{"id":53,"date":"2018-05-21T06:48:15","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T10:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gordongrown\/?p=53"},"modified":"2018-05-16T07:32:51","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T11:32:51","slug":"big-growing-contests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gordongrown\/2018\/05\/big-growing-contests\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Big&#8221; Growing Contests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Currently, Georgia 4-H has two &#8220;big&#8221; growing contests ongoing to find the 4-H&#8217;er that can grow the largest watermelon and pumpkin in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The top three largest watermelons and pumpkins will be awarded $100, $50, and $25 in each contest, and the first fifty counties to certify a winner will receive a contest t-shirt for the top watermelon and pumpkin grower in their county.<\/p>\n<p>Watermelons must be weighed and registered by the county office by Thursday, August 2, and pumpkins must be weighed and registered by the county office by Thursday, October 25.<\/p>\n<p>Contest rules and information, along with tips for growing, can be found at their respective websites:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/georgia4h.org\/watermeloncontest\/default.htm\">Watermelon Growing Contest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.georgia4h.org\/pumpkincontest\/default.htm\">Pumpkin Growing Contest<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Both contests are sponsored by the Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association, and the Watermelon Contest is also sponsored by the Georgia Watermelon Association.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Currently, Georgia 4-H has two &#8220;big&#8221; growing contests ongoing to find the 4-H&#8217;er that can grow the largest watermelon and pumpkin in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gordongrown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gordongrown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gordongrown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gordongrown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gordongrown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gordongrown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gordongrown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions\/55"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gordongrown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gordongrown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gordongrown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}