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Record-Breaking Pumpkin Weight: How Heavy Is the Giant Gourd?

The record-breaking giant pumpkin, grown in Hampshire and officially named “Bagheera,” weighs 1,295.8 kilograms (2,856.8 pounds, or approximately 204 stone / nearly 1.3 metric tonnes).

Key Record & Measurement Highlights

• Official Weight: 1,295.8 kg (2,856.8 lbs)

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• Grower: British horticulturist Ian Paton from Lymington, Hampshire

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• Verification: Confirmed by Guinness World Records and Great Pumpkin Commonwealth officials at the Wargrave Nursery giant vegetable weigh-off in Berkshire

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• Context: The gourd surpassed the previous world benchmark of 1,278.8 kg (2,819.1 lbs), establishing a new global high for the heaviest pumpkin ever cultivated.

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