Growing your own pumpkins brings the joy of fall to your backyard and rewards you with food and decorations. Pumpkins thrive when planted in sunny, well-drained soil with plenty of space, nutrients, ...

Scott has nurtured giant pumpkins for eight years. It still blows his mind watching them inflate, putting on about 40 pounds ...

Giant pumpkins can top the scales at more than 2,000 pounds – and caring for these behemoths is often a full-time job. But ...

When Dean Ogden (@deano777_2000) handed his dog Gus Gus a pumpkin last fall, he didn’t expect him to start a garden. After playing with it, Gus Gus ate it, digested it, and - surprise! - grew a whole ...

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 in his backyard ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Remember Dave, the Giant Pumpkin Guy in the Summit City? After featuring his massive pumpkins grown right in his backyard last year, we followed up with him to learn how the ...

For months, Mr Scott, a semiconductor engineer from upstate New York, diligently nurtured the gargantuan gourd in his backyard ... said Aleca Borsuk, a plant scientist at the New York Botanical Garden ...

Hundreds of local giant pumpkin growers race toward personal bests and heaviest weights. And this is their season. Their ...

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 night to keep it at a stable ...