This pumpkin holds the offical world’s record for the largest pumpkin weighing in at 1725 pounds. That’s a lot of pumpkin pie.
I love these sort of contests. I know that there must be some sort of county fair near where we are living where there are pie eating contests, ferris wheels, and the largest vegetables ever to be grown. I don’t know why I have such a fondness for these gigantic pumpkins, maybe because they persevere and continue to grow long after all of their counterparts have given up.
It could also be because I have not been able to grow anything but weeds in my life. My attempts at gardening have usually been met with dead withered vegetables, the result of either ignoring them or my overzealous watering.
The newspaper said that the seeds would be dried out and given to anyone who asked. I hope someone asks and grows a gigantic pumpkin of their very own!
How cool. We actually bought “Giant Pumpkin” seeds this year. We grew them indoors at first from the seeds and then planned on planting them in our little 6×6 garden until we read on the package that they have to be planted 15ft apart!! Ugh. We ended up planting them in each corner of our yard. Right now we only have blooms on them and the very beginning of a pumpkin underneath it. Apparently we we did plant them it was about two months later than we are supposed too – so they probably won’t be ready in time for Halloween or any type of fall festival. But, we might have some really good pumpkin pie in time for Christmas!
Comment by Miriam — October 14, 2009 @ 10:08 pm
I hear the giant ones are no good for eating. But they’re SO fun! A friend of ours grows these and puts the biggest on display at another friend’s house on the main road . . and I’VE had the honor of carving it into a giant jack-o-lantern two years in a row.
I may try to grow my own next year, even though I already know our yard is too shady, I kill everything, and it is doomed to be an utter failure. Even our giant seeds got moldy last year. But I can’t resist trying!
Comment by Brigitte — October 15, 2009 @ 6:55 am
I think you may also be longing for our great fall fairs. We went to a few. Goshen Ct
and Graniville Ma I love fall and the fairs but as i type we are expecting sleet tomorrow. Yes it is going to be a cold rainy day in t town. enjoy your nice weather
Comment by tammy — October 15, 2009 @ 9:03 am
There is a local farm outside of Charlotte NC that gives school kids giant cabbage plants to grow over the summer. In the fall, they ask that you take a picture of it and send it in. We tried, but alas, my daughter was not able to keep it alive, and after growing it for over a month to about 2 feet across, the neighbors cats ate it! She hopes to try again this summer, indoors this time.
Comment by Claire — October 15, 2009 @ 11:20 pm