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Gourd-zilla: Pumpkin sets world record in Stillwater
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| 10-9-10
| Mary Divine
Posted on 10/09/2010 3:44:46 PM PDT by WOBBLY BOB
Chris Stevens, 32, of New Richmond, Wis., perfected the formula this summer and grew an orange gourd that weighed 1,810 and a half pounds and today shattered the previous world record of 1,725 pounds.
"There's really no secret. It's a lot of luck and a lot of time," said Stevens, who started growing mega pumpkins 5 years ago. Stevens, a general contractor for Derrick Construction, lives with his wife Amy and their two daughters on 4.5 acres, south of New Richmond and has a 10,000-square foot pumpkin patch.
As soon as Stevens set the world record at 2:05 p.m. at the Stillwater Harvest Fest in downtown Stillwater, congratulatory phone calls started coming in from fellow producers from all over the world. "It feels awesome!" Stevens said.
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TOPICS: Agriculture; Outdoors; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: largest; pumpkin; record; stillwater
"This earns him a nice jacket and bragging rights," Ailts told the crowd gathered around the digital scale. I would hope it would be a Members Only jacket.
To: WOBBLY BOB
I got a virus warning on that website
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posted on
10/09/2010 3:46:38 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: WOBBLY BOB
Well this is just great! No pictures?
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posted on
10/09/2010 3:54:17 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: nuconvert
To: Red_Devil 232
could not find any yet...
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posted on
10/09/2010 4:10:30 PM PDT
by
WOBBLY BOB
( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
To: WOBBLY BOB
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posted on
10/09/2010 4:19:06 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
To: Slyfox
he looks familiar
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posted on
10/09/2010 4:28:38 PM PDT
by
WOBBLY BOB
( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
To: WOBBLY BOB
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posted on
10/09/2010 4:57:03 PM PDT
by
Lockbar
(March toward the sound of the guns.)
To: WOBBLY BOB
‘Members Only’ jackets, LOL! *SNORT*
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posted on
10/09/2010 5:39:12 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save the Earth. It's the only planet with Chocolate.)
To: WOBBLY BOB
Oh, this is going to be TOO easy, LOL!
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posted on
10/09/2010 5:42:46 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save the Earth. It's the only planet with Chocolate.)
To: WOBBLY BOB
"And they called it...Pumpkin Love..."
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posted on
10/09/2010 5:44:12 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save the Earth. It's the only planet with Chocolate.)
To: WOBBLY BOB
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posted on
10/09/2010 5:45:53 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save the Earth. It's the only planet with Chocolate.)
To: WOBBLY BOB
I miss you, Grandpa! *SNIF*
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posted on
10/09/2010 5:48:23 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save the Earth. It's the only planet with Chocolate.)
To: WOBBLY BOB
thought it was Stillwater, OK and they celebrated at Eskimo Joe’s.
Guess not.
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posted on
10/09/2010 5:58:11 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
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posted on
10/10/2010 9:31:22 AM PDT
by
WOBBLY BOB
( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
To: WOBBLY BOB
I am confused, was it a pumpkin or a gourd? They are not the same thing. I just learned that at my local nursery, the mini pumpkins were $.69 and mini gourds were $.99.
They had a pretty big pumpkin for sale for $199.
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posted on
10/10/2010 9:38:04 AM PDT
by
Ditter
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