Giant vegtable growing contests are ancient and in certain pacific island populations,social status is closely conected to the size/quality of the yams that som

Giant vegtable growing contests are ancient and in certain pacific island populations,social status is closely conected to the size/quality of the yams that someone grows the first true gigantic pumpkins were grown just down the road from me,and giant pumpkins are growing (hidden) everywhere,highly competitive and subject to ANY tactic to grow/get a bigger pumpkin or judging by the paranoia,finding a way to induce splitting in a rivals pumpkins,as any hole or split,suspicious marks,disqualify a pumpkin from competition