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RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.world · 2 days ago

California engineer wins pumpkin contest with 2,346-pound gourd

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California engineer wins pumpkin contest with 2,346-pound gourd

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RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.world · 2 days ago
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Brandon Dawson, a manufacturing engineer from Santa Rosa, California, won the 52nd World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off with a massive 2,346-pound gourd.
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  • g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world
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    Now put it in a catapult and chuck it, like god intended

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      A catapult is wholly insufficient for such a beast, you would need a replica of the war wolf trebuchet or the Dardanelles Gun.

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    WOW that is incredible.

    • RandAlThor@lemmy.caOP
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      I’m trying to imagine what the yard looks like growing that thing.

      • deepfriedchril @lemmy.world
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        Like it normally does but with a big ol’ pumpkin in it.

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        Definitely smaller than it looks now.

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    I wonder if we grew them on a greenhouse at the top of a mountain in Peru if they’d retain shape better?

    Gravity is clearly winning, so take them to the place with the least gravity.

    Or a species that was acclimated to India’s stronger gravity, grown in a place with less.

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      Even at the top of Mount Everest gravity is only 9.77 m/s^2 as compared to 9.81 m/s^2 at sea level. I doubt it would have a noticeable effect.

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        Hear me out: orbital pumpkins

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          Then you find out the effects no gravity has on a plant that evolved with it. Pretty sure they’ve planted seeds in 0g and they couldn’t germinate “up”. Gravity plays a role in how they develop.

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            Some spin grav during the first stages life. 0g when they get too massive

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              Might be easier to just gently spin them on Earth after germination to help spread the weight evenly as it grows.

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          Then we drop them from space to feed the poor cooked pumpkin when it lands

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          deleted by creator

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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        Nobody wants to do science anymore…

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    God, nature is so freaky. Look at that thing. What the fuck, man.

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    One pound away from absolutely nailing the number

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    Is he the navigator?

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