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# GIANT PUMPKIN WEIGHS IN AT 900KG
- URL: https://splash.themesbykyle.com/giant-pumpkin-weighs-in-at-900kg/
- Published: 2026-10-13T18:55:23.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-15T13:09:15.000Z
- Description: It took a crane, a team of six and one very tired farmer.
- Author: Dan Pritchard
- Tags: News

It took a crane, a team of six and a farmer who has not slept properly since August. But Maurice Tindall’s pumpkin has finally hit the scales at 900kg.

The 64-year-old grew the monster, which is roughly the size of a small car, in a field behind his farm near Ormskirk. He fed it on seaweed, milk and, he says, “a lot of encouragement”.

It was weighed at the county show on Saturday, watched by a crowd of 300 and a very nervous judge. “The scales went round and round and I thought they would explode,” said Maurice.

It is not a record, but it is the biggest ever grown in the county. Maurice plans to carve it for Halloween. He has asked for volunteers with a chainsaw.