Pumpkin farmers harvest different yields in Greene Co.

Some pumpkin farmers in East Tennessee said their crops were hit or miss this year. Those results could not be more visible in Greene County.

Two different pumpkin farmers, who live 15 minutes away from each other, saw completely different yields.

Myers Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze in Bulls Gap planted their pumpkins on low ground back in June after experiencing drought conditions in 2008. That decision came back to haunt owners Vera Ann and Eldon Myers.

"They were doing great until the last week in July when it rained that week about an inch per day," said Eldon Myers. "The ground stayed so wet that they rotted from the stem up. I probably lost about 5,000 pumpkins."

The Myers still saved 10,000 pumpkins on their farm.

"We never know what we're going to get. It's either hot or cold or wet or dry," said Vera Ann Myers.

Pat and Michelle Hankins own a pumpkin patch in the Afton Community of Greene County, 15 minutes away from the Myers Pumpkin Patch.

"You can do the same thing each year, and some years you're golden and some years you are not," said Michelle Hankins.

It could be procrastination that formed the perfect pumpkins for the Hankins family.

They waited until July 1st to plant their pumpkin seeds. They reaped nearly everything they sowed.

"Once they sprouted, we had a good piece of dry weather," said Michelle Hankins. "We've got a thousand pumpkins of different varieties.

The Myers purchased 2,000 extra pumpkins from growers like the Hankins. That left the Myers Pumpkin Patch with 12,000 pumpkins to sell.