Dave Chan takes giant pumpkins very seriously.⁠ ⁠ The 77-year-old retired dentist - the winner of last year's provincial record in B.C. and numerous other contests - says he owes his success to a little luck, hard work, and according to his wife, a bit of an obsession. When Mr. Chan noted he spends on average one to two hours every day in his pumpkin patch, his wife, Janet Love, interjected: “A little bit more than that,” she said. “Six hours.”⁠ ⁠ “I have a science background. I love to study. So it’s not really about growing pumpkins,” he said. ”It’s about studying the soil.” Those efforts led him to document on the morning of July 31, 2021, that the pumpkin he dubbed Papa Bear had grown 71 pounds (32 kilograms) overnight.⁠ ⁠ When the competitions are done, his pumpkins are carved for Halloween: In one year, it was Cinderella’s pumpkin carriage; another year, the massive fruit was sculptured as Donald Trump’s face by an artist. The piece had a moniker – Trumpkin.⁠ ⁠ Follow the link in our bio to read the full story from Xiao Xu. Photos by Jackie Dives (@jackiedivesphoto)⁠ ⁠ #Halloween⁠ #JackOLantern⁠ #Pumpkin⁠ #GiantPumpkin