Who won the Half Moon Bay pumpkin Weigh-Off 2020?
Defending champion Travis Gienger’s rhinoceros-sized 2,350-pound mega-gourd (he named it The Tiger King) handily won the 2020 Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay CA. It was the heaviest pumpkin weighed in North America in 2020.
What is the biggest pumpkin on record?
2,703 pounds
As of October 2021, the world record for largest giant pumpkin stands at 2,703 pounds. The massive squash was grown by Stefano Cutrupi in the Italian region of Tuscany. Cutrupi earned the crown at this year’s European Pumpkin Weighing Championship in Ludwigsburg, Germany.
What is the world’s largest pumpkin weigh?
2,702 lb 13.9 oz
Farmer Stefano Cutrupi from the commune of Radda in Chianti, Tuscany, has been growing giant pumpkins since 2008. An Italian farmer smashed the heaviest pumpkin record with a specimen that weighed 1,226 kg (2,702 lb 13.9 oz) — to be heavier than a Nissan Micra car, or about the same as 17.5 adult men!
Where is the biggest pumpkin?
1. 2702.8 pounds by Stefano Cutrupi (1226 kg) The largest pumpkin to date and the World Record goes to Stefano Cutrupi from Italy a native of Bordighera but who has lived for many years in Radda in Chianti. The pumpkin was weighed at the Big Pumpkin Festival in Peccioli, Italy 2021.
Which state raises the most pumpkins?
Illinois
Illinois harvests the largest share of pumpkin acreage among all States and an even larger share of processing acres.
Why can pumpkins grow so big?
Giant pumpkins need a lot of water and sugar, and they need it fast. A typical giant pumpkin grows from seed to huge orange squash in only 120 to 160 days. At peak growth, it’s putting on 15 kilograms (33 pounds) every day. (To grow a massive pumpkin, farmers will only let one pumpkin on each plant reach full size.)
What was the largest pumpkin ever grown in pounds?
A pumpkin weighing 1,226 kg (2,702 lb 13.9 oz) was grown by Stefano Cutrupi (Italy) from Radda in Chianti, Tuscany, Italy, as ratified by the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth.
How heavy can a pumpkin get?
They discovered that round pumpkins could put up with a lot. Based on these tests, they estimated that a perfectly uniform pumpkin could grow up to a whopping 20,000 pounds.