Inmate Grows 475kg Pumpkin in Kirov Colony
A convicted prisoner grew a pumpkin weighing nearly 500 kilograms in a Kirov prison.
Consensus
- An inmate at an IK-11 correctional colony in Kirovo-Чepetsk grew a pumpkin weighing about 475 kilograms.
- The inmate was inspired by an article in the newspaper 'Selskaya Zhizn'.
- The inmate's mother contacted Alexander Chusov, a Russian record-holder, to obtain seeds.
- Alexander Chusov provided seeds and instructions for growing giant pumpkins.
- The pumpkin plant occupies 24 square meters of space.
- The inmate waters the plant daily and removes excess shoots, burying remaining ones to encourage root growth.
- The pumpkin is grown on a prison agricultural plot.
- The produce, including the pumpkin and cucumbers, is used to feed inmates.
- The inmate also grows cucumbers on the same plot, with over 350 kg harvested.
Points of divergence
- The inmate mentioned that the plant required weeding, application of macro- and microelements, and treatments for pests and diseases. — vm
- Alexander Chusov grew a 5 kg onion and a 817 kg pumpkin in the previous year, which became a record for Russia. — vm
- The article was published on August 22. — vm
- The article was published on August 13. — vesti
- The inmate's mother contacted Chusov in 2025, when he grew a 969 kg pumpkin. — vm
- The inmate stated that the process of growing the pumpkin is labor-intensive. — vesti
- The article mentions that the pumpkin weighs 'almost 500 kg'. — tg_rian_ru
Coverage (3 sources)
- Convict in Kirov prison grew a 475 kg pumpkin — Вести
- Convict grew a pumpkin weighing almost 500 kilograms in a Kirov prison — Вечерняя Москва
- Here is a pumpkin weighing almost 500 kilograms grown by a convict in the Kirov prison camp – we tell an unusual story about how... — РИА Новости (Telegram)