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gasilat | 09-05-2009 07:55 PM
cabbage patch 1 Attachment(s) http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/state...ry/923340.html 127 pound cabbage breaks world record 'THE BEAST': Valley farmer's leafy wonder surpasses mark he set just two days earlier at state fair. <!-- Story Photo -->http://www.adn.com/widgets/pixel.gif PALMER -- At a fair where cabbage is king, Steve Hubacek is the undisputed king of them all. Hubacek broke his own world record Friday when his enormous cabbage "The Beast" weighed in at 127 pounds at the Alaska State Fair's annual Giant Cabbage Weigh-Off. That's more than a pound heavier than another world-record-breaking cabbage Hubacek also grew this summer. He entered the smaller one in the "green cabbage" category Wednesday in the fair's general crop exhibits contest, where it weighed in at 125.9 pounds. That green behemoth broke a 20-year-old record set by a cabbage grower from Wales in the United Kingdom. State fair officials said that prior to the 1989 mark, the cabbage record had stood for more than a century. Hubacek, who lives south of Wasilla, said he had hardly taken time to appreciate crashing the international record Wednesday before he immediately turned his attention to readying "The Beast" for its fair journey. Before Friday's weigh-off began, several fair-goers posed with the cruciferous giant. While Hubacek kept an eye on his contender, he discussed his passion for growing big cabbage, a 14-year hobby. He wouldn't give up any growing secrets or reveal the variety of seed he uses. But he said he had nearly given up hope that his secret cabbage seed would ever produce a world-record holder. "I was getting ready to throw that seed out and start with something else," he said. But with an apparently ideal mix of long, sunny days and rainy nights, his crop -- fenced in to keep munching moose away -- took off. During Alaska's short growing season, cabbage will pack on several pounds each day. In the livestock barn at the fair, "The Beast" looked wilted. Hubacek worried a little. The longer it sat, the more water evaporated from its leaves. "The Beast" lacked the enormous round head most giants carry -- Hubacek estimated its diameter at only 16 inches, while his other record-breaker was 24 inches across. Built like a linebacker, this cabbage was tall, dense and packed with smaller cabbages tucked in amid its leaves. Called "pups" by some cabbage growers, the smaller heads are common among the giants. It took seven young men to carry it to the weigh-off scale. Hubacek whooped and jumped in the air when the weight was announced. For his growing talent, Hubacek took home $2,000, plus the $6 first-place ribbon from Wednesday's win. Hubacek said "The Beast" will ultimately become compost, tilled under to feed another year's cabbage plants. He grows smaller cabbage elsewhere in his garden for eating, he said. The big ones "get woody; then they're not as good to eat," he said. Scott Robb took second place Friday with an 88.5-pound cabbage, and the Van Diest children took third at 64.7 pounds. ....................

mike77777 | 09-05-2009 08:06 PM
Re: cabbage patch cool......how big the winning pumpkin gasilat?

gasilat | 09-05-2009 08:26 PM
Re: cabbage patch i think this might be it but not sure... http://www.alaskastatefair.org/exhibits/results.html#veggierecords 2009 Noteworthy Entries Watermelon 133.6 lbs Scott Robb of Palmer, AK Cabbage 90.8 lbs Steve Hubacek of Wasilla, AK Pumpkin 329 lbs Levan & Dale Marshall of Anchorage, AK Pumpkin 313 lbs Levan & Dale Marshall of Anchorage, AK Rutabaga 70.05 lbs Scott Robb of Palmer, AK Puffball mushroom 12.35 lbs Pia Cottini of Palmer, AK

mike77777 | 09-05-2009 09:22 PM
Re: cabbage patch thanx gasilat, love that fair. lots of fun.

Silvestor | 09-06-2009 05:26 AM
Re: cabbage patch Those plants are not naturally grown. They grow huge because they are dosed with the plant growth hormone gibberellic acid. :thumpdown

gasilat | 09-06-2009 10:39 AM
Re: cabbage patch my wife got into the text messaging contest held at the fair, she's very fast and profusive...between her and others i have 172 text messages on my phone in just the last 4 days... soooo i've learned to be pretty quick at it myself.

Golddust | 09-06-2009 10:56 AM
Re: cabbage patch Quote:
Originally Posted by gasilat (Post 1906952) my wife got into the text messaging contest held at the fair, she's very fast and profusive...between her and others i have 172 text messages on my phone in just the last 4 days... soooo i've learned to be pretty quick at it myself.
What is the difference between henpecked and keypecked?? Other than one is easier on the ears??:biggrin: :coolbeer:

gasilat | 09-06-2009 11:19 AM
Re: cabbage patch haha....good one ! but this is how women think>>> as long as they keep you busy talking to them, you aren't talking to someone else... ;)

buff01 | 09-06-2009 12:21 PM
Re: cabbage patch I wonder how much kraut that would make! that is if it were safe to eat...

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