‘Oh my gourd!’: Canadian shoots for world record with 900-lbs. pumpkin - CP24

This seismic squash was just certified as the largest ever grown by a man at a recent British competition. When volunteers at the Wargrave Nursery Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off finally hoisted the specimen onto the scale, the reading was simply incredible—2,856.8lbs (1,295.8kg)

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In an unexpected twist for the category of heaviest pumpkin – when sometimes years can go by without a new challenger – just a week after the title fell in the UK on 3 October, the record has just been supersized on the other side of the Atlantic. The new world heavyweight pumpkin, weighing 1,431.5 kg (3,156 lb), grown by Ron Wallace of Rhode Island, USA

Plant nursery owner and veteran gourd grower Ian Paton, from Hampshire, UK, is back smashing pumpkins, or at least pumpkin records, once again. A year after he and his twin brother, Stuart, became the first British holders of the heaviest pumpkin title in recorded history, Ian has worked tirelessly to ensure his pumpkin patch continues to flourish, which means he has now raised the bar even higher.