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​Country Life

8/5/2022

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Dick Wettenhall, centre, with runners up Larry Hills and Morgan Blackthorne

​DICK Wettenhall has won the annual Wonthaggi-Jeetho West-Gurdies Pumpkin Growing Cup for the second year in a row.

It’s the first time in the 13-year history of the championship that a grower has had to present the trophy to himself.

This year’s variety was Queensland Blue and it proved a difficult task for most growers in a very dry summer.  
It’s fortunate that there was a limit of two entries per grower or Dick would have won from first to 20th place. Both his two entries weighed in at over 8kgs but his second entry was rejected by senior judge Liz McDonald on aesthetic grounds as being “too flat”.   

Second place went to Larry Hills and third to Morgan Blackthorne.

In his years running The Gurdies Winery, Dick won the Premier’s Prize for Best Victorian Wine but he says nothing comes close to the thrill of winning the Pumpkin Growing Cup.

He gives credit to the rich Gurdies soil and liberal use of wombat poo. His winning entry was marked by animal scratches, he suspects from a giant lace monitor. 
5 Comments
Sandra Thorley
9/5/2022 08:34:34 am

Congratulations! Mmmm I can almost smell the big pots of simmering pumpkin soup, my favourite!

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Geoff Ellis
9/5/2022 10:04:59 am

Congratulations!

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Felicia Di Stefanp
9/5/2022 10:21:36 am

They all look terrific. Any tips for me?

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Joy Button
9/5/2022 02:52:27 pm

Congratulations ..... I am with Felicia .... any tips or secret ingredients to achieve such a sizeable pumpkin.

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Pamela Jacka
9/5/2022 05:01:50 pm

Congratulations to you all. I've got a snow pea that I grew from last seasons crop which is turning into a bean stalk ! Can we have a snow pea growing competition as well ?! Mind you another two have died, from the same crop, so there was absolutely no science involved in the monster currently evolving. But that's the same for most home-grown veg, isn't it ?

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