{"id":49875,"date":"2020-09-25T09:55:09","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T07:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/hier-kom-die-baie-groot-pampoene-20200923-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T07:53:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T05:53:54","slug":"hier-kom-die-baie-groot-pampoene-20200923-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/hier-kom-die-baie-groot-pampoene-20200923-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hier kom die (baie) groot pampoene!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_d92d3277\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9266\/07ca3cf643e044b9bf5f6ed4b18d0ee1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9266\/c6882c21813f4b0ca2b882c041d17e67.jpg\" title=\"Petro Badenhorst sit hier by een van die pampoene wat ingeskryf is vir verlede jaar se Langstingels-pampoenkompetisie waar die wenpampoen die skaal tot by 116kg gedruk het.      Foto:VERSKAF\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Petro Badenhorst sit hier by een van die pampoene wat ingeskryf is vir verlede jaar se Langstingels-pampoenkompetisie waar die wenpampoen die skaal tot by 116kg gedruk het.      Foto:VERSKAF<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Die uitdaging het begin en die sade l\u00ea reg vir diegene wat hul hand wil waag om te sien wie gaan die swaarste pampoen groei vir Kirkwood se Langstingels-pampoenkompetisie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ferdi Smith, voorsitter van die Langstingels-studiegroep, s\u00ea die saad word op 9 Oktober aan deelnemers gegee en moet dan so gou moontlik geplant word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDit is nou die tyd om te plant. Nadat die saad geplant is, duur dit ongeveer vyf maande voordat die reuse Giant Atlantic-pampoene reg is om gepluk te word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die kompetisie gaan uit-en-uit oor wie die swaarste pampoen inweeg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDaar is geen kategorie\u00eb nie, maar wel \u2019n paar verrassingspryse,\u201d s\u00ea Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019 was Jacques Ehlers die wenner met sy reuse pampoen wat die skaal op 116kg laat kreun het. Di\u00e9 gewig is \u2019n merkbare verbetering op die 46kg wat die wenpampoen in 2018 \u2013 die heel eerste Langstingels-pampoenkompetisie \u2013 geweeg het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die inweegdatum vir vanjaar se derde Langstingels-pampoenkompetisie is 12 Maart 2021, waarna die wenner aangekondig sal word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smith s\u00ea die doel van die kompetisie is bloot vir \u2019n lekker samehorigheidsgevoel en die opwinding om te sien hoe groot die pampoene kan groei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cElkeen kan na die inweeg met sy of haar pampoen doen wat hulle wil. 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