The secret of such a giant is simple - to grow up with love, Elena Gorlova, a resident of the Osykovatoye village of the Kropyvnytskyi region, speaks about her achievement.

In the competition "Pumpkin is a giant" of the Pokrovsky Fair, which takes place as part of the International Agricultural Exhibition with a field demonstration of the AgroExpo-2019 equipment, a total of 8 participants from different regions of Ukraine participated.

However, the resident of the Kirovograd region, Elena Gorlova from the village of Osykovatoye, Kropyvnytskyi district, grew a pumpkin weighing 76 kg. For this achievement, the woman was awarded a television set as a prize.

Elena Gorlova told reporters that she has been working from a young age - from 15 years old. Helen-grown pumpkin record holder with her husband.

They didn’t resort to any special tricks: “They planted, weeded, and the seeds are the same from year to year - a feed grade.” The winner pumpkin grew, like all its relatives, from April to September.

“For us, the victory was unexpected, because they were grown in an ordinary garden. The secret of such a giant is simple - to grow with love, ”says the winner of the contest. So, this year Elena Gorlova was able to break the three-year record that Sergey Kutsenko set in 2016, then his pumpkin weighed 63 kg.

The smallest giant pumpkin that participated in the competition this year weighed 29.5 kg.