Media report on 800-pound pumpkin transplanted in Bangor Community Garden
The Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 5) reported on an 800-pound pumpkin named Peanut that was grown by a couple and transplanted in the Bangor Community Garden. The couple planted the seeds on May 1, and is bringing the pumpkin to the Damariscotta Pumpkinfest and Regatta, where it may be made into a boat, according to the BDN. The couple got the Atlantic giant pumpkin seeds from a 1,695-pound pumpkin that last year set the state record, the BDN reports. The couple plans to donate its seeds to the Master Gardeners of Penobscot County, a part of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, the article states. Garden coordinator Kate Garland, a horticulturist for UMaine Extension, said many of the local gardeners enjoyed helping Peanut grow. “Peanut has been a fun addition to the garden,” she told the BDN. “Her presence has helped bring members together for a common cause — watering, hand-picking pests, measuring and cheering her on throughout the season.”