# Large pumpkins **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 2, 2002, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-pumpkins/121944 "2002-08-02T00:06:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-pumpkins/121944/1 "2002-08-02T00:06:37Z")
My son was watching Hey Arnold today, and on this epsidoe Stinky gre the largest pumpkin ever! It was like 2 stories tall. My question: How big IS the biggest pumpkine ver? How big can they get? ---
**Author:** ![peasea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@peasea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peasea)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-pumpkins/121944/2 "2002-08-02T00:27:21Z")
Don’t think I can link directly to it, but go to [http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com](http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com) and check it out. 1,131 lbs, Allatoona, PA, 1999. Grown by Gerry Checkon. ---
**Author:** ![Ankh\_Too](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Ankh\_Too](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ankh_Too)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-pumpkins/121944/3 "2002-08-02T02:56:50Z")
Altoona, PA. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-pumpkins/121944/4 "2002-08-02T03:44:32Z")
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