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1,725-Pound Pumpkin Breaks World Record

by candice.tsuei | October 7, 2009 at 03:35 pm

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With Halloween around the corner, a couple from Ohio has just been awarded top honors in a pumpkin-growing contest with a giant pumpkin weighing in at 1,725 pounds.

Christy Harp, and his husband Nick, of Jackson Township, near Canton, Ohio grew the giant pumpkin on their family farm. Every year, they participate in a private friendly competition - Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers' annual weigh-off in Canfield, and this year Christy took first place. Not only did she win $2,500, but also possibly a Guinness-certified World Record.

"I kind of knew I had a good shot at the world record, but when it hit the scale, it was just happy, I was crying, thought I was gonna pass out,"

According to the contest organizers, Harp's pumpkin topped the Guinness-record 1,689-pound pumpkin grown in 2007 by Joe Jutras of North Scituate, R.I.

Christy said that he has been growing pumpkins since the eighth grade. At one point in August, the gigantic pumpkin was growing 33 pounds a day. To keep the pumpkin growing, she plied the soil with a mix of compost, coffee grounds, and cow manure, but she also stressed that having seeds with good genetics was a critical factor as well. Christy said that she will be giving the seeds from her winning pumpkin to anyone who asks.

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a211423

at 15:40 on October 7th, 2009

How many seeds does 1,725 pound pumpkin have?

Hugh Askew

at 15:49 on October 7th, 2009

Dang, even for a big punkin, that's a big punkin!

a211423

at 16:10 on October 7th, 2009

The largest pumpkin pie and the current world record stands at 2,020 pounds (after baking). It was prepared and baked by the New Bremen Giant Pumpkin Growers at New Bremen, Ohio. This huge pie was made on October 8, 2005. This world record pie is recognized by Guiness World Book of Records.

A four pound pumpkin has yielded 542 seeds.

Her pumpkin would have approximately 234,144 seeds.

sara star

at 16:46 on October 7th, 2009

I wonder what variety it was...

Home of the World’s Largest Pumpkin Variety, “Dill’s Atlantic Giant”. Developed by the late Howard Dill of Windsor, NS and former 4 time World Champion Grower.

Howard Dill was known affectionately as “The Pumpkin King”. He developed and patented his trademark variety, “Dill’s Atlantic Giant”. This variety has now produced specimens weighing over 1600 lbs.