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New world record for heaviest pumpkin (www.guinnessworldrecords.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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[–] 12 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

I’d like to see one of these that grows nice and round. I wonder if you could rig up some kind of growing frame / harness to prevent them from getting flattened by their own weight.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    The Japanese do stuff like that with vegetables and fruit, like putting tomatoes in forms to make them square.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    You won't be able to weigh one with the harness and its sudden removal could lead to a real tragedy.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Yeah I mean really design a mechanism specifically for this. Like slowly lower it as it grows, so that it supports it own weight but without deforming. Maybe lowered into some crater-like hole dug into the ground.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    Designing a harness is not that hard but it simply cannot sustain its own weight while forming a perfect shape. Thats like trying to make a water balloon retain a perfect shape. If it was possible, someone would have already done it, trust me.

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