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That giant pumpkin has become what must be one of West Seattle’s biggest jack o’lanterns. When Dawson mentioned his 300- and 400-pound pumpkins here, we couldn’t help asking for photos. He obliged with a sequence of eight – starting with the biggest pumpkin, pre-carving. Read on to see the other photos, including the finished creation!
Our fearless carver provided narration, too: “I started with the 400-pound pumpkin first. You’ll notice the pumpkin is a little yellow. This usually means that the ‘meat’ is quite thick as opposed to an orange pumpkin which tend to be thinner. Here are the tools for the job: a 10 inch carving knife and a 12 inch sawzall— hopefully I won’t need the power tool.”
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“I rolled it up onto its side to cut out the bottom in order to clean it out as the area around the stem tends to be the thickest and where the flower was located is somewhat thinner. Luckily it turned out only the carving knife was needed for this job.”
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“The seeds are even supersized and the pumpkin is quite thick.”
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“One of my helpers in cleaning the pumpkin out.”
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“And here is the finished carving. The ‘Pumpking’ seemed only suiting for a gourd of this stature.”
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“The ‘smaller’ pumpkin is trying to consume a hapless jack-o-lantern.”
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“Happy Halloween.”
You too! P.S. In the original comment that yielded these photos, Dawson offered, ” I’ll have seeds available afterward. Post up here if you’re interested. The plants do get very large, as a warning to small gardens.” Just in case you’re brave enough!
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