Man grows 1,296-kg pumpkin, breaks world record

Ian Paton from Hampshire, UK, has set a new world record for the heaviest pumpkin, growing a 1,295.8 kg specimen nicknamed Bagheera. The record was ratified by the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth. He broke his own 2025 record of 1,278.8 kg. Paton spent six hours a day tending to the pumpkin.