1725lbs World Record pumpkin

Never mind Heidi....more like Hindenberg! The world record for a pumpkin was broken in America this season at an amazing 1725lbs......that's 785kilos......or 123 stone.........or the weight of 386,400 Liverpool fan's brains! I've sold several packets of Heidi on ebay and will be advising the buyers in the New Year via email as part of the deal. Hopefully, they all be successful in breaking personal records next season, but I think we can all only dream about getting anywhere near this monster.

You can follow several growers diaries on the big pumpkins website:

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/

Alternatively, you can come down to earth and follow Dan and see if he makes a hash of things instead. I have to warn you.....he does have photos of himself on here so make sure you haven't eaten.

http://www.allotment-diary.co.uk/Giant-record-breaking-pumpkin.html