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1109 McMillin
DAP 25
260# actual scale weight.
13% Heavy to Chart

It’s my belief that this pumpkin will be 13% heavy to chart at DAP 100, and even heavier if it grows more than 100 DAP. Here’s why:

The first year I grew on a scale my DAP 25 was 16% heavy to chart. After DAP 25 it went down and did not get to 16% heavy again until DAP 100.
DAP 25 16%
DAP 30 9%
DAP 40 7%
DAP 50 0%
DAP 60 10%
DAP 70 10%
DAP 90 14%
DAP 100 16% HEAVY TO CHART
One thing I found very interesting was that at DAP 25 the percentage heavy to chart was the same as the final percentage heavy to chart at DAP 100.

So I am monitoring the DAP 25 OTT weights vs the Actual weight on the scales to try and replicate this. I think it would be really cool if you would be able to tell by your DAP 25 percentage heavy to chart what you end results for percentage heavy would be.
 



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