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Londrina City, Parana State, Brazil

I planted 7 seeds from a giant pumpkin here in Brazil, but died. I need to get a giant pumpkin for a contest in April here in Brazil. I'm looking for the possibility to buy a giant pumpkin and bring to Brazil. Anyone have a giant pumpkin to sell me and I bring to Brazil at the end of March? MY CONTACT IS: on.air.mkt@gmail.com or cristiano.stuani@paiquerefm.com.br. Thanks

1/28/2014 3:33:56 PM

Germany

You should post this on the "Growing in Australia" and "Growing in New Zealand" section of the message board, because the growers from the southern hemisphere will be the ones who might have a pumpkin available around March.

1/28/2014 3:49:21 PM

Londrina City, Parana State, Brazil

Thanks

1/28/2014 6:40:19 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Shipping and Customs are going to be an issue

1/28/2014 10:12:21 PM

Pocatello (cliffwarren@yahoo.com)

Cristiano,

Sabe, algumas vezes eu mandei sementes de aboboras gigantes para Brasil. Mas, se eu falei no envelope que estavam sementes, o alfandegario tomou, nao deixou as sementes entrar no Brasil, e mandou de volta para mim. Bem, uma abobora real, eles nao vao deixar entrar. Tem leis, e medo que uma fruita assim ia levar doencas novas para a terra, etc.

Eu gostaria mandar sementes para voce, mas teria que plantar e cuidar,... acho que nao ia dar para ter uma abobora em Abril, nao tem tempo. (No pacote de sementes, eu ia falar que sao aquelas coisas que a gente usa no toco de guitarra, ha ha. Bem, e' verdade.;-)

1/29/2014 10:52:56 AM

Pocatello (cliffwarren@yahoo.com)

OK, ok, I really enjoyed breaking out the Portuguese. I was telling Cristiano that if I mark a package of seeds as seeds, Brasilian customs will send them back to me. There aint no way an actual pumpkin is getting through! Not enough time left for an April weighoff, but I offered to send seeds anyway. (No time for an April weighoff, when you consider that it may take another six weeks for seeds to get through customs!)

1/29/2014 10:58:06 AM

Pocatello (cliffwarren@yahoo.com)

Are you trying to win the bet against this guy?

http://g1.globo.com/sc/santa-catarina/nossa-terra/2013/noticia/2014/01/agricultor-de-sc-ganha-aposta-com-amigos-e-colhe-abobora-de-286-quilos.html

1/29/2014 5:42:13 PM

Eastern Pennsylvania

Let me get this straight, this guy wants to buy a pumpkin grown by someone else and enter it in a contest? And you guys are helping this effort?

1/29/2014 5:50:36 PM

Indiana

I have a pumpkin still that weighs 950 pounds stored in the barn. Tebeachy@gmail.com

1/29/2014 6:14:18 PM

Pocatello (cliffwarren@yahoo.com)

Orange, this is doomed from the start, we're just having fun.

1/30/2014 12:22:20 AM

Germany

A contest, oh well, I also noticed Stuani mentioned to need this pumpkins for a contest...and Stuani did not point out which kind of contest! A giant pumnpkin as a deco element for a beauty contest (Miss Farmgirl Brazil), or maybe for a guess the weight contest in context of an agricultural show etc. etc., there could be so many contests which simply aren´t pumpkin weigh-offs. Just thinking (and just telling).

1/30/2014 1:50:07 AM