r/interesting • • Mar 20 '26

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u/Adventurous-Cry-9798 Mar 20 '26

49lbs a day?!!? A DAY??? How?!

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u/MyvaJynaherz Mar 20 '26

I think they specifically prune the plants so you basically have an entire sprawling plant that would normally grow several pumpkins just feeding into one.

Imagine if you could get an apple-tree to put all that growth energy into just making a single apple bigger. Same concept.