York farmer Tom Pearcy with a giant fibreglass pumpkin and the £2,000 prize money
Spring may have been delayed this year but if you want a shot a claiming a £2,000 cash prize for pumpkin growing you better get planting.
York Maze is offering the UK’s biggest cash prize for growing a record breaking pumpkin.
The current UK record set in 2010 is 1,504lb (682kg).
Tom Pearcy, who runs York Maze, said: “Now is the time to be planting your pumpkin seeds ready for October. We’re planting ours this week to have a go at the record ourselves. If no-one beats the UK record then anyone who can beat our pumpkin growing efforts to have the biggest pumpkin at the York Maze Halloween festival will win £500.”
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