HALF MOON BAY, California (GroundReport) – Thad Starr, of Pleasant Hill, Oregon, grew a pumpkin weighing at 1,528 pounds to win the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay.
Starr’s giant pumpkin began adding pounds in August – not just several pounds but 30 pounds a day!
He transported the pumpkin in a trailer since it has a circumference of 15 feet.
His secret to growing big pumpkins was attributed to good soil: "We really pamper them," Starr said in an Associated Press report.