ANOKA, Minn. — On a chilly April morning, Travis Gienger took his first gamble of the 2025 season. The world-champion giant-pumpkin grower typically starts his seeds indoors. But this year he was out ...

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.

Andy Corbin runs an ancestry website—for gigantic pumpkins. The IT worker started growing pumpkins 15 years ago. To help figure out which seeds to use, he built a database that now traces the family ...

He'd strategically selected four giant-pumpkin seeds and entrusted his daughter, Lily, with the responsibility of pressing one into the ground. "Three-year-old planting a $300 seed," he said. Giant ...

Twin brothers in the United Kingdom grew the biggest pumpkin ever documented, tipping the scales at 2,819.3 pounds Marta Hill - Freelance contributor Ian and Stuart Paton pose with their world record ...

WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — The pumpkin in Tony Scott's backyard weighs almost as much as a small car. He's been tending to it for months, feeding it fertilizer and covering it with a blanket at ...