Giant squash, giant tomatoes, long gourds.
Wisconsin's not really known for growing giant watermelons.
We don't quite have the right climate
but we can still grow some pretty big ones.
It can get up to 200 pounds.
So this is the long gourd trellis.
The whole thing just kind of gets engulfed in plant.
And you gotta make sure you anchor it down
'cause it just becomes like a huge sail and
if the wind catches it.
I have had it tip over the first year I tried growing them.
I've kind of learned my lesson.
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So here's the long gourd.
It's growing down from the trellis.
So we're going to pick that now and
get 'er ready for tomorrow.
We'll duct tape it to the 2x4
and haul it to the weigh-off in the back of a truck bed.
Contest announcer: The state record right now
for a gourd is ... 136 3/4 inches.
What do we got for a length?
107 5/8.
Whose was that? - That's mine.
- Contest announcer: Derek Sippel.
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- So here are my giant tomatoes I got growing.
Once you get a tomato that grows to that size,
you gotta make kind of like a hammock to support it.
I just keep this little towel around there
to keep some pressure off the stem.
Otherwise it would probably grow so big it'd break.