The world of competitive pumpkin growing has experienced a renaissance lately, with advances in genealogy and breeding leading to 21 new records for the heaviest pumpkin since 1993. This year breaks another record with a pumpkin coming in at 2,819 pounds. Much like horse breeders, victorious pumpkins are put out to stud, in a manner of speaking; some spend hundreds of dollars buying the seeds of proven winning pumpkins. One seed from a 2,365-pound pumpkin grown in 2021 sold for over $1,000 last year, a gourd investment given that another seed from that specimen led to a record-setting 2,749-pound pumpkin in 2023.
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