thuringia/Germany

I understand Brooks.
Sorry

12/16/2009 4:15:05 PM

Dover, DE

i understand you now clearly . . . u r saying . . . if im correct. . . . why should u plant both if they look the same ?????

12/16/2009 6:22:11 PM

Mt.Pleasant,Iowa

here you go Brooks,

http://ag.udel.edu/extension/IPM/MAVW Reports 2007/2007 Pumpkin Variety Evaluations Elkner.pdf

12/16/2009 6:36:55 PM

It's you Brooks,,,How many times do I have to tell ya that?

Maybe if you close one eye and spin around in circles 10 times,,,then look at the pumpkins you can see the difference!

8-)

12/16/2009 7:08:38 PM

Ohio

BAAAAAAAAA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

German, no problem bud, just having some fun.

12/16/2009 7:21:43 PM

Ohio

taste and smell brooks

12/16/2009 9:43:21 PM

Ohio

lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12/17/2009 6:44:54 AM