Maine’s Charlie Lopresti Just Broke a Maine Record With This Monster

WGME CBS 13's Charlie Lopresti is one hell of a pumpkin grower.

Charlie Lopresti isn't just the Chief Meteorologist at WGME CBS13, he's also a master pumpkin grower. He's been growing giant pumpkins for years and has entered many fairs. This tiny little beast was at the 2024 Cumberland Fair.

He's been to the Cumberland Fair before. He is very proud of his 2022 entry which picked up an award for the prettiest pumpkin. It's also a beast of a gourd!

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It weighed 1,116 pounds and came in third! In 2021, his pumpkin was big but didn't win for the biggest. This monstrosity weighed 1465.5 pounds!

But it took 2024 for Charlie to get the right conditions to not only grow a huge pumpkin, but destroy all records in Maine. Welcome to Charlie Lopresti's 2,365-pound pumpkin at the Damariscotta Pumpkin Fest 2024!

Maine's Charlie Lopresti will help YOU grow a giant pumpkin!

If you've ever had an itch to grow your own giant pumpkin, guess who loves helping? Yup, Charlie Lopresti. He's also into sharing and teaching you how to grow big gourds! If you want pumpkin seeds to grow, he's happy to share! Just shoot him a quick email at clopresti@sbgtv.com.

Growing giant pumpkins is an intense labor of love. Charlie prides himself on having ginormous pumpkins that look like pumpkins. I know you've seen massive gords that don't exactly look like pumpkins. Charlie grew this pumpkin a few years back. It 'only' weighed 664 pounds, but the color was so bright and it really looked like a giant pumpkin. His winner this year isn't as bright and looks like how I feel after most weeks.

Charlie said on Facebook,

Shout out to everyone in Maine Pumpkin Growers Organization who helped along the way. Shout out my friends and neighbors who helped with the tractor and trailer. Special thanks to my family for putting up with this stuff…

Congrats on your personal best and the new Maine state record holder!