Anybody going to Malvern Autumn Show UPDATED 22/9

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Show on for 2 days, 29th & 30th Sept

https://www.malvernautumn.co.uk/

Mrs S going both days, I will be going on Sat 29th Sept

Meet for Tea/Coffee anyone ?

Regret health circumstances suggest it wise not to attempt attending show. Great shame as I have always enjoyed both the Malvern Autumn and Spring shows
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I'm always so busy at this time of the year, that i'll have to give it a miss.....a real shame though.
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Bit to far from us ,a pity I would have liked to meet up but both myself and my wife have problems walking any distance
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Sympathise with that robo, as I did struggle walking round the showground at the spring show I am going to have to admit defeat this time I think and hire one of the mobility scooters.
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102 miles, 2 hours on a clear run, each way for us

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Over 400 miles and over 6 hours each way, so I will have to pass, but thanks for the offer of a coffee
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Not going to Malvern but went to Harrogate today.

Big Veg Competition

Coleslaw anyone?

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How are your marrows doing (72.2 Kg) ?

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Silly beetroot

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And some dahlias.

My brother-in-law was pleased with a first with one of his own breeding. He is also a National Dahlia Society judge but didn't judge this class!

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Some of his featured on the trade stand (Halls of Heddon) that won the cup (Le Feu De Soleil is one), Halls sell a few varieties he has raised. The overall stand was impressively in your face.

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Cracking pics Geoff, thanks.

I look at giant beetroot and wonder just how long it has taken to grow like that, cant be one seasons growth surely.

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Doesn't look like a beetroot, more like a number grown so close they merged.
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I went to Harrogate Show today too and loved the dahlias particularly. They always remind me of my father who had a large circular bed of all different kinds in the centre of the garden. He took cuttings from them every spring.

There were some huge veg as in Geoff's photos and I wondered how they got the giant pumpkins to the show. The largest weighed 319.8KG!

I like Malvern show but it's a bit too far from here to go for the day. It would be nice to meet up, but I'm sure you'll enjoy zooming round on your scooter Pa.
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My photo didn't emphasise the size of the pumpkin so I didn't originally post it. The beetroot were part of a table of particularly ugly veg (carrot, parsnip, beetroot) - poor depth of field but you get the idea.

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As I can post three at a time here are some onions - couldn't get a shot of the heaviest onions, too many people.

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Those onions make me green with envy.

As for the pumpkin, I think it might have been a entry by one of the cast of Star Wars, Jabba the Hut

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Going off the wall tiles that is not as big as my pumpkin ,but the onions are something else
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robo wrote:Going off the wall tiles that is not as big as my pumpkin ,but the onions are something else


Please do us a pic robbo, I'm sure I'm not the only one who would love to see that a member of the forum has grown a huge pumpkin


I would estimate those onions at around 750grms > 1 kg each in weight

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The background is a breeze block wall, pumpkin weighs 319.8Kg. The heaviest onion that I didn't manage to photograph was 7.755Kg. The cabbage 30.2Kg, carrot 4.318Kg and beetroot 19.315Kg.
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