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Kutztown, PA

So, I had a 2200 Wolf that I crossed with a 1760 Uhlmeyer. The pumpkin was 800 lb, but things went south about 3 weeks ago. I'd like to save some seeds and grow that cross next year.

When you grow a pumpkin from seeds produced by a crossed pumpkin that never went to the scale how is it identified?

8/29/2022 9:55:43 AM

Central NY

800 est uow garawolf

8/29/2022 10:15:15 AM

Kutztown, PA

Thanks Porkchop. I haven't seen that before. I guess it's not done often. May be not often enough. I don't think I was watering or feeding that pumpkin enough. It had about a week of 50-55 pounds a day then slowed down to nothing a week later.

8/29/2022 11:43:11 AM

Westmoreland, KS

Generally speaking most growers won't grow an est or uow unless they know exactly what happened to the fruit, that is why you don't see many of them. However, if you know what happened and you are able to grow a dandy off of that seed well then that would make other people very interested in growing it in the future.

8/29/2022 12:06:02 PM

British Columbia, Canada

Was the pumpkin damaged?

8/29/2022 12:57:37 PM

Kutztown, PA

No the pumpkin was fine but we had 20 of 30 days in July of 90 plus heat and no rain. The worst week coincided with the stop of growth. Temps in the 95-99 area for that week. I had a smaller one, i.e. 450 pounds that stopped that week too! Of four, I have one still on the vine and growing, albeit slowly. It hit 800 Saturday. Surprisingly, it's been without a stump since about a week after it was pollinated. I cut off the foamy then.

8/29/2022 1:34:15 PM

Dillonvale, Ohio

So Porkchop is not exactly right. If the 800 lb is from an OTT measurement, then the seeds would be labeled, 800 est Garwolf. If you weighed it on a scale, but not a certified scale, then the seeds would be labeled, 800 uow Garwolf

8/31/2022 6:59:35 PM

Kutztown, PA

Ok - then here's a question: The Schmidt 2500 lb. pumpkin was listed in the seed auction as 2500 dmg. Should that have been est. I know it was on a scale, but since those things have to be regularly calibrated and correctly leveled etc. was the weight official? I'm definitely not questioning the weight here I'm just wondering if there's other acceptable official weighing methods, i.e. a certified, calibrate scale at a location other than a GPC weigh off site.

9/1/2022 9:27:18 AM

Central NY

Good lookin out wolf..I was guessing..as far as acceptable weighing, that’s your call garwolf.. you can weigh with any scale you want but for the GPC standings, it has to be at a GPC sanctioned event. Good luck!..and Don’t buy that Mobymike utube garbage..that thing was barley 1200 pounds.

9/1/2022 11:48:21 AM