Have you have a good sized marrow on your plot? Do take a picture and enter our competition. There is just over a week left to enter. Deadline for entries is 30th August 2017.
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Mammoth marrow competition
Mammoth marrow competition
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Westi
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Hi Emma!
My poor soul is just 17" but appears to be growing still as I had to move the cold frame forward as it hit the glass again! Not likely I'll be entering but enjoying reading about everyone's trials & tribulations! Maybe next year you should give out free seeds for something that will be mammoth as folk have given up already, as these marrows aren't meant to be huge!
Any chance of Atlantic Giant Pumpkin seeds or the like on the mag? Just a couple of seeds & let's see the competition open up to this challenge! Good idea though for the mag readers & the forum!
My poor soul is just 17" but appears to be growing still as I had to move the cold frame forward as it hit the glass again! Not likely I'll be entering but enjoying reading about everyone's trials & tribulations! Maybe next year you should give out free seeds for something that will be mammoth as folk have given up already, as these marrows aren't meant to be huge!
Any chance of Atlantic Giant Pumpkin seeds or the like on the mag? Just a couple of seeds & let's see the competition open up to this challenge! Good idea though for the mag readers & the forum!
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Pa Snip
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Must confess I thought the original suggestion about this competition taking place involved the 'long bush' seeds that were given away with the magazine.
I have not measured mine as yet but visually I would say it wont win prizes (STOP IT !!!
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I have not measured mine as yet but visually I would say it wont win prizes (STOP IT !!!
)The danger when people start to believe their own publicity is that they often fall off their own ego.
At least travelling under the guise of the Pa Snip Enterprise gives me an excuse for appearing to be on another planet
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Pa Snip
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OH ROBO !!!!!
Hope you do go for it. At this rate no one from the forum will be taking part.
We may not stand any chance of winning but we can't let the side down on entries.
I will if you will.
Hope you do go for it. At this rate no one from the forum will be taking part.
We may not stand any chance of winning but we can't let the side down on entries.
I will if you will.
The danger when people start to believe their own publicity is that they often fall off their own ego.
At least travelling under the guise of the Pa Snip Enterprise gives me an excuse for appearing to be on another planet
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oldherbaceous
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It will be a shame if a non free marrow seed wins, I suppose......as they aren't the biggest of marrows.
I will be getting someone to take a photo for me.
I will be getting someone to take a photo for me.
Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
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Westi
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Actually when you think about it - how could you tell which marrow was which when they are fully grown? My courgettes get bigger than than my marrow & look pretty much the same! Hmm? Mine is definitely long green bush though so will take a pic & submit! Come on OH we know you've got one at least 1/2 the size of a small car! 
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If it's a stripy one and not a very dark green one, I think we might know.....funny thing is, Old Codger is growing a stripy variety this year, for selling and the marrows are a lot bigger in three weeks, then the biggest of my competition one....typical...
Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
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There's no fool like an old fool.
Just to let you know that in the end we decided to leave it open to any variety. We have not actually specified in the rules that you have to only use a marrow grown from the free seeds we gave away.
A giant pumpkin competition may be a good one next year.
A giant pumpkin competition may be a good one next year.