How much did the largest pumpkin grown weigh?

Answer 1

In 2012 Ron Wallace had his 2009 pound pumpkin weighed at the Topsfield Fair in Massachusetts. Ron grew his record ONE TON pumpkin on the 1725 Harp seed and crossed it with the 1409 Miller.

Here is an explanation of seed crossing. The first seed listed is the seed that will actually grow the pumpkin. This is the female and cross it means that someone takes a male flower and pollinates (usually hand pollinates) the flower(female) that you want to grow. For example:

1725Harp seed (female flower that will be the pumpkin) and crossed it with the 1409 Miller (male flower). You get 1724Wallacex 1409Miller. If someone pollinates a female flower with a male flower from the same seed it is self an example would be 1725 Harp x self if indeed someone did only plant one seed.

The number listed 2009 is the weight of the original pumpkin from where the seed was taken. The word after is the person's name or nickname that grew it. So the 2009 Wallace was a 2009lb pumpkin that a man named Wallace grew. It is done this way to trace the lineage of pumpkins back several generations. In fact the name Wallace is iconic in growing giant pumpkins that when you see this name it is most likely going to be Ron Wallace from Massachusetts.

Answer 2

Charlie Houghton of grew a record pumpkin weighing 606.72 kg. (1337.60 pounds).

By 2012, the record was falling annually:

2010 - Chris Stevens of New Richmond, WI - 821.22 kg (1810.5 pounds) - Stillwater Harvest Fest

2011 - Jim Bryson and his daughter Kelsey - 824.86 kg (1818.5 pounds) - Prince Edward County Pumpkinfest in Wellington, Ontario.

2012 - Ron Wallace of Greene, RI - 911.27 kg (2009 pounds) - Topsfield Fair, Topsfield, MA

Answer 3

The largest pumpkin ever grown weighed 2,624 pounds, which was achieved in 2016.

Answer 4

The heaviest pumpkin weighs 1,054.01 kg (2,323.70 lb) when it was presented by Beni Meier (Switzerland) at the European Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off in Ludwigsburg, Germany, on 12 October 2014.