Peet Joubert grew a giant pumpkin from seed, and it has been named the biggest pumpkin in South Africa, it is also going to feed those in need.
Walkerville, Johannesburg – Over the weekend the 57th annual Walkerville Agricultural Show took place, and one man walked away with the title of the biggest pumpkin in South Africa.
Peet Joubert, a Centurion resident, has grown a pumpkin weighing a whopping 613kg! He started growing the pumpkin in October last year from seed in his greenhouse.
It was six months of hard work on Peet’s side; he spent hours making sure it had the correct fertilisers, sunlight and temperature.
In an interview with the Centurion Rekord, Peet discussed all the work he put into the pumpkin.
“I replanted it about two weeks later. From there I just exposed it to heat and light. But in the end the hard work we put into growing it paid off!”
“In December I spent about five hours a day on the pumpkin,” he said.
“So it really is a lot of work that goes into growing the pumpkin and getting it to this size.”
Peet is attending another competition this coming weekend with a different pumpkin he has grown, but he doesn’t think it will be as big as this winning one. According to Peet, there is a specific way to measure the size of a massive vegetable
“We use charts and measurements to estimate the sizes. Still I do think the pumpkin should be the largest at that competition as well.”
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The question now is, what do you do with a pumpkin that size? Peet has said it will be donated to the underprivileged. It will be split open, and the seeds will be split between the Walkerville Agricultural Show and Peet. The rest will be donated to different organisations which work to feed the hungry in South Africa.
“The organisers will keep half of the seeds and return the rest to me,”
“The pumpkin itself will be used to feed the hungry. So it isn’t wasted in the end.”
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