Description: The Utah Giant Pumpkin growers is an organization that encourages and promotes growing Atlantic Giant Pumpkins in the state of Utah. The UGPG was founded by 10 Utah growers in Feb. 2005 and has now grown to over 100 growers. Our goal is to share pumpkin growing knowledge and promote the sport of giant pumpkin growing in the State of Utah.
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8:00 - 10:00 - Check in and registration for tomatoes, watermelon and long gourds, etc. 8:00 - 10:00 - Unload, check in and registration for giant pumpkins. 10:00 - 11:00 - Judging of pumpkins. 10:00 - 11:00 - Measuring of long gourds and weigh off for watermelons and tomatoes. 11:30 - 12:00 - Weighing of Pumpkins for Junior Division. 12:00 - Main Weigh off Begins! Weigh in for junior division pumpkins (ages 15 and younger). - More info below. Weigh in for various veggies/fruit - tomatoes, watermelon, gourd
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Ed Dennis won the 2015 Utah Giant Pumpkin Grower weigh off at Thanksgiving point with an enormous 1491.5 pound pumpkin. Although there was no questions who would win from the beginning, the main question was exactly how much would Ed win by. In the end, Ed's pumpkin weighed in at 1491.5, beating out his closest competitor by nearly 500 pounds and making him the #2 all-time pumpkin grower in the state of Utah, based on size.