The garden center was abuzz with hay rides, food trucks and kids games on a sunny Saturday. But the stars of the show at a Mount Vernon nursery in late September were 14 mind-bogglingly large pumpkins ...
CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) — What would the Circleville Pumpkin Show be without the giant pumpkins? Some of the pumpkin growers, including this year’s grand champion, said with a tough growing season ...
Pumpkins are symbolic of the fall season. But growers around the U.S. are running into more extreme weather, which is impacting the number of pumpkins available in certain regions. “People have been ...
SARATOGA SRPINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The 9th annual Saratoga Giant Pumpkinfest kicked off on Saturday. Growers from all around the nation competed for the biggest gourd amongst nearly two dozen ...
GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- When it comes to growing pumpkins, some say bigger is better. Inside the Lambeau Field Atrium, hundreds are gearing up for the annual International Great Pumpkin Commonwealth ...
Growers cultivate giant pumpkins that can weigh nearly as much as a small car. The secret is to start with a good seed, then remove small pumpkins from the vine som one fruit gets all the nutrients.
Said to be the biggest pumpkin in the world, weighing in at 2,471 pounds, it has been on display at the King Gillette Ranch in Calabasas during the “Nights of The Jack” event. According to a prepared ...
When Scott Armstrong entered his 1,339-pound pumpkin in the Hicks Nurseries weigh-off this month, he was confident he would win the top prize — but he had mixed feelings about it. The Commack resident ...
In the last month, pumpkins put on fewer than five pounds per day, and growers worry about their prize remaining intact until the weigh-off. It’s at this point that some of the worst mishaps occur, ...
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia agriculture officials say the state’s pumpkin growers are reporting an abundant crop this year. To promote the important crop, Virginia Department of Agriculture and ...