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Site SearchPremium Membership Grower Diaries Chat Clubs How to... Statistics In The Patch Links Merchandise Message Board GPC Info Page Odds and Ends Photo Gallery Videos Weigh-offs What’s New World Records Random Gallery Photo #3 Random Diary Photo Boston2021 10/17/2022 Full 2022 Diary Chat Activity Club Room 1 0 Club Room 2 0 Club Room 3 0 Featured Grower 0 General Chat 0 Morning Chat 0 Pumpkin Talk 0 Seed Auction 0 Squash Talk 0 Featured Grower Transcripts Search Now: PumpkinToons By Dick Wallace Our Mission The mission of BigPumpkins.com is to provide an interactive web site to the giant pumpkin growing community! We would also like to promote the exciting sport/hobby of giant pumpkin and giant squash growing by helping new comers get started. Want to see some World Records?! Giant Pumpkin: 2749 Gienger Giant Squash: 2164 Skinner Watermelon: 350.5 Kent Master Gardener: Tobeck 2021 Field Pumpkin: 268.08 Baggs Tomato: 11.65 Faust Long Gourd: 173.75 Eaton Bushel Gourd: 470.5 ConnollyRegistered Users Sign In E-mail ID: Password: Sign Up To participate in the interactive sections of BigPumpkins.com you must become a registered user. To register please go to our registration page (don’t worry it’s free and painless!) Announcements Best of the PGVG 2024 Seed Packet The Pacific Giant Vegetable Growers is pleased to announce the release of the 2024 Best of PGVG seed packet. This years AG packet contains 15 Atlantic Giant seeds and 2 Squash seeds. The tomato Packet has 3 of Jack LaRue’s best seeds of the year! The full seed list can be found on our website @ https://www.pgvg.org/best-of-pgvg . The top seeds include Chan, Tobeck, Sherwood, Pugh and Uhlmeyer. There are some great seeds here to add to your collection! Please see our website for ordering information. Best of the PGVG 2024 Tomato Challenge Draft 2024 The 2024 draft for The Zeke Demars Tomato Team Challenge will be Sunday 5/26! Porkchop and his better half will be running the show LIVE here in the BigPumpkins.com chat room! Come see what team you land on! Sunday 5/26/24 5:00 PM ET Contest Sign-up Thread Chat Rooms Wallace Organic Wonder Wallace Organic Wonder offers the highest quality Mycorrhizal Inoculant. Super concentrated, fast acting, most aggressive single species mycorrhizae in the world! This strain has helped create 16 World Records! We have everything you need to grow your giant pumpkin! From soil amendments, soluble seaweed powder, compost tea brews, humic fulvic acid and much more! You have my commitment to help you from soil preparation, and seed germination till season’s end. Please email ron@wallacewow.com with any questions. WOW Products HOLLAND’S LAND O’GIANTS We have been helping growers reach new personal bests since 1992! Our products were essential to winning two World Records and 7 Half Moon Bay Championships. We offer a full range of high quality organic fertilizers & soil amendments including our premium 4 species mycorrhizae, and proprietary macronutrient blends. We also proudly offer pedigree seeds and instructional videos to help you get started. We are here to help! Contact us anytime with questions: brooke@landogiants.com or text: 206-395-6525. Visit www.landogiants.com . Grower Diary of the Year Contest For the 2024 growing season you will get a chance to vote for the BEST Grower Diary of the year! Thanks to our sponsors and donating growers for the awesome prize packages! Check the link for more information. Contest Details Travis Gienger set a new World Record with a 2749 pound Giant Pumpkin! BigPumpkins.com congratulates Travis Gienger on his 2749 pound pumpkin weighed at the Safeway World Championship weigh-off in Half Moon Bay, CA on October 9, 2023. Check out the new WR 2749 pound giant pumpkin! GPC Weigh-off Results The first weigh-offs of 2023 have been held in the southern hemisphere! Check out the results below. 2023 GPC Weigh-off Results Al Eaton set a new World Record with a 173.75 inch Long Gourd! BigPumpkins.com congratulates Al Eaton on his 173.75 inch long gourd measured at the Bracebridge Agriculture Society Fall Fair in Bracebridge, Ontario on September 17, 2022. Check out the 173.75 inch long gourd! Todd and Donna Skinner set a New World Record for Giant Squash! BigPumpkins.com congratulates Todd and Donna Skinner of Barnesville, Ohio on their 2164 pound squash weighed at the Oakland Nursery Weigh-off. See Photos of Todd and Donna Skinner and their 2164 Steve Connolly set a new World Record for 150 SqFt. with a 1375 pound Giant Pumpkin! BigPumpkins.com congratulates Steve Connolly on his 1375 pound pumpkin grown in 150 square feet. Check out the 1375 pound pumpkin! 150 Contest Rules for 2024 What’s New Below is a list of items that are new since: 4/30/2024 Grower Diary - oj65 - 2 new entries 05/05/2024 - 05/13/2024 Created on 5/5/2024 - Last updated on 5/13/2024 Grower Diary - Andy W - 2 new entries 05/01/2024 - 05/13/2024 Created on 5/1/2024 - Last updated on 5/13/2024 Grower Diary - cjb - 9 new entries 04/30/2024 - 05/13/2024 Created on 4/30/2024 - Last updated on 5/13/2024 Grower Diary - Don Crews - 16 new entries 05/01/2024 - 05/13/2024 Created on 5/1/2024 - Last updated on 5/13/2024 Grower Diary - C2k - 36 new entries 01/01/2024 - 05/13/2024 Created on 5/1/2024 - Last updated on 5/13/2024 Grower Diary - Boston2021 - 12 new entries 05/10/2024 - 05/13/2024 Created on 5/10/2024 - Last updated on 5/13/2024 Grower Diary - Vineman - 15 new entries 05/04/2024 - 05/13/2024 Created on 5/4/2024 - Last updated on 5/13/2024 Grower Diary - anaid_tecuod - 6 new entries 04/30/2024 - 05/12/2024 Created on 4/30/2024 - Last updated on 5/13/2024 Grower Diary - Nana Rea - 2 new entries 05/13/2024 - 05/13/2024 Created on 5/13/2024 - Last updated on 5/13/2024 Grower Diary - Ned - 6 new entries 05/07/2024 - 05/13/2024 Created on 5/7/2024 - Last updated on 5/13/2024 Grower Diary - Pumpkineer - 7 new entries 05/04/2024 - 05/13/2024 Created on 5/4/2024 - Last updated on 5/13/2024 Grower Diary - jj604 - 9 new entries 05/05/2024 - 05/13/2024 Created on 5/5/2024 - Last updated on 5/13/2024 Grower Diary - FredPowell - 5 new entries 04/30/2024 - 05/12/2024 Created on 4/30/2024 - Last updated on 5/12/2024 Grower Diary - pumpconn - 12 new entries 04/30/2024 - 05/12/2024 Created on 5/1/2024 - Last updated on 5/12/2024 Grower Diary - Henry-the giant pumpkin grower - 9 new entries 05/03/2024 - 05/12/2024 Created on 5/3/2024 - Last updated on 5/12/2024 Grower Diary - Pcaspers - 8 new entries 05/07/2024 - 05/12/2024 Created on 5/7/2024 - Last updated on 5/12/2024 Grower Diary - VTJohn - 14 new entries 05/04/2024 - 05/12/2024 Created on 5/4/2024 - Last updated on 5/12/2024 Grower Diary - McCougars - 10 new entries 04/26/2024 - 05/10/2024 Created on 5/3/2024 - Last updated on 5/12/2024 Grower Diary - wile coyote - 1 new entry 05/12/2024 Created on 5/12/2024 - Last updated on 5/12/2024 Grower Diary - Little Ketchup - 6 new entries 04/30/2024 - 05/12/2024 Created on 4/30/2024 - Last updated on 5/12/2024 Click here for all 75 new item(s)... 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