In a contest with just two entrants, Dale Marshall continued his dominant winning streak with a pumpkin weighing in at a whopping 2,035 pounds.
Dale Marshall of Anchorage reacts to his Atlantic Giant pumpkin coming in at 2,035 pounds during the weigh-off at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer on Monday, August 26, 2024.
In a contest with only two entrants, Marshall once again rose to the top with his Atlantic giant. Second place went to 5-year-old Silas Dinkel of Wasilla and his 734-pound pumpkin. The Dinkel family is known forThe seed for Marshall’s pumpkin this year is from his first-place entry in 2023. He said there’s also an online network of growers who trade back and forth that he can utilize.
Marshall has become a household name in the competition that’s now in its 18th year, setting a state record for giant pumpkinswith a 2,023.5-pound pumpkin after a summer marked by persistent rain and clouds, but his 2022 record of 2,147 pounds still stands. Still, this year’s pumpkin was the fourth in the past five years to weigh in at over 2,000 pounds. As for what happens to championship pumpkins after their time in the state fair spotlight, Marshall will leave his outside for two to three weeks if he really wants to get the seeds out of it.
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