Nick and Christy Harp of Jackson Township are the proud parents of a 1725 pound pumpkin. Christy Harp a the true grower is teacher from Ohio who won top honors in a pumpkin-growing contest with a world record 1725-pound pumpkin behemoth.
The big moment took place on Saturday at the Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers weight-off in Green Township.
"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," Christy explains.
For Christy, growing gargantuan gourds has become a personal challenge since the eighth grade, and is now a bit of a hobby at the family farm. This year, she and her husband decided to have a little contest.
So what's her secret?
"We filled up the soil with lots of compost, coffee grounds, cow manure, and then we pick out seeds with good genetics."
"Hey, even if I get beat I was the world record holder for at least a week."
Contest organizers say the entry topped the 1,689-pound record-holder grown in 2007 by Joe Jutras of North Scituate, R.I.
The seeds from Harp's winning pumpkin will be dried and given to anyone who asks.
.If
you would like to know who grew the largest pumpkin
this year, or learn how to grow a giant pumpkin that
even your dad can't pick up. This pumpkin patch will
provide you all the answers. Just look at the links
on the left side for all the great information you
can find about pumpkins.
1420.5
Pound Pumpkin
We all would like to see large pumpkin photos. One
website has focused on providing photos of pumpkins
over 1000
pounds.
If you need help understanding how to grow one of these
mammoths, I have listed several homepages and books to assist you. With all
my secrets, you to can grow that 1000 pound
pumpkin this year.
Each year, my Uncle and I have a competition to grow the
largest pumpkin. A couple years ago, I gave my Uncle
Bill some AGP seeds, now he's hooked! s
Here are some of the trade secrets, I have learned over the
years.
Do you really want to know HOW BIG
IS BIG? I have provided some comparison with
a world record pumpkin. Now that you have seen a comparison,
do you have a pumpkin weight that falls within the
TOP 100 PUMPKINS? I
hope your not bored yet, because you want to understand
how these large pumpkins got started and why there
are several organizations, then you better read this
Outsider
article.
Some people go out of their way to figure out WHAT TO DO
WITH A PUMPKIN? Sometimes you are left with a pumpkin which is so large that
one fellow decided to use it as a boat. Can a pumpkin support an outboard motor?
If you really want to see this PORKY PUMPKIN...well go ahead.
Be sure to look at the links on the side. There are a lot of
good sites to see
