WHERE ELSE CAN YOU SEE A GIANT 1000LB PUMPKIN? – THE DORSET COUNTY SHOW
SIZE really does matter at this year’s county show. Monster size pumpkins are going to be weighing in on the 7th and 8th September.
Where else can you see a giant pumpkin? The heaviest pumpkin class is one of the most popular classes to see at the show. Many of these pumpkins spend over 100 days on the vine before their debut at the show. A huge amount of care goes in to achieve this size and they are thirsty too – many like to be watered over 12 times a day. On chillier evenings rumour has it that many of our pumpkin growers tuck their pumpkins up with blankets.
Arriving at the show in trailers, these giant gourds will be on display all weekend at the County Show. Carefully weighed before the start of the show, the champion squash will be announced on Sunday 8th.
To put size into perspective many of these pumpkins weigh over 1000lb that’s equivalent to 11 bags of cement or a bull head shark. These monster squashes will weigh more than many of the horses and ponies competing at the show.
It’s not only pumpkins that are weighing in. The heaviest onion class is also attracting entries. Giant onions can weigh in at 9kg the same as a watermelon or a bowling ball.
The County Show celebrates rural life in Dorset. The show will welcome Atkinsons Action Horses, IMPs Motorcycle Display Team, Tomahawk Throwing, horse logging, Axeman and of course – livestock! There really is something for everyone.
For more information and tickets, visit: www.dorsetcountyshow.co.uk
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