It’s Official! World Record Set At Port Elgin Pumpkinfest with 1,446 lb.
Today Oct 2 in PORT ELGIN…Port Elgin Pumpkinfest organizers are jumping for joy as a whopping 1,446 lb. new world record giant pumpkin was weighed in by grower Alan Eaton of Richmond, Ontario. Results have been finalized from the 23 other Great Pumpkin Commonwealth (GPC) sites confirming this new world record. Organizers will begin the process of having this pumpkin listed with Guinness as soon as possible.
This must have been a good year for growing as 9 of the top pumpkins weighed in at Port Elgin were over 1,000 lbs.
The previous World record for the pumpkin category was 1,385 lbs. held by Steve Daletas of Oregon.
If you would like to know who grew the largest pumpkin this year, or learn how to grow a giant pumpkin that even your dad can't pick up. This pumpkin patch will provide you all the answers. Just look at the links on the left side for all the great information you can find about pumpkins.
1420.5
Pound Pumpkin
We all would like to see large pumpkin photos. One
website has focused on providing photos of pumpkins
over 1000
pounds.
If you need help understanding how to grow one of these
mammoths, I have listed several homepages and books to assist you. With all
my secrets, you to can grow that 1000 pound
pumpkin this year.
Each year, my Uncle and I have a competition to grow the
largest pumpkin. A couple years ago, I gave my Uncle
Bill some AGP seeds, now he's hooked! s
Here are some of the trade secrets, I have learned over the
years.
Do you really want to know HOW BIG
IS BIG? I have provided some comparison with
a world record pumpkin. Now that you have seen a comparison,
do you have a pumpkin weight that falls within the
TOP 100 PUMPKINS? I
hope your not bored yet, because you want to understand
how these large pumpkins got started and why there
are several organizations, then you better read this
Outsider
article.
Some people go out of their way to figure out WHAT TO DO
WITH A PUMPKIN? Sometimes you are left with a pumpkin which is so large that
one fellow decided to use it as a boat. Can a pumpkin support an outboard motor?
If you really want to see this PORKY PUMPKIN...well go ahead.
Be sure to look at the links on the side. There are a lot of
good sites to see
