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Yearly on the last Saturday of August you’ll see pumpkin growers from Kasterlee riding their bikes, traveling from pumpkin to pumpkin. In 2025, a few growers from Lommel and Jan Van Rompaey joined them.
In addition to the many beautiful gardens, large tomatoes, gourds, peppers, etc., the main goal of the day was, of course, the giant pumpkins. Will 2025 be the year of truth and will we set a world record? We will find out at the beginning of October.
In the meantime, you can enjoy our photos:
92 teams were ready for the 15th edition of the Pumpkin Regatta in Kasterlee on October 27, 2024. They braved the cold water to sail in a pumpkin.
Goal of the day: get the fastest time or be the one best dressed up.
A lot of visitors managed to find their way to the Ark Van Noë, where the sun provided beautiful images and extra warmth.
More pictures giving you a glimpse of the atmosphere can be found here (click further). Also check out the pictures taken by Stef De Boeck
Early in the morning the first visitors of the Pumpkin Market in Kasterlee arrived. It was the start of a very successful Pumpkin Market, with a lot of visitors.
Besides pumpkins, pumpkin beer, pumpkin fries and much more pumpkin stuff, also some craftman were present. And of course, some local associations could not be missing.
Around 5pm, the party really started, when Mario Vangeel, Herman Boonen and Luc Vanheuckelom made sure the 3 heaviest pumpkins were pumpkins grown in Kasterlee. Their pumpkins weighed 1150kg, 932.5kg and 822kg respectively.
And that it was good, check out the photos:
Growers of East Flanders, West Flanders, Flemish Brabant, Limburg and Antwerp came to Kasterlee on Saturday October 5th 2024. Their goal: have their Giant Pumpkin, Squash, Marrow, Long Gourd, Field Pumpkin or Tomato weighed and take the honor of the heaviest.
Looking at the Squashes, Jens Segaert managed to leave the competition behind with a weight of 826kg, followed by Pieter Vrijs with 482kg and Johan De Wever with 391.5kg.
In the giant pumpkins there was more excitement: Mario Vangeel already informed the press with his throw for the world record, while Paul Boonen also managed to deliver quite a big one. Unfortunately, Paul’s 1035.5kg pumpkin turned out to be Damaged and did not count in the rankings.
The scales stopped for Mario’s pumpkin at 1160kg, again a personal record. Herman Boonen and Jan Biermans ended 2nd and 3rd, with 942.5kg and 901kg respectively.
Take a look at the pictures, as Marrows, Long Gourds and Field Pumpkins were also measured and weighed.
For those who just can’t get enough, Paul Van Pelt also provided us with additional photos from the “Big Show” weekend in Kasterlee. See pictures or click one of the links below:
With worlds best pumpkin growers present in Kasterlee, some awards needed to be granted. Saturday evening the Award show started. Of course, Herman Boonen and Luc Vanheuckelom also received an award for the giant pumpkin and squash they grew in 2023.
Some pictures:
Day 2 of The Big Show in Kasterlee is all about knowledge sharing. That’s why some speakers were invited, including world record holder Travis Gienger. Next to that topics like fertilizers, fertilization and CO2 where touched by other speakers.
Hopefully everyone has enough insights now to break the world record in 2024.
Still on the program tonight: awards ceremony.
See below for some pictures
Proudly our president Paul Boonen opened “The Big Show” in Kasterlee yesterday. This was the beginning of a great weekend connecting the best big pumpkin growers from all over the world. For them it’s the chance to exchange tips and tricks.
USA, Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, you name it and they are there.
Click further for the first pictures. We are looking forward to day 2!
During the weekend of February 16th, 17th and 18th 2024, worlds best big pumpkin growers meet in Kasterlee during The Big Show!
All this will take place at OC De Pit in Kasterlee (Binnenpad 2). Our program (click to zoom):
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Hope to see you there!
A lot of big pumpkins are already growing in Kasterlee. Time to see how they’re doing during our first patch tour.
This time 2 guests joined: Stuart Paton and his wife Katty. This top grower from England was curious about how big our pumpkins would be (and if we have some tricks to grow them)
Are you also curious? Check out the pictures below.