If you want to try growing a giant pumpkin£¬Dill recommends starting with a soil test and then adding fertilizer as needed£®Plant the giant pumpkin seed. A giant pumpkin call gain 15 to 20 pounds a day£¬so careful watering—every day or two—is essential£®You should wait about 130 days until the pumpkin matures and then you can harvest it.

Dill’s favorite pumpkin set the Guinness Book record in 1981. It weighed 493.5 pounds£®“I've grown them larger since, but that one meant a lot£¬”he remembers.“I never would have predicted ten years ago that there would be a 1,000-pounder£¬but there are many of them now£¬”says Dill£®The 2006 world record holder is Larry Checkon of Pennsylvania£®He grew a 1,469 pounder£®Dill says£¬“These world champions are grown from my seeds£¬so I feel like a winner right along with them£®”