New Location - Louis Doe Home Center - 92 Mills Rd, Newcastle, ME
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New Location - Louis Doe Home Center - 92 Mills Rd, Newcastle, ME 〰️
Weigh-Offs Weekend
October 5-6th, 2024
Weigh-Offs Weekend 2024
SAT Oct 5th, 2024- VOLUNTEER WEIGH-OFF
OPENS AT 7 AM FOR 10 AM EVENT
SUN OCT 6th, 2024- GREAT PUMPKIN COMMONWEALTH WEIGH-OFF
OPENS AT 7 AM FOR 10 AM EVENT
Both events will be held at Louis Doe Home Center, 92 Mills Rd, Newcastle, ME 04553
Harvest Your Pumpkin
Cut your fruit from the vine no earlier than the day before it is to be weighed (at either the Volunteer Growers Weigh-off on Saturday, Oct 5th, and the official GPC Weigh-off on Sunday, October 6th).
When cutting a pumpkin from the vine, cut the vine a foot or two both sides of the pumpkin stem, so the vine & stem together form a "T". Do not cut the stem itself. Please leave at least 1-2' of vine & stem on your pumpkin, so the ID-tags can be attached.
Some growers will even leave 3 to 4 feet of vine on either side of the pumpkin stem, and place the two cut ends of the vine into milk jugs filled with water so the stem continues to drink until the fruit is weighed.
Use a large plastic tarp for lifting, like the kind used to cover a wood pile, folded four times. Small rubber balls or even tennis balls can be tied into the corners of the quad-folded tarp to serve as handles.
Roll the fruit carefully to one side. Stuff the tarp under the fruit, and then roll the fruit to the other side, pulling the tarp through and spreading it flat. Next, with one or more people on each corner, carefully lift the fruit either onto a pallet for loading with a tractor or forklift, or directly into the back of a truck.
Bring Your Pumpkin to the Weigh-Offs
Both days of the weigh-off will be held at Louis Doe Home Center, 92 Mills Rd, Newcastle, ME 04553. Drop-off and registration on both days begins at 7am, and the weigh-offs begin at 10am.
BOTH DAYS: PUMPKINFEST MERCHANDISE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE
Oct 5th: Volunteer Growers Prizes
Bring your Giant Pumpkin (of all sizes!) to the Volunteer Weigh-Off on Saturday, Oct 5th, where we will award up to $2,500 in prizes to the top 5 adult growers (16 & older) and the top 10 children growers (ages 8-15), plus a prize for the kid with the prettiest pumpkin.
Oct. 6th: Great Pumpkin Commonwealth Weigh-Off
Enter the official Great Pumpkin Commonwealth Weigh-Off and compete against the "Big Boys" on Sunday, Oct. 6th. There is adult and children grower (ages 8 -15) categories. The "Official GPC Prize Schedule" follows, plus a $1000 prize for a new Maine State Record:
2021 Great Pumpkin Commonwealth Official Weigh-Off Prizes
Questions?
For more information, please email info@DamariscottaPumpkinfest.com or visit our social media links below.