Heaviest pumpkin
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This record is for the heaviest pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo). This record may be attempted by an individual. This record is measured in kilograms (kg) (to the nearest 0.001 kg), with the equivalent imperial measurements also given in pounds (lb) and ounces (oz). For the purpose of this record, a pumpkin is a cultivar of winter squash that is round with smooth, slightly ribbed skin, and most often deep yellow to orange in coloration. The name is most commonly used for cultivars of Cucurbita pepo , but some cultivars of Cucurbita maxima , C. argyrosperma , and C. moschata with similar appearance are also sometimes called "pumpkin". For the purpose of this record, a pumpkin will not include any squash classified as 100% of the following colours or colour combinations: green, blue, and grey.
  • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
    13·
    10 days ago

    I’d like to see one of these that grows nice and round. I wonder if you could rig up some kind of growing frame / harness to prevent them from getting flattened by their own weight.

    • bedwyr@piefed.caEnglish
      5·
      10 days ago

      The Japanese do stuff like that with vegetables and fruit, like putting tomatoes in forms to make them square.

      • johnyreeferseed@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        2·
        8 days ago

        I was at the grocery store the other day and they had these pumpkins that were grown into a mold of a face on one side. Looked like an old man trying to escape from inside. If they weren’t $40 I would have definitely bought one

    • RogueBanana@piefed.zipEnglish
      4·
      10 days ago

      You won’t be able to weigh one with the harness and its sudden removal could lead to a real tragedy.

      • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
        4·
        10 days ago

        Yeah I mean really design a mechanism specifically for this. Like slowly lower it as it grows, so that it supports it own weight but without deforming. Maybe lowered into some crater-like hole dug into the ground.

        • RogueBanana@piefed.zipEnglish
          1·
          9 days ago

          Designing a harness is not that hard but it simply cannot sustain its own weight while forming a perfect shape. Thats like trying to make a water balloon retain a perfect shape. If it was possible, someone would have already done it, trust me.

        • RogueBanana@piefed.zipEnglish
          1·
          9 days ago

          It would be near impossible to prevent cheating when anything other than the pumpkin is involved. Thats what I meant by you cant weigh it.