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Friday, August 14, 2026 Henry-the giant pumpkin grower Topsfield, MA

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Taking it day by day with the 2181 masters. She will be the last pumpkin ever grown in this patch. I know the chances of getting her to the Topsfield Fair on October 2nd are extremely low with high disease pressure and that stem split. If I manage to get this thing to the end that would be crazy but I'm going to try. She's estimated at 442 pounds and grew 29 pounds in the last 24 hours at 35 days old. Some colder nights on the way which I actually don't mind with this disease pressure. Let's see what we can do
 



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