MASSILLON, Ohio, Oct. 6, 2009 (UPI) -- An Ohio
couple have raised what could be the real Great Pumpkin a monster
weighing in at 1,725 pounds.Nick and
Christy Harp of Jackson Township near Massillon learned their
pumpkin was a world record-holder Saturday at the Ohio Valley Giant
Pumpkin Growers Weigh-In, WJW-TV, Cleveland, reported.
Christy Harp told the television station
this year's big pumpkin was her work. Every year she and her husband
have their own private competition with each taking half the pumpkin
patch on their farm.
"Last year he beat me by 200 pounds. This year
I beat him by 400 pounds," she said. "Very good year! My pumpkin, my
side of the patch! We separate the patch and never step foot on the
other side!"
The Harps prepare the soil with coffee
grounds, manure and compost and then select seeds with good genes.
Christy Harp said the formula works so well that during August her
pumpkin grew an average of 33 pounds a day for a while.
With two more weeks of weigh-ins, Christy Harp
knows that a bigger pumpkin may be out there somewhere, waiting for
the scales.
But she said no matter what happens she will
have had her moment as a pumpkin grower.
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