A six-year-old boy has grown a monster pumpkin for Halloween - that incredibly weighs four times more than him.

Max Jones, six, spent hours caring for his pumpkin as it grew from a tiny seed into a 14-and-a-half stone giant.

grow into：长成

Max, from Cottingham, East Yorkshire, even wrapped the pumpkin up in blankets at night to keep it warm.

wrap up：把...裹在

Mum Jane said: 'Every year, the kids have a competition to see who can grow the biggest pumpkin before Halloween.

'The one Max has grown this year is the biggest we have ever had. It takes three people to lift it, it is huge.

'Max is really pleased with it, especially because he is the youngest of the three. He is definitely the one with the greenest fingers.

green fingers：搞园艺的才能

'He has been tucking it in at night during the past few weeks, to try and make it grow even more.

tuck in：裹紧

'At first, they didn't seem to be doing a lot but they really started to grow in August and that's when the kids started to get excited.

'Everyone who came round would get dragged off to see how the pumpkins were doing.

'People who come in to the shop keep asking if they are real.

'Kids are having their photographs taken with them. Max thinks he is the best pumpkin grower in the world now.

'Last year, we had 750 pumpkins from the field, but even though we planted twice as many seeds this year, we still only have about 300.

'It is the worst yield we have ever had, which I think has happened nationally because of the horrible summer.

'The prices are more expensive, because we just don't have the amount that we did last year.

'Last year we had really nice big pumpkins that were a lot more orange. This year they are still good pumpkins, but they are quite a bit smaller and greener, although they will turn more orange before Halloween.

'We have noticed people have started to buy them early and I think that is because people know it has been a bad year for pumpkins.'

Max said: 'I feel really happy that mine is the biggest.'
 

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