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Arizona Giant Pumpkin Growers: June 2015

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Arizona Giant Pumpkin Growers. AZGPG Weigh Off Header 2015. Thursday, June 11, 2015. Have Scale - Will Travel. Baker 461.5 on AZGPG's floor scale. To make it even more fun, the AZGPG has established a Virtual Weigh-Off so that your pumpkins can earn a ribbon. If you have more than one entry per category, then we will weigh them all. However, you can only have one entry earn a ribbon; the rest will be considered "Exhibition" fruit or vegetables. We're looking forward to seeing everyone else's pumpkins dur...

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Arizona Giant Pumpkin Growers: Thanks to the Festival Judges

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Arizona Giant Pumpkin Growers. AZGPG Weigh Off Header 2015. Friday, June 5, 2015. Thanks to the Festival Judges. Bart Toftness, Wendy Woodward, Scott Culp. Getting the official measurements for the Festival entries. Thank you to Bart Toftness and AZGPG members, Scott Culp and Wendy Woodward, for serving as the judges at the AZGPG Spring Harvest Festival. They did a great job of ensuring the event went off without a hitch. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Its a Science Project.

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Arizona Giant Pumpkin Growers: October 2015

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Arizona Giant Pumpkin Growers. AZGPG Weigh Off Header 2015. Friday, October 30, 2015. Time to Get Started . Again. The days of wandering into the kitchen and having a relaxing cup of coffee, while reading the paper, with my wife have pretty much come to an end. Dean Baker, and friend, at the Carefree Pumpkin Festival. 61 more days until Giant Pumpkin season starts again in Arizona. There's a lot to do, before year-end, to get ready for the new season. It's both exciting, and tiring, to think that we're a...

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Arizona Giant Pumpkin Growers: It's a Science Project

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Arizona Giant Pumpkin Growers. AZGPG Weigh Off Header 2015. Sunday, June 7, 2015. It's a Science Project. The bar has been raised! It's time to celebrate. We've set a new record for growing giant pumpkins. Dean celebrates new Arizona record. We all have learned a lot during the first five months of 2015. The AZGPG, as a group, set as its 2015 goals to 1) Beat the existing Arizona State record for growing giant pumpkins, and 2) Break the 500-pound plateau with our pumpkins. Last fall I suggested the growi...

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Arizona Giant Pumpkin Growers: May 2015

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Arizona Giant Pumpkin Growers. AZGPG Weigh Off Header 2015. Saturday, May 9, 2015. When the Tailgate Drops . The old saying about pumpkin competitions is finally becoming a reality for Southwestern growers. As they say:. When the tailgate drops, the b* * * * stops.". The AZGPG Spring Harvest Festival is only 21 days away. All the hopes, and dreams, that we have had for the past four months are now being replaced by the fears of the soon approaching drop date. Importantly, there is a good possibility that...

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Arizona Giant Pumpkin Growers: Starting Your Giant Pumpkin Seed

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Arizona Giant Pumpkin Growers. AZGPG Weigh Off Header 2015. Thursday, December 24, 2015. Starting Your Giant Pumpkin Seed. It's Christmas Eve and Arizona Giant Pumpkin Growers thoughts have turned to starting their pumpkins. If we germinate our pumpkin seeds now, then they will be ready to plant in January. It's becoming our tradition to start our pumpkins on Christmas Eve in hopes that we have a full season ending with the Spring Harvest Festival - scheduled this season on May 28, 2016.

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Arizona Giant Pumpkin Growers: April 2015

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Arizona Giant Pumpkin Growers. AZGPG Weigh Off Header 2015. Saturday, April 4, 2015. Everybody is Chasing the Leader. 1622 Young 2009 - 32 DAP. Dave Smith's 1622 Young is now 32 DAP and has an OTT of 176 - with an estimated weight of 126 pounds. The plant is now protected by a 70% shade cloth that Dave erected over his plot yesterday. Thursday, April 2, 2015. Half Way to the Prize. Arizona Giant Pumpkin Growers have started on the back half of the 2015 Spring growing season. The easy days of maintain...

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Arizona Giant Pumpkin Growers: Moving Seeds into Pots After 72 Hours

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Arizona Giant Pumpkin Growers. AZGPG Weigh Off Header 2015. Sunday, December 27, 2015. Moving Seeds into Pots After 72 Hours. It's great when things work out the way they're supposed to. I started eight seeds on Christmas Eve and all of them had germinated by today. I was pleased they all germinated, but wasn't prepared to spend the afternoon preparing to move them into pots. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Arizona Giant Pumpkin Growers (AZGPG) mission is to help growers develop friendships, and ...

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Arizona Giant Pumpkin Growers: Better Late Than Never

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Arizona Giant Pumpkin Growers. AZGPG Weigh Off Header 2015. Friday, June 5, 2015. Better Late Than Never. Dean Baker awards Ben Buchsieb the Arizona State Record ribbon for his 2007 pumpkin weighing 469 pounds. The AZGPG may be a young organization, but Arizona does have some history growing giant pumpkins. Ben Buchsieb (469 pounds in 2007) was awarded an Arizona State Record and Personal Best ribbon for his pumpkin. His record stood for 8 years before it was broken at this year's Festival. Volunteers Ma...