Overview
- Growers Michael Schade and Bernd Paul from Beelitz-Elsholz won with an orange pumpkin weighing 1,034.8 kilograms.
- Last year's champion, Oliver Grafe of Großthiemig, finished second at 988.2 kilograms after winning in 2024 with 905 kilograms.
- Organizers said 70 growers submitted 74 entries from Brandenburg, Berlin, Saxony and Bavaria.
- The Klaistow milestone marks the first time the local competition exceeded one metric ton, short of the German record of 1,052 kilograms and the Guinness mark of 1,247 kilograms.
- Spargelhof's concurrent exhibition runs under the motto "Power Frauen," featuring pumpkin-covered wooden figures such as Frida Kahlo, Bertha Benz and Pippi Longstocking.