Pumpkin Weight Chart
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Pumpkin weight chart. How to estimate the weight of a pumpkin published by sleestaksrule on tue 08 28 2012 13 43. Ott giant pumpkin weight estimation. Well draft one teenage son and a scale. This pumpkin growth benchmark chart can give you an idea of how your pumpkin is charting as compared to pumpkins that have weighed over 1 000 pounds.
Take the three measurements outlined above. How to weigh a pumpkin. Use the calculator below and enter all 3 figures you have measured make sure to pick the right measurement first or add them together to get a total figure and use the charts at the bottom calculator is better. 2017 gpc ott chart for atlantic giant pumpkins inches to lbs ott lbs ott lbs ott lbs ott lbs ott lbs ott lbs ott lbs ott lbs ott lbs ott lbs 160 99 244 335 300 623 330 826 360 1060 390 1320 420 1602 450 1898 480 2204 510 2514 165 108 246 343 301 629 331 833 361 1068 391 1329 421 1611 451 1908 481 2214 511 2524 170 117 248 352 302 636 332 840 362 1076 392 1338 422 1621 452 1918 482 2224 512 2534 175 127 250 360 303 642 333 848 363 1085 393 1347 423 1631 453 1928 483 2234 513 2545 180 137.
The chart is just a benchmark and particularly in the first 20 days of growth any measurement doesn t mean much. You get your two over the top measurements by measuring over the top of you pumpkin in both directions. Hmm one boy minus the pumpkin 154 pounds this math we can handle. These must be taken straight down from the edges of the fruit.
This will require adding circumference to the two over the top measurements taken from ground to ground from side to side and end to end. Click here for new weight chart. Estimating weight of giant pumpkins. I lied missed by 0 6.
Carefully put the pumpkin down and then get back on the scale. Be sure to use the graphics below as a reference. This method and charts has been used for many years the charts get updated every now and then. This method is called the ott method over the top i have more information on taking those measurements which can be found right here.
If you only have a metal measuring tape be sure to get some string to be used as your measuring tape. From ground to ground along the axis from stem to blossom end then perpendicular to the stem and blossom end axis. To the pumpkin patch. If you have a large pumpkin get a measuring tape longer than 100 inches.
To calculate your pumpkin weight you need to obtain three measurements. The most commonly used chart these days is the 2017 chart. Circumference 175 inches table 2 estimate 1185 pounds side to side 103 inches end to end 100 inches total 378 inches table 1 estimate 1130 pounds actual weight was 1121 pounds. Ok so its calculated weight is 5 6 more than its real weight.
The over the top method provides the most accurate estimates. The pumpkin weighs 82 pounds.