![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/farmers-jaw-dropping-giant-pumpkin-weighs-48st-and-reaches-half-his-size-in-height/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2_supersized-pump-1070588.jpg&description=Tim Saint, from Reading, is hoping to wow judges with his mega pumpkin at the Malvern Autumn Show this weekend - he has shared his secrets to growing the huge fruit A 6ft farmer has shown off his jumbo-sized pumpkin which weighs almost 48 stone and is half his size in height. Tim Saint, 42, and his mega fruit, from Reading, will be one of the star attractions at the Malvern Autumn Show in Worcestershire this weekend. The talented gardener said he is "delighted" with how his squash has turned out and said it is so big it can only be moved with a forklift. He attached the 47.6st (667lbs) pumpkin into a trailer by using industrial straps and then hoisted it into place with a farm teleporter. Speaking about his super-sized vegetable, he said: 'I've been growing pumpkins for 20 years and that's the biggest I've ever done. It's got to be over 3ft tall at least, I'm 6ft tall myself and it's big. 'The secret is just plenty of water and manure, plenty of cow manure especially. It takes a lot of water, I normally give it five watering cans of water a day. My best friend's got a trailer and we brought it down in that. We had to use a forklift to get it off. I had a 44lbs beetroot here too. I'll be doing this every year until I can't do it anymore.' Thousands of gardening fans are expected to flock to the show to marvel at the gigantic greens. Ian Scott, 51, from Wells, Somerset, is hoping his 3.5st (22kg) cabbage will secure him a spot on the winner's podium this year. The dad-of-two, who works as a stone mason, said: "At the moment I think I'm standing at first place. It's not even a record for me. It's 22kg and about four-and-a-half feet wide. It's not been a good year for cabbages, it was so hot at the beginning of the season. Then it was colder and wetter at the end of the season. My first show was in 1999. I've had one year off of cabbages, my soil is good for it." Eleven new Guinness World Records were set at last year's show, including the heaviest aubergine weighing 3.){kind=link}
Tim Saint, from Reading, is hoping to wow judges with his mega pumpkin at the Malvern Autumn Show this weekend – he has shared his secrets to growing the huge fruit
A 6ft farmer has shown off his jumbo-sized pumpkin which weighs almost 48 stone and is half his size in height.
Tim Saint, 42, and his mega fruit, from Reading, will be one of the star attractions at the Malvern Autumn Show in Worcestershire this weekend.
The talented gardener said he is “delighted” with how his squash has turned out and said it is so big it can only be moved with a forklift. He attached the 47.6st (667lbs) pumpkin into a trailer by using industrial straps and then hoisted it into place with a farm teleporter.
Speaking about his super-sized vegetable, he said: “I’ve been growing pumpkins for 20 years and that’s the biggest I’ve ever done. It’s got to be over 3ft tall at least, I’m 6ft tall myself and it’s big.