New record: pumpkin monster, weighing more than a ton

• New record: pumpkin monster, weighing more than a ton of

Two twins from Hampshire beat his own record by growing the heaviest pumpkin in the history of British gardens. 53-year-old Stewart and Ian Paton presented pumpkin monster on the autumn festival of pumpkins in Nathan, Southampton. Weight of the pumpkin was a ton more!

Brothers of Lymington beat its own record set last year: then their pumpkin giant weighed 7 kilograms less.

According to the brothers, the main secret - regular watering garden. Every day they spend on watering about 500 liters of water. With good care, such pumpkin grows nearly 30 kilograms a day.

"Our goal - to break the world record, - says Ian Payton -. While we did not succeed, but in Britain we have already beaten the record, but it's better than nothing.

According to the brothers, they began to grow pumpkins ten years ago - they liked how fast they grow. "When you get used, this is a purely technical work we spend on them for three hours and 500 liters of water every day -. Ian says -. The most difficult thing - do not break it down the road, because the broken pumpkin contest will not be accepted."

Today, the world record belongs to Mathias Vilemiynsu from Belgium, who grew a pumpkin weighing 1190 kilograms. This year, Peyton brothers did not have to record not so much - about 170 kilograms. But gardeners are sure that one day will be able to beat the record of the Belgian.