This Man Grows Pumpkins That Weigh a TON
Our American Stories
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4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, in 2017, Rhode Islander, Joe Jutras, broke the record for the largest giant green squash ever grown coming in at 2118lbs. Here he shares all that goes into growing these giant fruits.
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| 1:00.9 | Joe is a retired cabinet maker, and since his retirement, he has dedicated most of his time |
| 1:06.9 | to growing giant fruit and vegetable. In 2017, he broke the record for the largest green squash ever grown, coming in at 2118 pounds. |
| 1:20.4 | He used Joe with his story. |
| 1:23.8 | I've been growing giant vegetables now for the last 25 years. |
| 1:28.3 | Got started years ago just by accident. |
| 1:33.3 | I started growing vegetables in my backyard. |
| 1:36.3 | I threw in a giant pumpkin seed. |
| 1:38.3 | I grew it to 124 pounds. |
| 1:40.3 | And from then on I was hooked. |
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