To the growers in Atlantic Canada, cultivating giant pumpkins is a kind of sport — as strange as it might seem.
A row of giant pumpkins at the Dill family farm wait to be weighed.People who grow giant vegetables might be a little odd — and Prince Edward Island pumpkin growing club president Gordon Aten is no exception.
Aten was introduced to giant pumpkin growing by his former neighbour, the late Jim Murphy. Murphy began hosting his annual giant pumpkin weigh-off in 1993 and hired Aten as a pumpkin porter — the person whose job it is to safely get the supersized pumpkin on the scales. "I know some people like to be clever when naming, but I just look at them and think, 'Hmm, that looks like a Sally or a Moe.' Squiddy survived Hurricane Fiona, so he should make it to this year's weigh-off," he said.
Like most giant pumpkin growers, the Dills grow their lumpy giants outdoors. Dill says most giant pumpkin growers keep things organic. "My dad heard that all the time. People used to ask if he fed the giant pumpkins milk instead of water. He got so sick of being asked that he finally tried it out. Of course, it didn't work.""One of these days, I'm going to get a little stake of land, focus my attention on five or six plants. We grew some 700- and 800-lb. beauties on the farm without much effort. Growing a champ is always in the back of my mind.
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