Today, a pumpkin has to pass the ton mark to be noteworthy. That's about the weight of a full-grown walrus, heavier than a ...

Every fall, pumpkin growers haul their record-breaking giants onto scales, with some pumpkins weighing more than 2,700 pounds (1,225 kilograms). Yet the world's largest apple barely reaches 4 pounds ...

Giant pumpkins, which can pack on 50 pounds a day, are a different species than the ones carved for Halloween. And competitive growers -- who speculate on seed lineages like stock brokers, and ...

The paddlers started the race by propelling their giant pumpkins forward an inch or two at a time. But when Gary Kristensen — dressed as Buddy from the movie “Elf” — picked up speed, he was confident ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ian (left) and Stuart Paton pose with a giant pumpkin in their nursery in the New Forest, Hampshire. The pumpkin’s name was Muggle ...

Jackey and Dirk Smal standing next to their giant pumpkins. DESCRIPTION: Jackey & Dirk Smal in matching shirts, standing next ...

Sarah Whitty, a 37-year-old giant pumpkin grower from Maine, talks to PEOPLE about her harvesting journey Sarah Whitty After discovering a jack-o'-lantern sprouting in her compost pile back in 2012, ...

Tim Parks stands in front of his tractor before giving a presentation Saturday on growing giant pumpkins at Parks Garden Center in Canfield. He said the garden center has about 12 acres for growing ...

FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WSMV) - The guest of honor for Franklin’s upcoming festival has arrived in Middle Tennessee: Spike the giant pumpkin. Spike’s journey to the Midstate wasn’t quite so long as some of ...

CANFIELD — Despite the thermometer reaching 12 degrees below zero, about two dozen people congregated at Parks Garden Center on Saturday morning for a seminar on growing giant pumpkins, led by Tim ...