Pumpkin master
Sam Maass recently harvested these giant pumpkins from his International Falls garden. He was unable to get an official weight on the largest gourd, but said based on its measurements of 30 inches tall with a 28-inch diameter, it probably weighs at least 275 pounds. The Molpus Timberlands area forester says he grew the pumpkins with seeds his wife, Lisa, gave him from a Wisconsin farmer who grows pumpkins that weigh more than 1,100 pounds. He admitted it is a challenge to grow such large pumpkins this far north and while there are plenty of techniques that can be used to produce “the big ones,” Maass said he doesn’t take it too seriously, it is just fun to watch them grow.
