Giant pumpkin weigh off happens today

vickeym
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Can't wait to see how big the winners are this year at our state fair. They will be holding the weigh off today so results should be available soon. If anyone else is interested, I will post links and/or information here as soon as I am able to get them.

Last year an Anchorage farmer set a record for the largest pumpkin in state history with a 2,147-pound giant pumpkin at the Alaska State Fair.

https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2022/08/29/anchorage-pumpkin-grower-outdoes-himself-with-new-record-at-alaska-state-fair/

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  • Torey
    Torey Posts: 5,402 admin

    Yes, definitely interested in this year's giant!

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  • vickeym
    vickeym Posts: 1,938 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 29
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    Winning 2,023.5 lb pumpkin from Dale Marshall!

    Same fella who holds the state record. Didn't break it this year was not as good for growing with our cooler weather and constant rain. But still a big one.

    These ladies are the Pumpkin Fairies by the way. Our cabbage weigh off is Friday, will share that one also.

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  • vickeym
    vickeym Posts: 1,938 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Actually the ladies in the picture above are the cabbage fairies. Guess I have been out the fair circuit too long. I forgot.

    This is the article about them and this years giant cabbage weigh off.

    https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2023/09/01/the-alaska-state-fair-cabbage-fairies-take-a-final-bow-ushering-in-a-new-generation/


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  • Torey
    Torey Posts: 5,402 admin

    That's a lot of kraut! :)

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  • Marjory Wildcraft
    Marjory Wildcraft Posts: 1,541 admin

    Wow, is the reason you can grow such huge pumpkins and cabbages up there near Santa Klaus - while those of us in the South are stuck with just "big" - is because you get like a zillion hours of sunlight per day?

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  • vickeym
    vickeym Posts: 1,938 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The long daylight hours does give us an advantage in growing. Though many things have to be grown in a greenhouse that most of you can grow outdoors. Especially in years like this when we have cool, rainy summers with very few sunny or warm day.

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  • nicksamanda11
    nicksamanda11 Posts: 713 ✭✭✭✭

    That's incredible!

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  • VermontCathy
    VermontCathy Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I haven't seen any big jack o' lantern size pumpkins yet locally this year, though they were definitely present at our state fair a few weeks back.

    I'm baking pumpkins tomorrow for a local event where our church will be selling pie by the slice, and I had to buy 3 small "pie pumpkins" instead of the single large one I usually buy to make 3 - 4 pies.

    Once we get into October, there will be plenty of large local pumpkins to choose from.

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  • VermontCathy
    VermontCathy Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This evening we drove by one of the local farm stands that I buy from, and they had a lot of pumpkins of all sizes out for sale.

    Tis the season...

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