How big can pumpkins get?

'Tis the season to be surrounded by pumpkins. The gourds are everywhere, piled up in pumpkin patches and sometimes too heavy to lug to your car. But some pumpkins are giants that grow past 2,000 pounds.

We wanted to hear more about competitive pumpkin-growing, so we called up Yasmin Tayag, staff writer at the Atlantic. She wrote about this very topic.