Giant Marrows gone to State Fair

I had my friend Lava , insert 3 zucchini in the New Mexico State Fair in Albuquerque last Tuesday for me while I ’ve been pass in NYC . One ( the smallest ) was a traditional zucchini , and 2 were jumbo varieties holler marrows . A marrow is in the courgette household - Curcurbita Pepo . It is grown more in Europe than in the states . It is consume when small but the giant varieties have the capacity to get cock-a-hoop - really big - much bigger than our average form of zucchini ! I weighed my two lowly essence that I enter into the funfair on my lavatory exfoliation and one was about 25 lbs and the other was around 35 lbs . I question if anyone in NM is growing a jumbo variety of marrow . I did n’t even weigh my traditional zucchini because it was so small compare to the giant varieties . I am give out down to the fair today to see if I got any ribbons ..

get quick to valuate the big sum

I still leave behind the heavy marrow in the eyepatch to see how liberal it will grow before the Colorado weigh - offs . It measured almost 30″ long and 14″ all-encompassing about a hebdomad ago . I think it weigh about 45 lbs right now . Here is a pic of me getting quick to press it .

Getting ready to measure the biggest marrow

value duration - almost 30 " ( see I was n’t lie ! )

I love the marrows - one of the most exciting plant I grew this year . I ’ll have to harvest some semen , although they were belike cross - pollinated by the bee with my winter squash . I ’m still going to keep some seed ..

I also entered in ‘ Harpie ’ , one of my two giant pumpkins . Lava said it officially weighed 99 pound at the fair . I do n’t think it will place but I ’m gon na try !