![]() At one point, Justin even tried standing up in the pumpkin before tipping over into the water.Ĭhristin said the family would’ve placed second at the fair but they already had a family trip planned during the time of the event. Christin recorded his adventure and posted it on Facebook. ![]() On Monday night, he plunged the pumpkin in the pond on the family’s property, climbed inside and with an oar in hand he started paddling around. Justin hollowed out the pumpkin to harvest the seeds and then decided to have some fun with the kids, Christin said. “It’s the biggest we ever grew,” she said. ![]() With the help of a neighbor, who had access to a large scale, it was weighed. When it was done growing, the pumpkin was hauled onto a trailer. “He was out there daily watering it, covering it during the heat of the day and making sure the beetles didn’t get to it,” she said. This year, the farmer from Cleveland, Tennessee, had an extra special seed to plant in May - a seed from last year’s record-breaking pumpkin grown in Tennessee that weighed more than 1,700 pounds, according to Christin. And for the past four years, he has been trying to reach his goal of growing a 1,000 pound pumpkin, his wife, Christin, told CNN. It’s been Justin Ownby’s dream to grow a giant pumpkin. Instead of making a giant jack o’lantern or a massive pie that could feed the whole town, a farmer in Tennessee took his 910-pound pumpkin out for a spin in his pond.
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